Betty Sutton

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Betty Sutton
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district
Incumbent
Assumed office  January 4, 2007
Preceded by	Sherrod Brown
Born	July 31, 1963 (1963-07-31) (age 45) Barberton, Ohio
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Doug Corwon
Residence	Copley, Ohio
Alma mater	Kent State, University of Akron
Occupation	attorney
Religion	United Methodist

Betty Sue Sutton (born July 31, 1963) is a politician from Ohio. She is currently the Congresswoman for the 13th Congressional District of Ohio in the United States House of Representatives, serving since 2007. The district includes most of the western and southern suburbs of Cleveland, including Akron, Lorain, Elyria and Cuyahoga Falls.

Sutton was born as the youngest of six children in Barberton, just outside Akron. She attended Kent State University, and earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Akron School of Law. She currently lives in Copley Township.

While still a student at the University of Akron, Sutton successfully ran for her first public office, earning a place on the Barberton City Council in 1990. From 1991 to 1992 she served on the Summit County Council. In 1993 she began serving in Ohio House of Representatives. She served as State Representative for eight years, when she was term-limited. She then went to practice Labor Law. At 28, she was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives. In 1996, she gained statewide attention when she cast the only vote in the Ohio House against a bill that she perceived as corporate welfare; the state's senate eventually rejected the bill. She served on the Committee on Commerce and Labor in the state house and fought to protect worker's rights.^{[citation needed]} On April 18, 2008, Sutton endorsed Hillary Clinton to be Democratic nominee for president.

[edit] 2006 congressional campaign

Sutton won the November general election against Craig L. Foltin, the Republican mayor of Lorain. She defeated him 61.22 percent to 38.78 percent, or 135,639 votes to 85,922 votes.

The Republicans had high hopes for Foltin, who was the popular Republican mayor of a heavily Democratic city.^{[citation needed]} However, Sutton benefited from the presence of Sherrod Brown at the top of the ticket, as well as the strong anti-Republican mood in Ohio.^{[citation needed]} The Chronicle-Telegram, an Elyria, Ohio newspaper, and WKSU-FM reported that Foltin conceded the race even before all results were released.^{[opinion needs balancing]}

Her campaign received support from the pro-choice political action committee EMILY's List. [1]

[edit] Committee assignments

• Committee on Energy and Commerce
  • Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection
  • Subcommittee on Health
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Before she was appointed to the Energy and Commerce Committee in the 111th Congress, Sutton sat on the Judiciary and Rules Committees.

[edit] References

• EMILY's List 2006 Candidates — Ohio from the EMILY's List website

[edit] External links

• Representative Betty Sutton official U.S. House website
• Betty Sutton for Congress official campaign website

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues