Bedford Heights councilman and former Cuyahoga County Board of Elections chairperson Thaddeus Jackson is dead at 74, Jackson ran unsuccessfully this year in the Democratic primary for state senator, was a friend of retired Congressman Louis Stokes
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Bedford Heights Councilman Thaddeus Jackson By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog Email:editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Tel: (216) 659-0473). Ka thy Wray Coleman is a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) BEDFORD HEIGHTS, Ohio- Bedford Heights Councilman Thaddeus Jackson, also a former chairperson of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, died Sunday of an apparent heart attack. He was 73. Bedford Heights is a Cleveland suburb and is roughly 78 percent Black. Jackson, who was Black, is well known in greater Cleveland political circles and was a close friend of retired 11th congressional district Congressman Louis Stokes. He ran unsuccessfully this year in the Democratic primary for senator o