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Marcy Kaptur

D Democrat · Representative, Ohio 9th district
7
Low self-dealing
3/6 components have data
#181 of 193 scored

Marcy Kaptur (D-OH9), the longest-serving woman in U.S. House history (since 1983) and a senior House Appropriations member, presents an unusually clean self-dealing profile. By her office's account she has never bought or traded individual stocks in nearly four decades of disclosures; her only STOCK Act issue was a $200 fine for late reporting of Andersons shares she inherited from her brother. Her net worth is modest (roughly $155K, ranked ~285th in the House per OpenSecrets' last available data), and no credible reporting shows family lobbying ties, campaign personal-use violations, or heavy fundraising paired with absenteeism. The main scoreable consideration is correlational money-influence from her senior Appropriations perch and labor/aligned-PAC funding, which is common for incumbents and carries no documented quid pro quo.

Public record

In Congress since
1983
Committees
Appropriations
Budget
Missed votes, 119th Congress
3.4% (23 of 674; median member 1.9%)
Campaign money, 2025–26 cycle
$4.3M raised · 26% from PACs & committees · $3.5M cash on hand FEC ↗

The stock-trading ban

H.R. 7008 passage, Jul 22, 2026
Yes
Cosponsored a ban bill
H.R. 6731

H.R. 7008 bans new stock purchases by members, spouses and dependents; it doesn't force sales of existing holdings. The Senate vote was on the version paired with the SAVE Act, which is why no Democrat voted yes. Full breakdown →

Disclosed stock trades

No periodic transaction reports on file since 2024. That's the norm: most members don't trade individual stocks, or hold them in blind trusts and diversified funds.

Amounts are the ranges members must report, not exact values. The STOCK Act requires a report within 45 days of a trade; "late" counts days past that deadline, measured to the filing date.

How the score breaks down

Stock self-trading
25% weight
0
No individual-stock trading. Per her spokesman, in ~38 years of disclosures Kaptur has never purchased or traded individual stocks; her only STOCK Act matter was a $200 late-filing fine on Andersons shares inherited from her brother. Disclosed holdings are passive (ETFs, credit union, inherited Nutrien/Andersons shares).
Spokesman: Kaptur has never purchased or traded individual stocks in 38 years of disclosures; $200 fine was for late reporting of inherited Andersons stock.News reportingwtol.com ↗Disclosed holdings are passive: ultrashort fixed-income ETF (DUSB), Congressional Federal Credit Union, and Nutrien common shares.Data aggregatorquiverquant.com ↗
Net-worth enrichment in office
15% weight
0
No evidence of net-worth growth beyond salary and market. OpenSecrets' last available estimate (~$155K in 2018, ranked ~285th in the House) is modest and stable versus prior years ($162.5K in 2017). A viral '$1.8 billion' figure traces to an unreliable SEO site and is not credible. No documented enrichment beyond congressional salary.
OpenSecrets estimated Kaptur's 2018 net worth at ~$155,006, ranking 285th in the House; prior-year figures were similarly modest.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗
Money → action alignmentcorrelation, not proof of any quid-pro-quo
20% weight
20
CORRELATION, NOT PROOF. As a senior Appropriations Committee member (Defense; Energy & Water ranking member; Agriculture) Kaptur sits over sectors that lobby heavily. 2023-24 funding skewed to large individual donors (~46%) and PACs (~30%), including labor and aligned issue PACs (e.g., JStreetPAC $54,900). This donor-vote alignment is typical for senior incumbents; no documented quid pro quo.
2023-24 cycle funding: ~46% large individual, ~30% PAC; Retired sector $487K and JStreetPAC $54,900 among notable sources.Reference databaseopensecrets.org ↗Kaptur serves on House Appropriations (Defense; Energy & Water Development as ranking member; Agriculture) and Budget committees.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Campaign-fund personal useno data
15% weight
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No evidence of campaign or leadership-PAC funds spent on personal benefit. No FEC enforcement actions or investigative reporting found alleging personal use of campaign funds.
FEC candidate record for Kaptur shows no personal-use enforcement findings in available filings.Official recordfec.gov ↗
Revolving door & familyno data
15% weight
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No evidence of family lobbying or contracts tied to her office. Kaptur is unmarried with no documented spouse/children; no reporting found of relatives lobbying or a notable staff-to-lobbyist pipeline linked to self-dealing.
Biographical sources reference only her parents; no spouse, children, or family lobbyists documented.Reference databaseen.wikipedia.org ↗
Skips the job to fundraiseno data
10% weight
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No evidence of high missed-vote rates paired with heavy fundraising or paid speeches. GovTrack maintains her attendance record but the specific 2024 missed-vote percentage was not retrievable; no reporting flags chronic absenteeism. No paid-speech income found.
GovTrack tracks Kaptur's 118th Congress missed-vote record; no flag of notable absenteeism.Reference databasegovtrack.us ↗

Sources behind this score: 1 news reporting · 1 data aggregator · 5 reference database · 1 official record. Score = weighted average of the components that have data; the 3 without sourced evidence are excluded, never counted against the member. Methodology →

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