Incumbent state Representative Bill Patmon faces former Cleveland councilman Eugene Miller in Democratic primary, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections releases list of Dems and Republican candidates for May 6 primary election, read the list of candidates here at Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper
   Ohio State Rep Bill Patmon (D-10), former Cleveland city councilman Eugene Miller, and Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson  |
| East side Cleveland Councilmen Michael Polensek, Kevin Conwell, and Jeff Johnson. |
CLEVELAND, Ohio- The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections on Wednesday released the list of names of politicians and political wannabe's that filed petitions for the May 6 Democratic and Republican primary elections.
The most notable primary race for state legislator is the race between incumbent state Rep Bill Patmon (D-10), a Black Cleveland Democrat and former city councilman who lost a non-partisan bid for Cleveland mayor against current mayor Frank Jackson in 2009, and Eugene Miller, a former city councilman who lost a heated race for the redrawn Cleveland Ward 10 last year against Councilman Jeff Johnson, a former state senator. No Republican took out petitions for the state Hosue district 10 seat, which means that the winner between Patmon and Miller faces no opponent in the November general election.
See below the full list of candidates for Congress, state House and state Senate seats, county executive, Cuyahoga County Council, and judge-ships for the general division of the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals and county probate and domestic relations courts. (Editors' note: All seats for the U.S. House of Representatives and Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate are up for grabs, coupled with select seats for Cuyahoga County Council and select judicial seats).
Primary winners will square off for the November 4 general election, if the candidate has an opponent.
Miller, who is also Black as are Councilman Johnson and Mayor Jackson, held the 10th state House district seat before winning a city council seat in 2010. He had been appointed by city council a year prior to serve out the unexpired term of former councilman Roosevelt Coats.
Miller and Johnson fought hard last year over the ward 10 city council seat as Cleveland City Council saw two seats eliminated to bring it this year from 19 to 17
members per a voter adopted charter amendment and controversial council redistricting map. Rep. Patmon backed Johnson in the close Ward 10 race and Jackson and then City Councilman President Martin Sweeney, still a councilman and a candidate for the open state legislative district 14 seat on Cleveland's largely White west side, supported Miller, who lost to Johnson.
Also supporting Johnson in last year's city council race were Ward 9 Councilman Kevin Conwell, and Ward 8 Councilman Michael Polensek. That same scenario is likely for the Democratic primary fight between Patmon and Miller over Patmon's state House district 10 seat this year, sources say.
Conwell is Black like most of the city's east side council members. Polensek is a White east side councilman who represents parts of the Collinwood area, and he is the most seasoned councilperson of the largely Black major American city.
State legislators make state laws, and city council persons adopt city ordinances. The 11-member Cuyahoga County Council works in cooperation with the county executive relative to public policy initiatives.
The powerful county executive, pursuant to a new governance structure approved by voters in 2009 that eliminated a three-member county board of commissioners and elected county offices other than the judges, also hires and fires the once elected county sheriff, coroner, fiscal officer, clerk of courts , and treasurer. Black leaders and politicians opposed the new governance plan, all but state Sen. Nina Turner, who caught all out hell from some Black leaders like former Cleveland NAACP President George Forbes and the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press with distributions in Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. Ed FitzGerald, the Democratic candidate for Ohio governor this year in a likely runoff against incumbent Gov John Kasich, a Republican, is the current county executive. He beat Republican Matt Dolan in 2010 and is the county's first chief executive.
Other closely watched races include the race between Democratic former state reps. Kenny Yuko and Ed Jerse, both White, to replace state Sen Turner, now a Democratic candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, and the race for the seat currently held by state Sen Shirley Smith (D-21), who is term limited. Also closely watched is the state legislative district seat held by state Rep. Sandra Williams (D-11), who is running for Smith's 21st district state Senate seat in a crowded field. Smith Turner and Williams are all Black Cleveland Democrats.
Others in the Democratic primary for the 21st state senatorial district, which includes primarily the Black east side Cleveland city wards, are former Cleveland School Board Member Gerald Henley and Willie Lewis Britt.
