Stokes Near Re-Election in Cleveland Mayor Race
Cleveland AP report notes Stokes campaigns on pollution housing and jobs while facing Perk in tight race. White voters and police ties loom large with party unity, past mayoral battles, and Perk's audit record shaping turnout in a city with a long Republican gap.
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Clis
Cleveland
Robert Kelly
Ralph
Locher
Perk
Stokes
Uisure
Mokes
Revere
Perks
Off-Year Elections High In Interest in Ohio
Ohio voters head to the polls for an off year election with 1,356 local questions and issues. The Cleveland mayoral contest features Democrat Carl Stokes against Republican Ralph J. Perk. Statewide deals include two proposed constitutional amendments on voting age and term limits, plus numerous local tax, bond, and school measures across 23 districts. Voter turnout historically low but potentially buoyed by the constitutional questions.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Board of Education
Fremont
Ohio Education Association
Ted W. Brown
Cuyahoga County
Cincinnati
Democrat
Charter
Toledo
Wiliam Ensign
Gilbert Siege
Ino
Akron
GOP
Dayton
Dave Hall
Lawrence Nelson
Hall
Nelson
Thomas Andrews
James McGee
Mary Morgan
Ivan Freeman
Youngstown
Anthony EB. Flask
John
Jack) Hunter
Flask
Young
Tion
Columbus
John Young
George van Heyde
Hamilton
Frank Fraelke
Ecamiel
Middletown
Commission
Lorain
Jetsain County
Sheffield Lake
Lima
Christian Morris
Harry Moyer
Kettering
Comets
John W. McKinney Jr
Umates
John W. Griffith
J.T. Cavender
Portsmouth
Bug School Board
Republican Council
City Struggles to Meet New Pollution Rules
Philadelphia report notes May or James J Tate signed a strict air pollution code, city incinerators fail to comply, with Streets Commissioner David Smailwood admitting even $50 million could not ensure full compliance from the six city incinerators.
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James J. J. Tate
David M. Smailwood
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