After nearly five years, the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party will in the next few weeks select a new person to head the party as chair, an immensely important position to the political landscape in Northeast Ohio.
U.S. Representative Shontel Brown thanks her supporters, friends and family after defeating Nina Turner in Democratic primary rematch at the Ariel International Center, May 3, 2022.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- After nearly five years, the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party will in the next few weeks select a new person to head the party as chair, an immensely important position to the political landscape in Northeast Ohio and critical to organizing and turning out votes for Democrats in statewide elections.
State Rep. Juanita Brent’s name also surfaced as a possibility, though most were confused about whether she is actively pursuing the chair spot. Brent did not respond to multiple requests for comment. “This is probably the one organization that can neutralize economic and structural power in the city of Cleveland,” he said. “This has been the one organization where the working man and the average person and people who live on the margins can seek truth to power. I hope people see it as that opportunity and become more involved in the party.”
Depending on the perspective, Brown’s tenure has yielded mixed results, including in arguably the two most important metrics when measuring a chair’s success, fundraising and turnout. The county Democratic Party primary turnout gains were wholly erased in the 2022 primary election, despite a contested gubernatorial primary and Brown once again on the ballot, with only around 94,000 ballots cast. That is roughly 22,000 fewer votes than in 2014, the lowest in the last decade and a historically horrible year for the Democratic slate statewide.
At the statewide level, the Cuyahoga County party often faces a slew of criticism for underperforming and dooming the chances of statewide Democrats. That division has healed to a degree, even after another expensive primary contest with Turner in the 2022 primary that once again saw dark money spend heavily in favor of Brown.
“In the last cycle, everyone needs to recognize we were operating in a pandemic,” she said. “We could not do the normal things we would have done in another election cycle. I know firsthand how much of a challenge that was when it came to everything from grassroots organizing to fundraising. In that context, I think she did as well as anybody could have done.”
“Everyone got a fair hearing, which I thought was great,” he said. “I just happen to like Shontel. I think she’s a really nice person and always enjoyed being around her. That just made it easy to work with her in my capacity at the time, not only as an elected official but as a person on the executive committee and central committee of the party.”“She is as gifted of a political communicator this community has seen in a generation,” he said.
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