Betty Sutton
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio's 13th district |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Sherrod Brown |
| Succeeded by | Tim Ryan |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 47th district |
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In office January 3, 1993-December 31, 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Cliff Skeen |
| Succeeded by | Robert J. Otterman |
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July 31, 1963 Barberton, Ohio |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Doug Corwon |
| Residence | Copley, Ohio |
| Alma mater | Kent State, University of Akron |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
Betty Sue Sutton (born July 31, 1963) served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2007 to 2013. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Sutton lost her 2012 re-election campaign after she was redistricted to the 16th District, losing to fellow incumbent Jim Renacci in the Republican-leaning district.
On July 24, 2013, the White House announced that Sutton would be appointed administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. The agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is a government owned corporation that operates and maintains the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie. On March 7, 2017 Sutton announced that she would pursue the Democratic nomination for Governor of Ohio.
Sutton was born and raised the youngest of six children in Barberton, just outside Akron. She attended public schools, going on to graduate from Kent State University with a degree in political science. Sutton went on to study for a Juris Doctor at the University of Akron School of Law, where she received a Dean's Club Scholarship and earned both the American Jurisprudence Award and Federal Bar Association Award for Outstanding Performance in Constitutional Law.
During her first year of law school, Sutton successfully ran for her first public office which earned her an at-large seat on the Barberton City Council in 1990.
A year later, Sutton was appointed to fill an at-large seat on the Summit County Council, where she served until 1992. During her second year in office, Sutton was elected vice president of the council.
In 1992, at age 29, she was the youngest woman ever to be elected to the Ohio House of Representatives. She served for eight years and could not run again due to term limits.
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