Just three people have represented the eastern part of Cleveland since the 1960s: trailblazing Reps. Louis Stokes and Stephanie Tubbs Jones, and Rep. Marcia Fudge, who has been nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as secretary of housing and urban development.
Should Fudge be confirmed by the Senate — as expected — then a special election will take place to fill her seat. Not only will the winner of that race be just the fourth person in a half-century to represent the district in Washington, but they will come into possession of a Voting Rights Act-protected, solid Democratic congressional…
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