Joe the Plumber Is Running For Congress 10.09K Jim Newell 10/10/11 11:46AM Filed to: Candidates Candidates Joe the plumber Samuel Wurzelbacher House Ohio Appic Tweetg Samuel "Joe the Plumber" Wurzelbacher, the Ohio hobo who got famous by asking Barack Obama one boilerplate question on the 2008 campaign trail, has filed to run in Ohio's 9th congressional district! His presidential campaign can wait until 2016.