Shontel Brown Wins Contentious Ohio Democratic Primary
Brown’s victory over Nina Turner is a major disappointment for the activist left.
MAPLE HEIGHTS, Ohio ― Shontel Brown, a Cuyahoga County councilwoman, defeated Nina Turner in the special primary election for Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, all but ensuring that she will represent the Cleveland-area seat in Congress.
Brown’s victory is a major win for leaders of the moderate Democratic establishment, who backed her, and a stinging defeat for a progressive movement that counted Turner, a former Ohio state senator-turned-Bernie Sanders lieutenant, as one of its most beloved stars.
Turner conceded the race on Tuesday night before all the results came in, but she was trailing Brown by a large enough margin that she and her team believed she did not have a path to victory.
Nina Turner Leans Into Establishment Criticism: âI Want Them To Be Uncomfortableâ
At the close of a heated congressional race where Turner has courted a wide range of Democrats, the Ohio progressive is embracing her reputation as a candid populist.
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio â After more than eight months of campaigning, former Ohio state Sen. Nina Turner (D) is tired of worrying about what her establishment detractors think.
Speaking to an audience of progressive clergy members on Monday, Turner imitated the politicians and pundits who keep telling her to tone it down.
ââSenator, donât say this. Senator, donât say that.â Dammit â Iâm over it!â she declared to applause at an interfaith breakfast.
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Report for America Several volunteers with Cleveland nonprofit Medworks prep vaccine doses at Affinity Missionary Baptist Church during a recent vaccine clinic.
Cleosene Johnson has attended Affinity Missionary Baptist Church in Cleveland’s Lee-Miles neighborhood since 1976. And on a windy morning in late March, she went there to get her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Johnson, 72, had a hard time getting registered for a shot back in February, she said, when vaccines were scarce in Ohio and most other locations in the U.S. When she heard her church was offering the vaccine, she was excited. I said, ‘Put my name on the list!” she said.
Cleveland grandmother asks for publicâs help locating missing 18-year-old man The family of Deonte Boneapart is asking for the public s help locating the 18-year-old. (Source: Sheryl Foster) By Stephanie Czekalinski | March 14, 2021 at 7:16 PM EDT - Updated March 14 at 7:16 PM
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A Cleveland grandmother is asking for the publicâs help locating her missing 18-year-old grandson.
Deonte Boneapart was last seen on Friday around 6 p.m. at his home in Clevelandâs Lee-Harvard neighborhood, according to his grandmother Sheryl Foster.
Boneapart is 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 165 pounds. He has dark brown hair and gray eyes. He was last seen wearing black jeans, a black jacket, a yellow shirt, and white Air Max tennis shoes.