Person
Ed FitzGerald
9 of 11 sections researched
Not yet researched: Financial interests, Endorsements given.
What has been checked
- Profile 4 entries
- On the ballot 0 entries The 2014 race is complete; no pending candidacy is published for it.
- Where they stand 3 entries
- What they have said, checked 1 entry
- Record in office 3 entries
- Money 1 entry The research archive found no single confirmed full-cycle total for either candidate in this state race; the closest sourced checkpoint figures are published instead.
- Financial interests Not yet researched
- Polling and approval 1 entry
- Elections 1 entry
- Endorsements given Not yet researched
- Sources 10 entries
On the ballot
None found in the records checked
Where they stand
Education
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Proposed a large state-funded universal preschool program, reported at roughly $500 million, as a signature policy plank.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
Taxes
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Attacked Gov. Kasich's income-tax cuts as regressive, arguing they delivered larger dollar savings to wealthier Ohioans while the sales-tax increases Kasich signed alongside them fell disproportionately on lower-income Ohioans.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
Voting access
Paraphrase of a linked source, not their words:
Opposed Kasich-signed election-law changes that cut early voting days and limited distribution of absentee ballot applications, framing the changes as suppressing Democratic-leaning turnout.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
What they have said, checked
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Ohioans want an end to pay-to-play politics
PolitiFact rated this False, May 2, 2013 · the check
Record in office
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November 20, 2013 · action
Named Ohio state Sen. Eric Kearney of Cincinnati as his lieutenant governor running mate; Kearney withdrew three weeks later, on December 10, 2013, amid controversy over more than $1,000,000 in state and federal tax liens against him, his wife and their business. FitzGerald then selected Dayton-area attorney Sharen Swartz Neuhardt as his new running mate.
Source: Ed FitzGerald
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2013 · action
As Cuyahoga County Executive, reduced non-courthouse county payroll headcount by roughly one-fourth (from about 5,092 employees in 2010 to about 4,534 by 2013) and created the county's first unified, countywide pay scale and employee-evaluation system.
Source: 11 actions Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County's first executive, will be remembered for
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October 13, 2012 · action
Found by Westlake, Ohio police at approximately 4:30 a.m. sitting in a parked car with a member of a visiting Irish economic-development delegation who is not his wife; no charges were filed. Subsequent reporting found he had not held a valid regular Ohio driver's license for roughly a decade, and a county Inspector General review found he had violated county policy and committed "a breach of the public trust" by driving a county vehicle without a valid license.
Sources: Inspector General: Ed FitzGerald violated county policy by driving without a license · The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald
Money
Totals as filed
| Race | Filer | Raised | Spent | Cash on hand | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio | OhioSOS | $2,600,000 | September 2014 |
Sources: Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers · The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald
Outside spending
None found in the records checked.
Financial interests
Not yet researched
Polling and approval
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Quinnipiac University Poll · October 1, 2014 · Governor of Ohio
FitzGerald 35 · Kasich 57
likely voters
Elections
| Race | Party | Result | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor of Ohio (2014) | Democratic | Lost | 1,009,359 | 33.0% |
Offices held
Cuyahoga County Executive · 2011-01-09 to 2015-01-01 · elected
Source: Ed FitzGerald
Mayor of Lakewood, Ohio · 2008 to 2011 · elected
Source: Ed FitzGerald
Endorsements
Not yet researched
Sources
Data from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Ed FitzGerald · 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election
Every URL on this page, once each.
- Ed FitzGerald · Ballotpedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- 2014 Ohio gubernatorial election · Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-19
- Ed FitzGerald accuses Gov. John Kasich of pay-to-play politics · PolitiFact · 2013-05-02 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Inspector General: Ed FitzGerald violated county policy by driving without a license · Fox 8 Cleveland WJW · accessed 2026-09-19
- The remarkable implosion of Ed FitzGerald · The Washington Post · 2014-08-26 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Kasich, FitzGerald report campaign coffers · MyTownNEO · 2014-09-05 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Kasich Stomps FitzGerald In Ohio Gov Race · Quinnipiac University Poll · 2014-10-01 · accessed 2026-09-19
- 11 actions Ed FitzGerald, Cuyahoga County's first executive, will be remembered for · Cleveland.com (reprint) · 2014-12-31 · accessed 2026-09-19
- Roll the Numbers: Gov. John Kasich Raising Money at 28 Times the Rate of Ed FitzGerald · Cleveland Scene · 2014-10-07 · accessed 2026-09-19
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