Sutton, Betty, 1963-

Betty Sue Sutton (born July 31, 1963) is an American politician who currently serves as a Judge of Ohio's 9th District Court of Appeals. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a U.S. Representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district from 2007 to 2013.

Born in Barberton, Ohio, she attended public schools before 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. After leaving the Ohio House, Sutton worked as an attorney practicing labor law. In 2006, she successfully ran for the seat vacated by Sherrod Brown in the U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio's 13th congressional district.

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