2014 Cuyahoga County executive election

The 2014 Cuyahoga County executive election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the County Executive of Cuyahoga County, Ohio. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Ed FitzGerald was eligible to run for reelection, but instead retired in order to run unsuccessfully for governor in the concurrent gubernatorial election.

2014 Cuyahoga County executive election

November 4, 2014
Turnout39.6% 4.6 pp
 
Candidate Armond Budish Jack Schron
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 196,539 133,646
Percentage 59.5% 40.5%

Results by municipality
Budish:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Schron:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%

Executive before election

Ed FitzGerald
Democratic

Elected Executive

Armond Budish
Democratic

The Democrats nominated former Speaker of the Ohio House of Representatives Armond Budish, while the Republicans nominated Cuyahoga County Councilman Jack Schron.

Budish defeated Schron 59.52% to 40.48%, and took office on January 1, 2015.

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