10 women in Congress who won’t be back

5. Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D) of Ohio

Charles Dharapak/AP

After one term in the House, Representative Kilroy lost by almost 20 percentage points to Republican Steve Stivers. Ohio’s 15th District has historically been a Republican seat.

Mr. Stivers, a veteran of Ohio politics, lost to Kilroy by a slim margin in 2008, when she became the first Democrat to hold the seat since 1982.

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