Fourth-term state Rep. Emilia Sykes said Tuesday that she’s running for Congress, setting up a likely faceoff in a potentially newly competitive northeast Ohio district against Trump-backed Republican Max Miller. “I've got some big news I'm running for Congress!!,” the 35-year-old Democrat from Akron tweeted. Sykes' announcement comes while Ohio's congressional map remains in limbo, with the lines of her specific district the 13th uncertain.
Ohio state Rep. Emilia Sykes (D) is jumping into the race for the state's open 13th Congressional District in a challenge to Max Miller, a former Trump administration official who has the backing of the former president.
Fourth-term state Rep. Emilia Sykes said Tuesday that she s running for Congress, setting up a likely faceoff in a potentially newly competitive northeast Ohio district against Trump-backed Republican Max Miller.