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Democratic candidate for Cuyahoga County executive Armond Budish celebrates opening of campaign office in Shaker Square to a packed house, Budish says he supports women's issues, wants Planned Parenthood adequately funded

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  By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog,  O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Democratic candidate for Cuyhoga County executive Armond Budish, currently a state representative for the Ohio Eighth House District, joined, family, friends, fellow Democrats, Cleveland area Black clergy and other supporters to celebrate the grand opening of his chief campaign office at Shaker Square in Cleveland on Saturday afternoon. "I feel energized, this is great," Budish told Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's leading digital Black newspaper. "Democrats from all walks of life have come together." Asked what he would do for women, Budish said that he will focus on women's health and that he wants Pl

Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith is first Black, first female to formally announce run in 2014 for Cuyahoga County Executive, has support from state Rep. Patmon, Cleveland, East Cleveland City Council members, other Black leaders... county council president C. Ellen Connally likely not running,....Smith faces to date a Democratic primary against Democrats state Rep. Armond Budish and former county sheriff Bob Reid, whom county executive Ed FitzGerald fired earlier this year, ....Congresswoman Fudge, Mayor Jackson quiet on whom they will endorse for county executive

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Ohio State Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat and the first Black and first female to formally  announce  that she will run for Cuyahoga County Executive next year. To date Smith faces a 2014 Democratic primary against state Rep. Armond Budish (D-9), and former county sheriff Bob Reid, whom county executive Ed FitzGerald  fired  earlier this year. From The Metro Desk Of Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio – Ohio state Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat who this month formally announced her candidacy for Cuyahoga County Executive, a seat held now by 2014 Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald, would be the first Black and first female to hold the post if she wins the 2014 Democratic primary and goes on to

Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith announces a possible run for Cuyahoga County executive in wake of announcement last month by County Executive Ed FitzGerald that he will run for governor against Republican John Kasich next year, Smith, a Cleveland Democrat, is the first Black to announce (Editor's Note: Smith will hold an information and expungement clinic open to the public with law enforcement officials and affiliates of the OBCI relative to a new state law for exungement of select criminal records that she co-sponsored that Kasich supported, the clinic is for people that qualify to have criminal records sealed under the new law and will be held on May 23 at 4 pm at the CSU Wolstein Center, 2000 Prospect Ave in Cleveland, people with criminal warrants should consult an attorney first, Blacks get harsher criminal sentences than their White counterparts in the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas led by Chief Judge Nancy Fuerst, a Cleveland NAACP study that is gathering dust to protect the establishment found)

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Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith (D-21), a Cleveland Democrat By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 CLEVELAND, Ohio- Ohio state Sen. Shirley Smith (D-21) is the first Black to announce that she might run for Cuyahoga County executive next year in the wake of a formal announcement late last month by County Executive Ed FitzGerald, a Democrat like Smith and former FBI agent and Lakewood mayor, that he will not seek reelection and will instead run as the likely Democratic nominee against Republican John Kasich in the 2014 gubernatorial election.  A prior state representative and state senator since 2007, Smith would not go into detail with Cleveland Urban News.Com on her proposed run for one of the most powerful offices