'''Stephanie Tubbs Jones''' (September 10, 1949 – August 20, 2008) was a [[DemocraticDemocrat]] politician and member of the [[United States House of Representatives]]. She represented Ohio District 11, which encompasses most of downtown and eastern [[Cleveland]] and many of the eastern suburbs in [[Cuyahoga County]], Ohio, including [[Euclid]], [[Cleveland Heights]], and [[Shaker Heights]]. She was the first [[African American]] woman to be elected to Congress from Ohio. According to Opensecrets.org, Tubbs Jones took more than $154,000 in campaign contributions during a time when the housing crisis in Cleveland was at its peak. <ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/pacs.php?cycle=2008&cid=N00003561<ref>