ideastream The Cuyahoga County Board of Elections met Monday to certify the candidates for the Sept. 14 primary.
Updated: 5:55 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2021
Landry Simmons, the lone Republican to submit petitions to run for Cleveland mayor this year, withdrew from the race after failing to collect the required 3,000 valid signatures, Cuyahoga County Board of Elections officials said in a Monday meeting.
Cleveland’s charter allowed Simmons another five days to gather more signatures after the June 16 filing deadline. But even after that, he fell 107 names short, board director Anthony Perlatti said.
Simmons said, in an email to Ideastream Public Media after the meeting, he plans to instead pursue a state Senate bid. His district on Cleveland’s West Side, currently represented by Democratic Sen. Nickie Antonio, will be on the ballot in 2022.
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Frank Jackson will not seek another term as Cleveland s mayor
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Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson on Thursday, May 6, announced he will not seek a fifth term.
Frank G. Jackson, Cleveland s longest-serving mayor, announced on Thursday, May 6, that he will not seek a fifth term.
Speculation that the announcement, made in what was billed as a Special TeleTown Hall, would address the 74-year-old Jackson s intentions toward the city s mayoral race have been swirling as election deadlines grew closer and more campaigns are being announced.
Jackson said that although there is so much more work to be done after nearly 16 years as mayor, working alongside the people of the city, he has decided not to run for another term. He said he will remain in office through the end of his term.