Democratic primary election results for Cuyahoga County: Chordray wins the May 8, 2018 Democratic primary over Kucinich and others for governor and will face DeWine in November, state senators Sandra Williams and Kenny Yuko win and state Rep. Nickie Antonio beats state Rep. Martin Sweeney for the state senate seat in district 23....Juanita Brent, state Rep. Kent Smith, Michael Skindell, Bride Rose Sweeney, and Terrence Upchurch win state representative seats....In closely watched judicial races for the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas general division bench Andrea Nelson Moore loses to Ashley Kilbane, William McGinty edges Anthony Santoli, and Deborah Turner wins with ease....Cleveland Heights Councilwoman Cheryl Stephens unseated Cuyahoga County Councilman Michael Houser.....Congresswomen Fudge and Kaptur win and Susan Moran Palmer out does five challengers to win the primary election for a congressional seat in district 16...Betsy Rader runs unopposed for the congressional seat in the 14th congressional district in the Democratic primary and longtime Democratic U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown also runs unopposed....The general election is November 6....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-Former  congressman Dennis Kucinich lost to Richard Chordray in the Democratic gubernatorial primary race for governor Tuesday night, and state Sen. Sandra Williams, who is Black,  fought off former Cleveland councilman and former state senator Jeff Johnson to keep her district 21 state senate seat.

State Sen. Kenny Yuko held on to  beat state Rep John Barnes Jr , who is Black, in a two way race for the district 25 state senate seat.

Voter turnout in the heavily Democratic Cuyahoga County, the second largest of 88 counties statewide, and of which includes the majority Black major metropolitan city of Cleveland, was relatively low at 23 percent.

Some of the winners of the Democratic primary face opposition in November. Others do not.

Chordray and lieutenant governor Betty Sutton, who denied Akron Councilman Tara Samples' bid to possibly become the state's first Black Democratic lieutenant governor alongside of Kucinich, a former Cleveland mayor, will face Republican primary winner Mike DeWine in Nov. 6 general election with Ohio state treasurer Jon Husted as DeWine's lieutenant governor running mate.

DeWine out did current lieutenant governor Mary Taylor following a campaign slug fest and Chordray, a former Washington D.C. consumer watchdog endorsed  by former president Barack Obama, won in a six-way race for the Democratic primary for governor.

Kucinich campaigned hard but also lost in his own Cuyahoga County, though Chordray will surely need his help to beat DeWine, currently the Ohio attorney general and a former U.S. senator.

State Rep Nickie Antonio edged state Rep Martin Sweeney, a former Cleveland council president, to win the state senate seat in district 23, and following a dog fight that caught the attention of the mainstream media.

Unofficial results of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections also saw Terrence Upchurch outdo closet challenger T.J. Dow, a former Cleveland councilman, to win the state representative seat in statehouse district 10 held by term-limited state Rep Bill Patmon, who finished third in the state senate race of all Black candidates for state senate district 21, Patmon losing to Williams, a race that also included perennial candidate Willie Lewis Britt and second place finisher Jeff Johnson. Upchurch faces no opposition in November.

Antonio, Yuko and Williams all face Republican opposition, though Williams only faces a write-in candidate, and all are expected to win with ease.

Juanita Brent, the niece of the late Vermel Whalen, a former state representative, easily defeated a host of challengers to win the district 12 state representative seat held by the term-limited Barnes, Patrice Brown coming in second, followed  by progressive candidate Yvonka Hall in third place. Brent faces no opposition in November

Kent Smith held on to his state legislative seat in district nine against Cassandra McDonald, who is Black, and Martin Sweeney's daughter,  Bride Rose Sweeney, who ran for his state representative seat in district 14, won over closet challenger Steve Holecko, a progressive candidate. Smith faces no opposition in November. Bride Rose Sweeney has no opposition in November.

Michael Skindell defeated Tom Bullock in the primary for the state representative seat in district 13.

Skindell faces Republican opposition in November as does Democrat Cassimir Svigelj, who ran unopposed Tuesday night. And Democratic state Reps Janine Boyd of Cleveland Heights and Stephanie Howse of Cleveland, both of them running unopposed for the primary, face Republican opposition in November.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish ran unopposed but faces opposition Republican opposition in November, but only from a write-in candidate.

Cleveland Heights Councilwoman Cheryl Stephens unseated Cuyahoga County Councilman Michael Houser. Stephens faces no opposition in November.

County Councilman Dan Brady held on to his seat and is unopposed for the general election and  County Councilwomen Sunny Simon, Yvonne Conwell and Shontel Brown, also chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, all ran unopposed and have no opposition in November. 

In closely watched judicial races, Andrea Nelson Moore, who is Black, lost to Ashley Kilbane for an open general division seat on the court of common pleas in spite of an endorsement from Congresswoman Marcia Fudge, who is Black, and William McGinty won a heated race over endorsed Democrat Anthony Santoli for another common pleas judgeship.

Kilbane and McGinty face opposition in November, McGinty from Republican Lorraine Coyne.

Deborah Turner, who is Black won in a crowded race and will join Common Pleas Judges Shirley Strickland Saffold and Cassandra Collier Williams, both unopposed Tuesday night and in the upcoming general election, as one of three Blacks on the 34-member largely White common pleas general division bench.

Juvenile Court Judge Alison  Nelson Floyd, who is Black, ran unopposed and faces no opposition in November,

For contested or closely watched congressional races Fudge and Marcy Kaptur won with ease, Fudge facing only a write-in,  and Susan Moran Palmer fought off five challengers to win the Democratic primary for the congressional seat in the 16th congressional district.

8th District Court of Appeals Judge Melody Stewart will face Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Mary DeGenaro in November.

Civil Rights attorney Betsy Rader ran unopposed for the Democratic primary relative to a congressional seat in district 14 and veteran U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown ran unopposed for his seat.

Fudge, Kaptur, Rader, Moran and Brown all face Republican opposition in November.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 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 at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS.