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HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge dines with 11th Congressional District candidate, Cleveland mayoral candidate and others
Photo posted on Facebook under headline ‘Good Fellas’ shows a man convicted in the Cuyahoga corruption scandal also at the table. Author: Mark Naymik (WKYC) Updated: 6:32 PM EDT May 14, 2021
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She can’t say so publicly, but U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge has a strong interest in who fills the 11th Congressional seat she vacated to join President Joe Biden’s cabinet.
The Warrensville Heights Democrat has long played an active role in politics in Cuyahoga County and the district, where she’s been involved in intra-party battles for judgeships, endorsements and party leadership. She relied on her local political acumen and network to get to congress in 2008, following in the footsteps of two black icons: Louis Stoke
Ohio’s only majority minority congressional district may lose that status in remapping
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The congressional district that was formerly represented by Stephanie Tubbs Jones and Louis Stokes is likely to no longer be majority minority after it s remapped.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - After a 1960s Supreme Court decision established the principle of “one person, one vote,” civil rights attorney Louis Stokes asked the nation’s highest court to declare that Cleveland’s congressional districts unfairly divided its African American community to dilute Black political power.
When justices ruled in Stokes’ favor, Ohio’s legislature created the state’s only majority minority congressional district, and Stokes went on to represent it for 15 terms.
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