CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's campaign for a second four-year term has focused on maintaining city services and avoiding tax increases amid a recession.
He carried the September nonpartisan primary with 71 percent of the vote to advance to today's election against Bill Patmon, a fellow Democrat who got 11 percent in the primary.
The 63-year-old mayor has the name recognition and high-profile standing of an incumbent and the financial backing of the downtown business community.
Patmon served on the City Council for 12 years and ran for mayor in 2005 and for Congress last year. He says the city needs stronger leadership to confront its challenges and needs better crime-fighting.
