{"id":150134,"date":"2022-01-11T04:40:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=150134"},"modified":"2022-01-11T04:40:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T09:40:36","slug":"riedel-running-for-congressional-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2022\/01\/11\/riedel-running-for-congressional-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"Riedel running for Congressional seat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent news and submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DEFIANCE &#8212; State Representative Craig Riedel (R-Defiance) has announced his candidacy for the 9th Congressional District. The district spans across Northwest Ohio and covers Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood Counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Craig-Riedel-headshot-1-2021-e1641838721848.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139665\"\/><figcaption>Craig Riedel<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter a great deal of thought, prayer, and support from family and friends, I have decided to seek the Republican nomination for Congress in Ohio\u2019s 9th district.\u201d Riedel said in a press release. \u201cI am sick of career politicians making promises, failing to deliver, then passing the buck. Marcy Kaptur (D-Toledo) does not share the values of the voters in Northwest Ohio and it is past time for her 53-year political career to end.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cJoe Biden, and radical Democrats like Marcy Kaptur and Nancy Pelosi are dragging America in the wrong direction,\u201d Riedel added. \u201cI am running for Congress to work hard and deliver results for the people of Northwest Ohio. I will be a leading voice for a conservative agenda that will make Ohio and America stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riedel is currently serving his third term as state representative to the 82nd Ohio House District, which includes Defiance, Paulding and Van Wert counties, as well as part of Auglaize County. Prior to that, he worked as a civil engineer for 27 years at Nucor Steel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and his wife Danette currently reside in Defiance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent news and submitted information DEFIANCE &#8212; State Representative Craig Riedel (R-Defiance) has announced his candidacy for the 9th Congressional District. The district spans across Northwest Ohio and covers Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Henry, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Williams, and Wood Counties. \u201cAfter a great deal of thought, prayer, and support from family and friends, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-150134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-11 10:01:31","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150134\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}