She is the daughter of a retired Master Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force and has resided in the 5th District since her elementary school days and is married to her husband of 30 years, Bruce Weirauch, a retired Napoleon, Ohio police lieutenant.
Weirauch's campaign team toured the geographically large district in a retired ambulance decorated with her, "CPR - Caring Personal Representation", slogan.
On September 20, 2007, Weirauch announced her candidacy for the vacant Fifth District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives with a video released on YouTube.com.
She won the Democratic Primary on November 6, 2007 and faced Republican Bob Latta in the general election on December 11, 2007.
In 2008, she ran for Henry County Commissioner in the November election against Republican incumbent Bob Hastedt.