Separating two issues was the charm for voters in the Beachwood School District, who passed Issue 2 on Nov. 6, 3,558 votes (59.3 percent) to 2,442 votes (40.7 percent). 

Solon’s zoning amendment Issue 110 was defeated 7,965 (70.47 percent) to 3,338 (29.53 percent), according to final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections.

Incumbent David Leland, D-Columbus, will retain his Ohio House of Representatives 22nd District seat after defeating Republican opponent Doug Moody in the Nov. 6 election.

U.S. Sen. Sherrod C. Brown, D-Cleveland, cemented his position as a liberal in a relatively conservative state Nov. 6, defeating U.S. Rep. James B. Renacci, R-Wadsworth, for a third six-year term representing Ohio in Washington.

Shaker Heights interim Mayor David E. Weiss defeated Julianna Johnston Senturia in the Shaker Heights mayor’s race, 8,126 to 5,191, according to final, unofficial results from the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections. 

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During his campaign to become Ohio attorney general, Steve Dettelbach talked to “millions of people” throughout the state – including many in the Jewish community.

Cuyahoga County Executive Armond Budish, a Democrat, defeated Republican opponent Peter Corrigan for a second term in the position in the Nov. 6 election.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Marcia L. Fudge, D-Warrensville Heights, was re-elected to Ohio’s 11th Congressional District seat Nov. 6, defeating Republican opponent Beverly Goldstein and independent write-in candidate James Jerome Bell.

Sunny Simon is running unopposed for the Cuyahoga County Council District 11 seat, a seat which she has held since 2011. 

Beachwood City Schools is seeking a 5.9-mill operating levy that will raise an estimated $4.3 million to help offset a deficit forecast at $4.6 million in the current operating budget.

Ohio’s incumbent attorney general, Republican Mike DeWine, is term-limited. So, as DeWine runs for governor against his opponent, Democrat Richard Cordray, a former Ohio attorney general, Ohio voters will have two fresh-yet-familar faces to chose from between for the state’s next attorney ge…

Arguments generated around the rezoning request to establish the Kerem Lake mixed-use development are coming to a close as voters make their decision on the matter, appearing as Issue 110 on the Nov. 6 ballot. 

Cassimir Svigelj is challenging state Rep. David Greenspan to represent the 16th District of Ohio.

Julianna Johnston Senturia and interim mayor David E. Weiss are vying for the position of Shaker Heights mayor.

The Cuyahoga County Executive race pits incumbent executive Armond Budish, the Democrat nominee, against management consultant Peter Corrigan, who earned the Republican nod. Budish is the second executive in the office’s history, following Ed FitzGerald, and is seeking his second term. 

Independent write-in candidate James Jerome Bell and Republican nominee Beverly Goldstein will challenge incumbent Marcia L. Fudge, D-Warrensville Heights, for her 11th District seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in the Nov. 6 election. The term is for two years.

We are judges on the Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court: Francine Goldberg is a judge in the domestic relations division and Stuart Friedman is a judge in the general division. We both see cases that involve domestic violence and drug abuse every day. Goldberg sees how drug abuse destroys families and harms children. Friedman hears criminal cases involving drug abuse and violent felony offenses. 

As rabbis, we routinely make pastoral calls to check on congregants after a surgery, illness or as they grieve the loss of a loved one. There are calls we make, however, that cause us to hold our breaths. We shudder to ask, “How is your daughter doing with treatment,” “Is your son out of prison yet,” or “Is your husband still using?” As faith leaders in our communities, we know the opioid epidemic is wreaking havoc across our state as young people, mothers, fathers and even grandparents face addiction to heroin and other opioids.