Congressional candidates Nina Turner and Shontel Brown announce fundraising amounts for the end of the quarter in the 11th congressional district race for the seat vacated by now HUD secretary Marcia L. Fudge.... By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders

Ohio 11th Congressional District Candidates Nina Turner and Shontel Brown

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor, associate publisher

CLEVELAND, Ohio — As reports to the Federal Elections Commission for the quarter ending March 31 are coming due, former Ohio senator Nina Turner's campaign announced Monday that the former Bernie Sanders surrogate has raised a total of $2.2 million to date for the special election for Congress in Ohio's majority Black 11th congressional district, and the other major front-runner, Cuyahoga County Democratic Party Chairwoman and County Councilwoman Shontel Brown, $680,000, her campaign said on Monday too

Ohio's 11th congressional district includes most of Cleveland, a largely Black pocket of Akron, and select suburbs of Cuyahoga and Summit counties.

Brown's campaign told Clevelandurbannews.com and-Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com that Brown is grateful for the support in pursuit of the congressional seat vacated on March 10 by former congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, now the secretary of Housing and Urban Development in President Joe Biden's cabinet.

"I am grateful to the thousands of people who have contributed to our campaign," said Brown. "I've always focused on making a difference in people's lives. I am running for Congress to lead Northeast Ohio's economic recovery, and to partner with the Biden administration to get it done."  

Turner also thanked her supporters.

"I am so grateful for all of the grassroots support we are receiving from working people in Ohio and across the nation," said Turner, who is also a former Cleveland councilwoman. " This is a people-powered campaign that is centered around an opportunity agenda of better wages, better health care, better education and dignity for all."

Brown's fundraising success comes on the heels of recent endorsements by the United Auto Workers, the Iron Workers, and U.S. Congresswoman Joyce Beatty, and Turner's on recent endorsements from Rep Ocasio-Cortez, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, and the Amalgamated Transit Union.

 

In addition Brown and Turner the five other declared candidates for the Democratic nomination for Fudge's seat are former state representative John Barnes Jr, former state senator Shirley Smith, former Cleveland city councilman Jeff Johnson, former state representative Bryan Flannery, and Tariq Shabazz, a U.S. Navy veteran.

All of the seven declared candidates are Black, except Flannery, who is White, and since the 11th congressional district and Cuyahoga County, which includes Cleveland, are Democratic strongholds the Democrats always win congressional elections relative to the powerful congressional seat.

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