By editor Kathy Wray Coleman

CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM, COLUMBUS, Ohio-Following in the foot steps of the Akron Beacon Journal editorial board that last week endorsed Democratic state Rep. Kathleen Clyde (D-Kent), the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper, Ohio's largest newspaper, on Sunday endorsed Clyde to be Ohio's next secretary of state. CLICK HERE TO READ THE PLAIN DEALER ENDORSEMENT OF KATHLEEN CLYDE FOR OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE

Cleveland is a largely Black major American city of some 375,000 people and is led by three-term Black mayor Frank Jackson. also a Democrat like Clyde.

In endorsing Clyde the Plain Dealer editorial board said Clyde is “a steady supporter of Ohioans' voting rights and of making it easier for Ohioans to exercise those rights.”

Kathleen Clyde's qualifications as a leading point person and expert on election laws make her even more qualified the editorial says.

In addition to the tight race for Ohio secretary of state the most watched political races are the statewide races for governor, that pits

Democrat Richard Cordray against Republican, Mike DeWine, state attorney general,

auditor, and treasurer, and two open seats on the seven- member Ohio Supreme Court,

which is currently all-White and all-Republican.

State legislative seats for the Ohio House of Representatives and Ohio Senate are also up for grabs.

Races in Cuyahoga Countgy include common pleas and appeals court judge-ships, open Cuyahoga County council seats, and county executive, which pits incumbent Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, a Democrat, against Republican Peter Corrigan, Corrigan with support from a wide array of Cleveland activists upset at the status quo.

On criminal justice reform, State Issue 1, a constitutional amendment on the November ballot that minimizes penalties for drug affiliated crimes, including reducing some felonies to misdemeanors and providing more resources and rehabilitation for drug addicted Ohioans, is on the November ballot.

Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog with some 5 million views on Google Plus alone.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, and who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. We interviewed former president Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview, CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS