Betty Sue Sutton (born July 31, 1963) is an American politician who currently serves as a Judge of Ohio's 9th District Court of Appeals.

On July 24, 2013, the White House announced that Sutton would be appointed administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

The agency is headquartered in Washington, D.C., and is a government owned corporation that operates and maintains the U.S. portion of the St. Lawrence Seaway between the Port of Montreal and Lake Erie.

[6] During her first year of law school, Sutton successfully ran for her first public office, which earned her an at-large seat on the Barberton City Council in 1990.

[6] A year later, Sutton was appointed to fill an at-large seat on the Summit County Council, where she served until 1992.

[7] In 2006, Sutton successfully ran for the seat vacated by Sherrod Brown in the U.S. House of Representatives in Ohio's 13th congressional district.

Sutton received wide media attention in 2009 as a result of her lead sponsorship of the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act, which mandated the "Cash for Clunkers" program that went into effect during the summer of 2009.

[11] Sutton was the lead sponsor of the Josh Miller HEARTS Act, which mandates that the Department of Education provide funding to local schools for the purchase of automated external defibrillators (AEDs).

Sutton went on to win the November general election against Republican Craig L. Foltin, mayor of Lorain, Ohio.

In 2017, Sutton announced she would run for Governor of Ohio to succeed term-limited Republican incumbent John Kasich.

[34] In 2020, Sutton announced she was running for the 9th District Court of Appeals against incumbent Republican Judge Julie Schafer.

By expanding the Pell Grant the 13th Congressional District of Ohio was able to prevent teacher layoffs and provided for additional funding towards special needs programs.

Through The Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA), which the Congresswomen voted for, the 13th district was allowed the ability for greater access to affordable college.

In issues dealing with environment the Congresswoman demonstrated numerous times her ideals on protecting the natural resources and national parks we have.

One of the ways Ms. Sutton demonstrated her position on environment was through her acquisition of over 630 acres of undeveloped land to be added to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CVNP).

In her past tenure Sutton voted for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which passed and officially became a law on March 23, 2010.

Between her time in the Ohio and United States legislatures, Sutton worked as a labor lawyer with the firm of Faulkner, Muskovitz & Phillips LLP (FMP).