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Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo failed to get the county Democratic Party endorsement for her bid this year for a judicial seat over her Democratic opponent, an assistant county prosecutor under County Prosecutor Mike O'Malley, who is also seeking  reelection. And the Cleveland Plain Dealer also refused to endorse her Staff article: investigative article  CLEVELANDURANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio -Veteran Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo lost to Assistant County Prosecutor Carl Mazzone via Tuesday's primary election, both running for the seat left open by the misconduct suspension last year of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Gaul by the Ohio Supreme Court. Community activists who want Russo off the bench were elated and said Tuesday that "Russo's defeat is indicative of what activists can do when they stick together to rid the county of corrupt and no good judges and other politicians who are detrimental to the Bl

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor CLEVELAND, Oho- Ohio and Cuyahoga County voters took to the polls on Tuesday for the closely-watched primary election, which came with few surprises in predicted races such as the U.S. Senate race in Ohio and a judicial contest involving controversial County Common Pleas Judge Nancy Margaret Russo and her Democratic primary opponent, Carl Mazzone. He trounced her following opposition to her candidacy from Cleveland area community activists and her own county Democratic Party, not to mention the lack of an endorsement from the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Ohio's largest newspaper.  Activists elated over Russo's numbing loss said Tuesday that "it shows the power of community organizing and an organized vote at the ballot box, and is a message to other unfair judges that their unfair actions and malfeasance against the Black community and other vulnerable groups have noticeable and sometimes career damaging consequences." "What goes around,

U.S. Reps Brown, Sewell Lead Bipartisa n Letter on Artificial Intelligence Interference in 2024 Election 33 House members, the NAACP, and other advocacy groups join letter to DOJ, DHS, and EAC on AI threat Staff article  Washington, D.C. –   Congresswoman Shontel Brown (OH-11)  and  Congresswoman Terri Sewell (AL-07)   sent a letter this week to the U.S. Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and Election Assistance Commission (EAC). It seeks information regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to intimidate, threaten, or misinform voters during the 2024 election cycle, Black voters in particular. Both Brown and Sewell are Black, female federal lawmakers, and are Democrats.  For a pdf of the letter, click here. The letter, sent Wednesday, is directed to Attorney General Merrick Garland, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro  Mayorkas, and federal officer and  Commissioner Benjamin Hovlandcomes. It comes as Ohio's March 19 primary election nears as well as

                          Ex Ohio congresswoman and former HUD secretary Marcia L. Fudge    Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor in chief. CLEVELAND, Ohio-U.S. HUD Secretary  Marcia L. Fudge, a former Ohio congresswoman of 13 years who quit Congress and  joined President Joe Biden's cabinet in March of 2021 shortly after he took office, is stepping down at the end of this month as secretary of Housing and Urban Development, she announced on Monday The second Black woman to lead HUD, Fudge's announcement came as a surprise to many and answered the question of whether she would remain on if Biden were to win reelection in a November presidential election rematch with former President Donald Trump, whom he ousted to originally win the White House in 2020.  A Democrat like Biden, Fudge said that she is retiring as a public servant and coming back to her home state of Ohio, and before what she purportedly

By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor CLEVELAND, Ohio. - Former President Donald Trump (pictured), the presumptive nominee for the Republican nomination for president, is scheduled to visit Ohio this weekend to stomp for U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, whom he has endorsed.  The former president is slated to speak a t the Buckeye Values PAC rally at Wright Bros. Aero Inc.in Dayton at  4 p.m., with doors opening at 12 p.m. Moreno will square off with state Sen. Matt Dolan and Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose for Ohio's March 19 primary, and whether Trump can push him over the finish line remains to be seen. The winner will face current Democratic U.S. Sen Sherrod Brown, a Cleveland Democrat, in November. Dolan is endorsed by Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine and former Sen Rob Portman, who retired and threw his support behind the state senator.  The mainly three-way primary race of Republicans seeking to go to Washington is being closely watched nationwide as Republicans seek to strip Democrat