FitzGerald Would Be First Ohio Governor in Favor of Full LGBT Equality
In a May interview with Outlook Magazine, gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald discussed his support for full equality, including marriage and ending housing and employment discrimination. If elected, Ed FitzGerald would be the first governor in the history of the state to support full equality for all Ohioans.
Greater Clevelanders know Ed FitzGerald as the Cuyahoga County executive and former mayor of Lakewood.
But as he introduces himself to all Ohioans as a candidate for governor, FitzGerald gives at least equal billing to his past as an FBI special agent, a job he held for three years in the 1990s. When he invited supporters to his campaign kickoff last month, he emphasized his FBI past without even noting his current role as leader of the state’s most populous county.
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Ed FitzGerald, the first-term Cuyahoga County executive, is unknown and untested outside Greater Cleveland. And higher-profile Democrats, including ex-Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, have passed on the race.
“Today, I’m announcing the formation of an exploratory committee to run for governor,” said FitzGerald in a video released on his web site. “But more than that, I’m beginning a conversation with you, the people of Ohio.”
