Bernie Sanders, Cleveland's mayor, and Dr. Cornel West to campaign with Nina Turner in Cleveland on Saturday, July 31 at a GOTV rally, as will U.S. Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, other local leaders, activists, and others...Turner is among 13 Democratic candidates on the ballot for the congressional seat in Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes Cleveland....The Democratic primary election is August 3....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsnewsblog.com, Ohio's leaders in Black digital news
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By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief
CLEVELAND, OHIO – U.S. Congressional Candidate Nina Turner announced on Thursday that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders will travel to Ohio during the final week of the campaign and will join Turner at events in both Akron and Cleveland on Saturday while also headlining a get-out-the-vote rally on Saturday morning in Cleveland alongside other prominent national Democrats and local voices.
The GOTV rally will take place on Sat., July 31 at the Agora Theater on Euclid Avenue on Cleveland's largely Black east side and will feature Turner, U.S. Congresswoman Cori Bush of Missouri, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, Dr. Cornel West, and more, including local leaders such as Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson and state Rep. Juanita Brent of Cleveland.
The rally, which will also feature musical artists and will include community activists, will begin at 11:30 am and will be followed by a 2 pm march to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections at East 29th Street and Euclid Avenue, the Turner campaign said in a press release Thursday. Doors open at 10:30 am.
Jackson is a four term Black mayor of Cleveland and a longtime Turner ally.
A Black Democrat and former Ohio senator who was Sanders' campaign surrogate and who co-chaired his presidential campaign for president last year, Turner 53, is the front runner among 13 candidates competing in an Aug 3 special Democratic congressional primary election for the congressional seat vacated in early March by former congresswoman Marcia L. Fudge, who is now the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a member of President Joe Biden's cabinet.
A Democrat out of Vermont who, like Turner, supports progressive agendas, Sanders endorsed Nina Turner early in the race, citing her tireless advocacy for bold policies like Medicare for All, cancelling student debt, free public college, raising the minimum wage and holding big corporations accountable.
In his endorsement of Turner on Dec. 15, Sanders said she is best qualified to lead Ohio's 11th congressional district, which includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County, and a majority black pocket of Akron and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs.
"I've gotten to know Nina Turner over the last five years," said Sanders. "She deeply cares for working families and she has the heart to be an effective, unwavering fighter for them in Congress."
Turner shared her gratitude for Sanders' support.
"Senator Sanders sparked a movement that shifted what is possible in American politics. I am proud to be joined by Senator Sanders in my hometown of Cleveland," Turner said.
She added that Sanders "has shown that one can be a principled partner to the president in moving forward an agenda that centers on the poor, the working poor, and the barely middle class."
Turner and her campaign team are working to keep her closest opponent, Cuyahoga County Councilwoman and County Democratic Party Chair Shontel Brown, from gaining ground in the multi million dollar congressional race.
Turner has raised some $4.6 million, more money than any of her opponents.
The winner of the crowded Democratic primary in Ohio's 11th congressional district will face the Republican primary winner for a Nov. 2 general election.
Ohio's largely Black 11th congressional district includes most of Cleveland and its eastern suburbs of Cuyahoga County and a majority Black pocket of Akron and staggering sections of Akron's Summit County suburbs.
Both Cleveland and Cuyahoga County are Democratic strongholds run primarily by Democrats.
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By Kathy Wray Coleman. Coleman is a former public school biology teacher and a Black political and investigative reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio
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