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By Kathy Wray Coleman: East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton wins reelection

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East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton and East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan 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 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio-East Cleveland voters retained incumbent East Cleveland Mayor Gary Norton in a Democratic primary election on Tuesday.  With all 18 precincts counted  Norton garnered 1385 votes, or two-thirds of the 2099 ballots cast, and East Cleveland City Council President Dr. Joy Jordan got 563 votes, or about 27%, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections reveal. Political novice Vernon Robinson  came in third place  with 151 votes. Norton ousted former mayor Eric Brewer four years ago as the then city council president, and Brewer had endorsed Jordan. Wi