betty sutton democrat represents the district. she won in 2008 with 65% of the vote. why is this competitive? >> it is having a lot to do with the economy. there is a fairly high unemployment rate in this part of the state. i think it is upwards of 10% or so. there is not a lot of confidence right now that even in a district like that that a lot of democrats will turn out in november. >> who is challenging her in the race and how is it shaping up? >> the individual who is challenging her is a man tom ganley who his name is sort of everywhere in ohio. he is the largest car salesman in the state. he has dumped a significant amount of money in the race that otherwise probably wouldn't be competitive. i couldn't even find any polling that republicans have done in this district going months back which is sort of the typical threshold at which they might decide to challenge an incumbent. but it is really just the economy and fact that he is willing to spend so much. >> what kind of voters are in this district and what are they telling you about the two candidates? >> it onc

starting with the 13th district, betty sutton is in her second term. she won in 2008 with 65 percent of the vote. why is this competitive? >> it has a lot to do with the economy right now. there is a fairly high unemployment rate in this part of the state. it is upwards of 10% or so. and there is not a lot of confidence right now that even in a district like this that a lot of democrats will turn out in november. >> so who is challenging her in this race, and how is it shaping up? >> the individual challenging her is a man by the name of tom ganly. he is the largest car salesman in the state. he has dumped a significant amount of money in this race that otherwise would not be competitive. i could not find any polling the republicans have done in in this district, going months back, which is the typical threshold at which they might decide to challenge in the incumbent. it is really the economy and the fact he is willing to spend so much money. >> what kinds of voters are in this district and what are they telling you about the candidates? >> it once wa

betty sutton is one of the champions of the labor movement in the house of representatives.ou will undoubtedly see because of the cash disparity between her and her opponent, you'll see a lot of ads being bought by union groups. the 16th district, who is running? >> i am in that district right now. there is a freshman rep and another one time automobile dealer create another will be self-finder. it is a little more difficult district for democrats, because mccain actually won by a few thousand votes here. he did actually see some bad polling for democrats here late in the spring that really provided an opportunity for him to come in here and devote a certain amount of money. it is a relatively expensive market. >> what about national leaders campaigning for these candidates? >> you will not see a lot of democrats. i went to an event the other night and his whole line was, if you want to vote in november to reelect their represented, that represented is nancy pelosi. >> let's take a look at this ad and come back and talk about it. >> he cheated on his taxes. he was forced to