Democratic candidate for Cuyahoga County executive Armond Budish celebrates opening of campaign office in Shaker Square to a packed house, Budish says he supports women's issues, wants Planned Parenthood adequately funded
CLEVELAND, Ohio- Democratic candidate for Cuyhoga County executive Armond Budish, currently a state representative for the Ohio Eighth House District, joined, family, friends, fellow Democrats, Cleveland area Black clergy and other supporters to celebrate the grand opening of his chief campaign office at Shaker Square in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon.
"I feel energized, this is great," Budish told Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leading digital Black newspaper. "Democrats from all walks of life have come together."
Asked what he would do for women, Budish said that he will focus on women's health and that he wants Planned Parenthood adequately funded.
The event drew a diverse crowd, and was packed. Former Cuyahoga County commissioner Peter Lawson Jones was the emcee. He said that Budish is the best candidate for Cuyahoga County executive.
"He has the heart and mind to do what is needed and what is right for the citizens of Cuyahoga County," said Jones.
Other speakers include Democratic candidate for Ohio Attorney General David Pepper and Bishop Eugene Ward, pastor of Greater Love Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland, and a member of the Mount Pleasant Ministerial Alliance and the United Pastors in Mission.
"Budish for jobs, Budish for Black people, Budish for White people, Budish for Cuyahoga County," said Ward, as he motivated the tentative audience.
Elected officials there include Cleveland Ward 6 Councilwoman Mamie Mitchell, East Cleveland School Board Member Dr. Patricia Blochowiak, and state Rep Sandra Williams (D-22), the Democratic candidate for state senator of the 22nd senate district of Ohio.
Other that attended were the Rev Tony Minor, the Rev Dr. David Hunter, Rev Henry Gates, Rev Aaron Phillips, and the Rev Dr. E. Theophilus Caviness, senior pastor of Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church in Cleveland, executive director of the Cleveland Chapter Southern Christian Leadership Conference, and first vice president of the Cleveland NAACP.
Also there to support Budish were Kenny Yuko, the Democratic candidate for state senator for Ohio senate district 25, Marcia McCoy, president of the Cleveland Chapter of the National Action Network, Obama for America supporters Pat Brown and Andre Saint Cyr, Ryan Miday, and Sherrie Miday, a Democratic candidate for a seat on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.
Ada Averyhart, Rev Pamela Pinkney-Butts and Richard Perry, a retired Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper reporter, were among the handful of community activists that showed-up.
Budish faces Republican Jack Schron in November. Schon is a member of Cuyahoga County Council. (www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com) and (www.clevelandurbannews.com)
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