Cuyahoga County Council member Shontel Brown will defeat former state Sen. Nina Turner in the multicandidate Democratic primary for the special election in Ohio’s 11th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects.
In March, the seat was vacated by then-Democratic Rep. Marcia Fudge, who stepped down to become the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Joe Biden.
The racially diverse, reliably Democratic 11th district stretches from Cleveland’s east side to Akron, with a mix of working-to-upper-middle-class suburbs including Euclid and Shaker Heights. The district backed Biden by a margin of 60 percentage points, 79.8 to 19.2%, over former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election.
Brown will be the overwhelming favorite to win the Nov. 2 general election.
“I am eternally grateful,” she told a group of supporters on Tuesday night. “I am completely overwhelmed by all of you that have showed up and showed out on my behalf. This was a collaborative partnership of the community.”
She added: “This isn’t an all-or-nothing thing. This is about making progress. Sometimes, it takes compromise.”
Brown, who also chairs the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, promoted herself as an ally of Biden who would not shift the agenda of the narrow Democratic majority too far to the left.
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