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Former presidential candidate Herman Cain, right, joined Republican Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as 'Joe the Plumber,' on the campaign trail, in Rocky River, Ohio. Wurzelbacher now faces US Rep. Marcy Kaptur in the Nov. general election for the 9th Congressional District. ( AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
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Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher (l.), known as 'Joe the Plumber,' is a Republican congressional candidate in Ohio. Here he speaks to attendees at the American Conservative Union's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Feb. 9, 2012. Wurzelbacher first became a national figure during the 2008 presidential campaign. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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Joe Wurzelbacher stands onstage at a McCain campaign rally in Mentor, Ohio on Oct. 30, 2008 . The Ohio man who as 'Joe the Plumber' famously pressed then-presidential candidate Barack Obama on tax policy in 2008, said he is running for US Congress. Brian Snyder/Reuters/File
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Then presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ), joined by 'Joe the Plumber,' at a campaign stop in Mentor, Ohio October 30, 2008. Brian Snyder/Reuters/File
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A reveler dressed as 'Joe the Plumber' marches in the annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade in New York, Oct. 31, 2008. Lucas Jackson/Reuters
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Joe Wurzelbacher poses in the southern Israeli town of Sderot, a target of rockets from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, January 11, 2009. Joe the Plumber was covering the conflict for PJTV.com, a US conservative website. Moshe Milner/GPO/Reuters/File
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An Israeli police officer (l.) shows Joe the Plumber pieces from rockets fired by Palestinian militants from inside the Gaza Strip, in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009. Moshe Milner/Government Press Office/AP/File
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A woman holds a sign which reads 'fight for Joe the plumber' as US Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) speaks during a rally in Miami, Florida Oct. 17, 2008. Carlos Barria/Reuters
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Samuel 'Joe the Plumber' Wurzelbacher speaks during a tax day 'tea party' protest April 15, 2009. Wurzelbacher won a seat on a GOP committee in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio. He'll be one of nearly 400 committee members who oversee the Republican Party in northwest Ohio's Lucas County. Al Goldis/AP/File
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Joe Wurzelbacher, chats with members of the news media outside of his home in Holland, Ohio, Thursday Oct. 16, 2008. Wurzelbacher was cited by the GOP presidential candidate, John McCain, as an example of someone who wants to buy a plumbing business but would be hurt by Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama's tax plans. Madalyn Ruggiero/AP/File
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Then presidential Democratic nominee, Senator Barack Obama, speaks to Joe Wurzelbacher as he canvassed a neighborhood in Holland, Ohio, October 12, 2008. This moment launched Joe The Plumber into the national spotlight. Jim Young/Reuters/File
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Paul Burros dresses up as Joe the Plumber at the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnival in West Hollywood, California on October 31, 2008. Phil McCarten /Reuters/File
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Joe the Plumber, aka Samuel Wurzelbacher, on Tuesday won the GOP primary for Ohio’s Ninth Congressional District. His next step is to square off against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur.
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Mark Guarino, Staff writer /
March 7, 2012
Tony Dejak/AP
Joe the Plumber installed a primary win in Ohio Tuesday. But the full run of the drain may be harder to come by.