Incumbent state Rep. John Barnes Jr. (D-12), a Black Cleveland Democrat, faces Democratic challenger Jill Miller Zimon, a member of the city council of the upper middle class Pepper Pike, Ohio, one of several suburbs in Barnes' newly redrawn largely majority Black 12th state House district. The new district stretches from the majority Black Cleveland Ward 1 in the west, south through Maple Heights, Bedford and Bedford Heights, east through Warrensville Heights, North Randall and Highland Hills, and finally north through Orange, Pepper Pike and Mayfield Heights.
The seat for the state House district eight now held by Armond Budish, the front runner for county executive, is also up for grabs.
Others in the Democratic primary race for county executive, in addition to Budish, a Beachwood Democrat and former Ohio House speaker and minority leader, are state Sen. Smith (D-21), fired former sheriff Bob Reid, Thomas Grady and Walter Allen Rogers Jr. The winner will face Republican Jack Schron in November, a county council member whose four-year county council term is not yet up.
The state House seat held by term limited Barbara Boyd (D-9), a Black Cleveland Heights Democrat, is also open as are the Cuyahoga County Council seats held by Council President C. Ellen Connally, who is calling it quits, and Julian Rogers, who took an administrative job at Cleveland State University. Both Connally and Rogers are Black.
Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Anita Laster Mays, who is Black, stands out among judicial candidates, having snagged the county Democratic party endorsement over Brian Corrigan, a common pleas judge who pleaded guilty to DUI last year, for an open seat on the Ohio Eighth District Court of Appeals.
Petitions have not yet all been certified for the ballot, elections officials said yesterday, and some potential candidates could be eliminated for various reasons, including a lack of the required petition signatures.
The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections list of candidates that filed petitions for the May 6 primary is as follows:
| Congressional District 09 | |
|---|---|
| Cory Hoffman | Dem. |
| Marcy Kaptur | Dem. |
| Robert C. Horrocks Jr | Rep. |
| Richard May | Rep. |
| Susan Purviance | Socialist |
Congressional District 16
| |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Crossland | Dem. | ||||||
| James Donenwirth | Dem. | ||||||
| Jim Renacci | Rep. | ||||||
| State Senate District 21 | |||||||
| Willie Lewis Britt | Dem. | ||||||
| Gerald Henley | Dem. | ||||||
| Sandra Williams | Dem. | ||||||
| State Senate District 23 | |||||||
| Michael J. Skindell | Dem. | ||||||
| Tom Haren | Rep. | ||||||
| Harry E. Ristmae | Rep. | ||||||
| State Senate District 25 | |||||||
| Thaddeus J. Jackson | Dem. | ||||||
| Ed Jerse | Dem. | ||||||
| Kenny Yuko | Dem. | ||||||
| Ohio House District 06 | |
|---|---|
| Anthony Fossaceca | Dem. |
| Marlene Anielski | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 07 | |
| Matt Patten | Dem. |
| Mike Dovilla | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 08 | |
| Sylvia James | Dem. |
| Kent Smith | Dem. |
| Mikhail Alterman | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 09 | |
| David J. Biel | Dem. |
| Janine Boyd | Dem. |
| Sean P. Malone | Dem. |
| Isaac Powell | Dem. |
| Charles T. Hopson | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 10 | |
| Eugene R Miller | Dem. |
| Bill Patmon | Dem. |
| Ohio House District 11 | |
| Harry F. Banks | Dem. |
| Michael Dudley Sr | Dem. |
| Michael J. Houser | Dem. |
| Stephanie Howse | Dem. |
| Tony Perry | Dem. |
| Gigi Traore | Dem. |
| Roz McAllister | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 12 | |
| John E. Barnes Jr | Dem. |
| Jill Miller Zimon | Dem. |
| Ohio House District 13 | |
| Nickie J. Antonio | Dem. |
| Maria Anderson | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 14 | |
| Steve Holecko | Dem. |
| Mike Piepsny | Dem. |
| Martin J. Sweeney | Dem. |
| Anna E. Melendez | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 15 | |
| Nicholas J. Celebrezze | Dem. |
