2014 Cuyahoga County Council election

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2014 Cuyahoga County Council election
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2016  

7 of the 11 seats on the Cuyahoga County Council
6 seats needed for a majority
Turnout39.6% [1] Decrease2.svg 31.3 pp
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Last election83
Seats won83
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote117,68662,985
Percentage65.1%34.9%
SwingDecrease2.svg 10.0%Increase2.svg 10.0%

2014 Cuyahoga County Council election results map.svg
Results:
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
     No election

President before election

C. Ellen Connally
Democratic

Elected President

Dan Brady
Democratic

The 2014 Cuyahoga County Council election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect members of the County Council of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Odd-numbered districts were up for election to four-year terms, while District 10 held a special election after the resignation of Julian Rogers in 2013 to fill out the remainder of his term. [2]

Contents

Republicans defended both of their seats up for election, while Democrats defended all 5 of theirs, maintaining the partisan balance in the chamber.

After the retirement of Council President C. Ellen Connally, District 3 Councilman Dan Brady was elected to the Council Presidency. [3]

District 1

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Write-in 1,282100.00
Total votes1,282 100.00

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Greenspan (incumbent) 5,611 100.00%
Total votes5,611 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Dave Greenspan (incumbent) 23,354 62.08% +7.61%
Democratic Mark Szabo14,26637.92%-3.16%
Total votes37,620 100.00 N/A
Republican hold

District 3

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Dan Brady (incumbent) 3,869 100.00%
Total votes3,869 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Dan Brady (incumbent) 12,248 100.00% +30.99%
Total votes12,248 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 5

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael J. Gallagher (incumbent) 5,664 100.00%
Total votes5,664 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Michael J. Gallagher (incumbent) 23,713 100.00% +40.87%
Total votes23,713 100.00 N/A
Republican hold

District 7

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yvonne M. Conwell (incumbent) 5,601 100.00%
Total votes5,601 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Yvonne M. Conwell (incumbent) 17,438 100.00% +22.65%
Total votes17,438 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 9

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Shontel Brown 6,626 48.46%
Democratic Lynn Ruffner3,68926.98%
Democratic Donald A. Saunders1,0447.63%
Democratic Leah Lewis8406.14%
Democratic Lloyd D. Anderson7535.51%
Democratic Andre P. White7225.28%
Total votes13,674 100.00

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Adam Trumbo 1,274 100.00%
Total votes1,274 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Shontel Brown 26,978 80.50% -4.13%
Republican Adam Trumbo6,53519.50%+19.50%
Total votes33,513 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 10

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Anthony T. Hairston (incumbent) 23,874 100.00% +0.00%
Total votes23,874 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

District 11

Democratic primary

Primary results

Democratic primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sunny Simon (incumbent) 7,927 100.00%
Total votes7,927 100.00

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John J. Currid 2,447 100.00%
Total votes2,447 100.00

General election

Results

General election results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sunny Simon 22,882 70.92% +2.55%
Republican John J. Currid9,38329.08%+1.52%
Total votes32,265 100.00 N/A
Democratic hold

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References

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