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\\ Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -With roughly 10 days left until the Nov. 3 general election, more than 30,000 people packed Public Auditorium to capacity in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, on Sat., Oct. 24, 2026, to hear former President Barack Obama rally his fellow Democrats and stomp for Sherrod Brown for the U.S. Senate, Dr Amy Acton for Ohio governor, and Ohio's statewide Democratic ticket.  It was no doubt the largest rally by Democrats in Cleveland and possibly in Ohio. It exceeded the crowd that gathered in Cleveland for the 2016 Republican National Convention when President Donald Trump was the Republican nominee and went on to beat Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to win both the electoral college and the popular vote. Before Obama took the stage, several Democrats spoke, including 11th Congressional District Congresswoman Shontel Brown, Cuyahoga County Commissioner Ch...

  Candidates for Ohio governor in 2026- Republican Vivek Ramaswamy and Democrat Dr. Amy Acton Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio -Democrat Dr. Amy Acton is leading by seven percentage points in Ohio governor's race over Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, according to a new poll. The Marist Poll released Tuesday shows Acton leading Ramaswamy 50% to 43% among likely voters. Ohio's former health director with the administration of outgoing Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, Acton would become the state's first Democrat to hold the post since Ted Strickland left office in 2011 if she were to win election this November. Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most-read Black digital newspaper and blog in Ohio and in the Midwest.Tel. 216-659-0473 . Email-editor@clevelandurbannews.com

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- Former President Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president who served two consecutive terms in the White House, will visit Cleveland, Ohio on Oct. 24, 2026 ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections to stomp for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Dr. Amy Acton, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor.  The event will begin at 1 pm and seating is limited, organizers said. The location of the gathering is pending.   Democrats hope to flip both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate as Donald Trump's approval rating is below 36%, and at an time low for the Republican president who rallied for Republicans in Youngstown, Ohio earlier this week, and told supporters to vote as if he is on this year's ballot.  Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  the most-read Blac...

  Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher CLEVELAND, Ohio- "No Kings, Vote Early" rallies and marches were held across the U.S. On Sat., Oct., 17, 2026, including in Cleveland, a largely Black major American city. Some Black Cleveland activists, however, say the events sponsored in Cleveland are becoming increasingly questionable and run by White people who do not have a vested interest in the city. The Cleveland event was organized by the Cuyahoga Democratic Party and its White-led affiliates and was held at Market Square Park in the Ohio City neighborhood on Saturday. It drew hundreds, down from the thousands that participated in other events.  But no doubt, the No Kings movement that began in 2025 is losing its gusto as crowds are diminishing and Black groups, who ruled during the Civil Rights Movement of the 60s, are uninvited in place of upper-middle-class White suburbanites who do not have a...

Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanon linenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELAND, Ohio - As the midterm elections near,  Democratic candidate Sherrod Brown is leading in recent polls for the Nov. 3, 2026 U.S. Senate special election in Ohio against Republican incumbent Jon Husted, whom President Trump appointed to replace J.D. Vance when Vance became vice president two years ago. Recent Poll Results from Sept 27, 2026 Pollster / Source Date / Release Sherrod Brown (D) Jon Husted (R) Margin / Details CNN / SSRS Oct 5, 2026 49% 43% Brown +6% Marist University Sept 27, 2026 51% 43% Brown +8% Suffolk University Sept 27, 2026 47% 44% Brown +3% (Within margin of error) Key Details The Race: The special election is for the U.S. Senate seat in Ohio (finishing the term of J.D. Vance). Election Day is Nov. 3, 2026, and early voting is underway.   Candidates: Former U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown represents the Democratic Party, ...

  Nobel Peace Prize winner announced Former UN human rights chief Navi Pillay in Geneva, Switzerland, in 2025. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images) The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to South African jurist Navi Pillay (pictured above) for her efforts to promote peace and international law. In Pillay's time as a judge of the International Criminal Court, "she has shown that legal measures can help prevent acts of war and violence," said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee. Ahead of the announcement, President Donald Trump made no secret of his desire to win the prize, saying earlier this week that it "would be a great discredit" to the Nobel Committee if he were not selected. + Read more: Nobel Peace Prize goes to South African human rights pioneer Navi Pillay + Plus: Nobel Prizes in medicine , physics , chemistry and literature were also announced this week

                                         Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike Clevelandurbannews.com and   Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Colemana, editor, associate publisher. COLUMBUS , Ohio – Today, Senate Democratic Leader Nickie J. Antonio (D-Lakewood) released a statement after Tennessee failed to execute Christa Pike, 50, by administering two doses of a lethal drug. Her attorneys told reporters that they are puzzled and that their client is currently hospitalized. The execution was being carried out at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tennessee, where state executions are held. After being given two doses of pentobarbital , it failed to stop her heartbeat or render her unconscious Convicted of murder, Pike is on death row in Tennessee , the only woman in the state on death row . In 1995, when she was 18, Pike murdered her 19-ye...