Ed FitzGerald

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Ed FitzGerald
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1st Executive of Cuyahoga County
In office
January 9, 2011 January 1, 2015
Election results
YearOfficeElectionSubjectPartyVotes%OpponentPartyVotes%OpponentPartyVotes%OpponentPartyVotes%
2014 [38] Governor of Ohio General Ed FitzGerald Democratic 1,009,35933.03%John Kasich Republican 1,944,84863.64%Anita Rios Green 101,7063.3%
2010 [39] County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio General Ed FitzGerald Democratic 188,47445.73% Matt Dolan Republican 124,71930.26%Ken Lanci Independent 47,11011.43%Tim McCormack Independent 33,7608.19%*
2007 [40] Mayor of Lakewood, Ohio General Ed FitzGerald Non-Partisan 6,63161.27%Thomas J. George Non-Partisan 4,19238.73%

*Independent candidate Don Scipione received 11,897 votes (2.89%) and Green Party candidate David Ellison received 6,193 votes (1.5%)

Personal life

FitzGerald is the seventh of eight children and is of Irish Catholic ancestry. He and his wife Shannon have been married for twenty one years and are the parents of four children.

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