Top ICE official resigns to seek battleground congressional seat in Ohio
January 15, 2026
A top ICE official has resigned her job in a bid to oust the longest-serving woman in Congress this fall. In a campaign launch video Thursday, former ICE Deputy Director Madison Sheahan accused Democrat Marcy Kaptur of “excuses and failure” in Washington. The 28-year-old native of Curtice, Ohio, near the shores of Lake Erie, posted her resignation letter on X, expressing pride in the agency’s accomplishments. Incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur’s campaign said voters are tired of the “culture of lawlessness.” Republicans are once against targeting Ohio’s 9th Congressional District this year after Kaptur posted narrow wins the past two cycles.