{"id":8493,"date":"2024-02-01T00:03:25","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2024-02-01T00:03:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T00:03:25","slug":"former-ohio-rep-dennis-kucinich-running-for-a-house-seat-again-this-time-as-an-independent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/01\/former-ohio-rep-dennis-kucinich-running-for-a-house-seat-again-this-time-as-an-independent\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich running for a House seat again, this time as an independent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8494 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-667x1024.jpg 667w, https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/>INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Jan 24, 2024 (AP): Former Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/dennis-kucinich\">Dennis Kucinich<\/a>\u00a0said Wednesday that he&#8217;s running for Congress again, this time as an independent.<\/p>\n<p>Kucinich, 77, a former Cleveland mayor who was consistently rated as one of the most liberal House members, said he is seeking the 7th District seat now held by Republican Rep. Max Miller. Two Democratic hopefuls have also filed paperwork to seek their party&#8217;s nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to himself as someone who has shown he can work with Democrats and Republicans, Kucinich said the nation&#8217;s ongoing political polarization and congressional gridlock are a threat to national security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cService to a nation must be superior to service to a political party,\u201d Kucinich said. \u201cMy vote will become pivotal in closely divided Congress. &#8230; Now more than ever, America needs persons with experience in Congress to guide our nation through this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kucinich was elected as the country\u2019s youngest big-city mayor when he won the Cleveland job in 1977 at age 31. He later served eight terms in Congress before he was defeated in the 2012 Democratic primary by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/440f28342e41427c9b603008cd8605e4\">Rep. Marcy Kaptur<\/a>\u00a0after Ohio\u2019s congressional districts were redrawn.<\/p>\n<p>He also twice ran for president and lost a Democratic primary bid for Ohio governor in 2018. Until October, he served as campaign manager for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/robert-f-kennedy-jr\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0independent presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Jan 24, 2024 (AP): Former Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate\u00a0Dennis Kucinich\u00a0said Wednesday that he&#8217;s running for Congress again, this time as an independent. Kucinich, 77, a former Cleveland mayor who was consistently rated as one of the most liberal House members, said he is seeking the 7th District seat now held<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8494,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_rtcl_gb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"wf_post_folders":[187],"class_list":["post-8493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ohio"],"aioseo_notices":[],"rttpg_featured_image_url":{"full":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",700,1075,false],"landscape":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",700,1075,false],"portraits":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",700,1075,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-195x300.jpg",195,300,true],"large":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-667x1024.jpg",640,983,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",700,1075,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",700,1075,false],"rtcl-gallery":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-700x462.jpg",700,462,true],"rtcl-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-320x240.jpg",320,240,true],"rtcl-gallery-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-150x105.jpg",150,105,true],"psacp-medium":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich.jpg",326,500,false],"rpwe-thumbnail":["https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/kucinich-45x45.jpg",45,45,true]},"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"LaPrensa Newspaper","author_link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/author\/laprensa\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/category\/articles\/ohio\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Ohio<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, Jan 24, 2024 (AP): Former Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate\u00a0Dennis Kucinich\u00a0said Wednesday that he&#8217;s running for Congress again, this time as an independent. 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