By editor Kathy Wray Coleman
CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio - Former president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president, will campaign for Ohio Democratic gubernatorial nominee Richard Cordray in Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 13, an evening rally open to the public with more specifics to be announced at a later date, organizers said in a press release.
He will speak at the Cleveland Metropolitan School District East Professional Center Gymnasium at 1349 E. 79th St. in Cleveland at Superior Avenue (The old East High School).
Though it is free and open-to-the public, tickets are required via the campaign for organizing offices.
Cleveland is a largely Black major American city, and is led by Frank Jackson, the city's third Black mayor and a Democrat and Obama supporter
A former Ohio attorney general and state treasurer, Cordray is a former Obama administration official and was the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
He is in a heated race this year for governor against Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, a former U.S. senator and the Republican nominee for governor.
Cordray's lieutenant governor running mate is Betty Sutton, a former Ohio congresswoman who will also attend the rally, organizers said, among other key Democrats.
A University of Chicago Law School graduate and a trained attorney, Cordray, 59, was Obama's first director of his consumer watchdog initiative.
A New York Times story says Cordray was an active watchdog under Obama and that "to Democrats, he was a champion of the public, fighting predatory companies and abusive practices that rip off ordinary people."
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.
Pictured are former president Barack Obama, the nation's first Black president, Richard Cordray, the Democratic nominee for Ohio governor and a former consumer watchdog under the Obama administration, and Cordray's lieutenant governor running mate, Betty Sutton, a former congresswoman from Ohio
