LORAIN, OHIO — The Hunger Games, about two otherwise friendly neighbors forced into a small arena to fight until only one remains, opens later this month. But a real-life version is taking place in Ohio’s 9th District primary on Tuesday.The state is losing two seats after the latest census, and the GOP-controlled legislature forced two of Ohio’s most seasoned Democratic politicians, Dennis Kucinich and Marcy Kaptur, into the same district to set up an intra-party battle royale. Kaptur has held her seat since 1983, while Kucinich has held his own since 1997 and previously served as mayor of Cleveland in the 1970s.
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