Marcia Fudge

Marcia Louise Fudge is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district. She won the 2008 special election uncontested, succeeding Stephanie Tubbs Jones who died in office. Fudge was the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, from January 2000 until November 18, 2008.

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Summary Marcia FudgeMarcia Louise Fudge is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Ohio’s 11th congressional district. She won the 2008 special election uncontested, succeeding Stephanie Tubbs Jones who died in office. Fudge was the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, from January 2000 until November 18, 2008. She was the town’s first female and first African American to hold the mayorship. In 2018, following the 2018 midterms, Fudge considered running for Speaker of the House.

She later abandoned the bid and supported Nancy Pelosi. She is expected to be nominated to serve as the Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development in the incoming Biden administration. In 2015, she wrote a letter asking for leniency in the sentencing of Lance Mason. She said her support for Mason in 2015 was based on the person she knew for almost 30 years.