| Patty Gascoyne-Telischak | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 06 | |
|---|---|
| Anthony Fossaceca | Dem. |
| Marlene Anielski | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 07 | |
| Matt Patten | Dem. |
| Mike Dovilla | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 08 | |
| Sylvia James | Dem. |
| Kent Smith | Dem. |
| Mikhail Alterman | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 09 | |
| David J. Biel | Dem. |
| Janine Boyd | Dem. |
| Sean P. Malone | Dem. |
| Isaac Powell | Dem. |
| Charles T. Hopson | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 10 | |
| Eugene R Miller | Dem. |
| Bill Patmon | Dem. |
| Ohio House District 11 | |
| Harry F. Banks | Dem. |
| Michael Dudley Sr | Dem. |
| Michael J. Houser | Dem. |
| Stephanie Howse | Dem. |
| Tony Perry | Dem. |
| Gigi Traore | Dem. |
| Roz McAllister | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 12 | |
| John E. Barnes Jr | Dem. |
| Jill Miller Zimon | Dem. |
| Ohio House District 13 | |
| Nickie J. Antonio | Dem. |
| Maria Anderson | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 14 | |
| Steve Holecko | Dem. |
| Mike Piepsny | Dem. |
| Martin J. Sweeney | Dem. |
| Anna E. Melendez | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 15 | |
| Nicholas J. Celebrezze | Dem. |
| Patty Gascoyne-Telischak | Rep. |
| Ohio House District 16 | |
|---|---|
| Todd LeVeck | Dem. |
| Nan A. Baker | Rep. |
| County Executive | |
| Armond D. Budish | Dem. |
| Thomas O'Grady | Dem. |
| Bob Reid | Dem. |
| Walter Allen Rogers Jr | Dem. |
| Timothy J. Russo | Dem. |
| Shirley Smith | Dem. |
| Jack Schron | Rep. |
| County Council District 01 | |
| David Greenspan | Rep. |
| County Council District 03 | |
| Dan Brady | Dem. |
| County Council District 05 | |
| Michael J. Gallagher | Rep. |
| County Council District 07 | |
|---|---|
| Yvonne M. Conwell | Dem. |
| County Council District 09 | |
| Lloyd D Anderson | Dem. |
| Shontel M. Brown | Dem. |
| Leah Lewis | Dem. |
| Lynn Ruffner | Dem. |
| Donald A. Saunders | Dem. |
| Andre P. White | Dem. |
| Adam Trumbo | Rep. |
| County Council District 11 | |
| Sunny Simon | Dem. |
| John J. Currid | Rep. |
| Judge - 8th District Court of Appeals - Term 2/9/2015 | |
| Sean C. Gallagher | Dem. |
| Judge - 8th District Court of Appeals - Term 2/10/2015 | |
| Larry A. Jones | Dem. |
| Judge - 8th District Court of Appeals - Term 2/11/2015 | |
| Patricia Ann Blackmon | Dem. |
| Judge - 8th District Court of Appeals - Term 2/12/2015 | |
| Brian J. Corrigan | Dem. |
| Anita Laster Mays | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/1/2015 | |
| Michael J. Russo | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/2/2015 | |
| Nancy A. Fuerst | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/3/2015 | |
|---|---|
| Sherrie Miday | Dem. |
| Pamela A. Barker | Rep. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/4/2015 | |
| Nancy R. McDonnell | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/5/2015 | |
| Brendan J. Sheehan | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/6/2015 | |
| Robert C. McClelland | Rep. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/7/2015 | |
|---|---|
| Nancy Margaret Russo | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 1/10/2015 | |
| Shannon M. Gallagher | Dem. |
| Mary Elaine Hall | Dem. |
| Matthew A. McMonagle | Rep. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term 2/9/2015 | |
| Deena R. Calabrese | Dem. |
| Judge - Common Pleas Court - Term ending 1/11/2017 | |
| Joan Synenberg | Rep. |
| Judge - Domestic Relations Court - Term 1/8/2015 | |
|---|---|
| Judge - Domestic Relations Court - Term 1/9/2015 | |
| Judge - Domestic Relations Court - Term ending 1/12/2017 | |
| Rosemary Grdina Gold | Dem. |
| Leslie Ann Celebrezze | Dem. |
| Francine Goldberg | Dem. |
| John McIntyre | Dem. |
| Janet Rath Colaluca | Rep. |
| John Mayer | Rep. |
| Judge - Probate Court - Term 1/1/2015 | |
| Judge - Probate Court - Term 2/9/2015 | |
| Anthony J. Russo | Dem. |
| Michael R. Sliwinski | Rep. |
| Laura J. Gallagher | Dem. |
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