Sandra Morgan overwhelmingly won election over incumbent Lateek Shabazz in East Cleveland and will now return as mayor for a four-year term to run the struggling Cleveland suburb. Morgan claimed about 84% of the vote in unofficial results.

Morgan, a former Kent State administrator, supports the state of Ohio’s plan to place the city’s finances under state control .

“I welcome this intervention,” Morgan wrote in a statement on her campaign website . “I see it as an opportunity - not just to uncover the truth, but to build the foundation for a stronger, cleaner, more responsible city government.”

Shabazz opposed the idea and asked East Cleveland City Council to vote in favor of filing a lawsuit challenging the state law, which was passed this year and is being used for the first time

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