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East Cleveland mayoral primary election candidate Una Keenon to sue after board of elections refuses to place her name on the November ballot to oppose Mayor Brandon King, whom she came in second place to as a Democrat in the primary, Keenon and her attorney arguing that a city charter amendment mandates the top two candidates, without regards to partisanship, advance for the November election, the board of elections agreeing that the charter language is conflicting but saying a partisan primary election has precedence....For now, Mayor King faces Green Party candidate and community activist Devin Branch for the November election....East Cleveland is an impoverished Black suburb of Cleveland....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Una H R Keenon waves to supporters at a campaign event at her campaign headquarters in East Cleveland prior to the Sept 12 primary election for East Cleveland mayor Pictured are  candidates for the 2017 Sept. 12 East Cleveland mayoral primary of Democrats Mayor Brandon King, Una H.R. Keenon, and Mansell Baker and Green Party candidate and community activists Devin Branch (Not pictured-Dana Hawkins Jr.). That election is now in discrepancy  per a city charter amendment in 2002 that has what some argue has conflicting language as to whether primary elections are partisan relative to primary elections in the 95 percent Black city, an impoverished suburb of Cleveland  Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 4.5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years a

By Kathy Wray Coleman: East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton wins reelection

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton and East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-East Cleveland voters retained incumbent East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton in a Democratic primary election on Tuesday.  With all 18 precincts counted  Norton garnered 1385 votes, or two-thirds of the 2099 ballots cast, and East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan got 563 votes, or about 27%, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reveal. Political novice Vernon Robinson  came in third place  with 151 votes. Norton ousted former mayor Eric Brewer four years ago as the then city council president, and Brewer had endorsed Jordan. Wi