ENDORSEMENTS
2018 Candidate Endorsements From CCPC
For Immediate Release –
The Cuyahoga County Progressive Caucus is proud to announce its candidate endorsements for the May, 8 2018 Primary Election.
CCPC is a bottom up grassroots activist organization. All of our candidate endorsements have been determined by a vote of our membership which concluded Thursday, February 15. If only one candidate applies for an endorsement membership still votes to approve or disapprove the endorsement.
Many of CCPC's endorsements are different than the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party endorsements which were selected nearly a month ago, weeks before the filing deadline, by an elite group of party insiders known as the Executive Committee. Half of this Executive Committee is actually appointed by the Party Chair. The differences between CCPC's endorsed candidates and the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party's endorsed candidates in certain races can perhaps be attributed to the difference between an open bottom up process and a closed top down process.
CCPC endorsed candidates are:
U.S. Senate: Sherrod Brown
U.S. Congressional District 14: Betsy Rader
U.S. Congressional District 16: Aaron Godfrey
Ohio Governor: Dennis Kucinich
Ohio Senate District 21: Jeff Johnson
Ohio Senate District 23: Nickie Antonio
Ohio Senate District 25: Kenny Yuko
Ohio House District 8: Kent Smith
Ohio House District 10: Kyle Earley
Ohio House District 12: Yvonka Hall
Ohio House District 13: Mike Skindell
Ohio House District 14: Steve Holecko
Ohio House District 16: Cassimir Svigelj
