The former interim mayor of East Cleveland, Sandra Morgan, will face the current mayor, Lateek Shabazz, on November’s general election ballot for mayor of the scandal-plagued suburb.

Morgan easily outperformed Shabazz, winning 78%, 957 votes, to Shabazz’s 15%, 182 votes, in unofficial results.

Shabazz is the former city council president and became mayor after Brandon King, who first rose to the office following his predecessor’s conviction, was convicted of theft in office and other charges .

None of the three other candidates received more than 5%.

This is Morgan’s first election. She was appointed interim mayor while King was awaiting trial. The presiding judge of Cuyahoga County Probate Court, Anthony Russo, made the appointment under a state law that allows for the removal

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