East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King survives recall election for a second time, and by a large margin.....By Clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio- East Cleveland Mayor Brandon King survived a recall effort on Tuesday with 70 percent of voters voting no. According to unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections the Black two term mayor, who escaped a previous recall attempt, won over those seeking his ouster 173-73 with all precincts counted, nearly a mandate. A Democrat who blames Republicans and disgruntled city council members for the recall attempt, King survived the previous recall attempt, which was last year in 2022, by 18 votes, far less that the margin for Tuesday's recall election and an indication, said sources, that East Cleveland voters support him overall. The 99 percent Black and poor city, an impoverished suburb of Cleveland of about 15,000 people, has been under fiscal emergency for the last decade. Then the vice president of city council, King succeeded former mayor G