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 news venues
CLEVELAND, Ohio-Democratic Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald (pictured in red tie), a former FBI agent, will make stops in Cleveland, Columbus, and Cincinnati on Wednesday, April 24 to announce that he will run for governor of Ohio in 2014 against incumbent Republican governor John Kasich, if he wins the Democratic primary. And winning the primary is a likely posture since his candidacy is supported by Chris Redfern (pictured in green tie), head of the Ohio Democratic Party, and perspective contenders like former Ohio Congresswoman Betty Sutton and former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, who is now the U.S. Consumer Bereau chief, have bowed out.
Kasich is the front runner polls show, and is ahead of FitzGerald by 10 points. But political polls can and often do change during the course of an election and Ohioans can likely expect an all out war between the Republicans and Democrats for next year's gubernatorial election.
From serving as an FBI agent on the Organized Crime Task Force, assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor, Lakewood mayor, and now county executive, FitzGerald,43, said in a press release today to Cleveland Urban News.Com that he has "brought down corrupt public officials, cleaned up government and fought to make government work for the middle class."
His first stop tomorrow to make his big announcement will be at 12:30 pm in Cleveland at the Hilton Garden Inn on Carnegie Ave. He will make stops in Columbus and Cincinnati later in the day, the press release said.
Cuyahoga County is a Democratic stronghold and the largest of Ohio's 88 counties.
Kasich ousted then Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland in 2010 relative to a Republican sweep of statewide offices and the Democrats hope to gain some footage in 2014 with state Sen Nina Turner (D-25) (pictured), a Cleveland Democrat, likely running on the ticket with FitzGerald and others for Ohio Secretary of State, an elected position now held by Republican Jon Husted.
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