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James S. Feeney (Mayor of Garfield Heights, Ohio, candidate 2025)
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James S. Feeney ran for election to the Mayor of Garfield Heights in Ohio. He was on the ballot in the primary on September 9, 2025.[source]
Feeney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
James S. Feeney provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on August 22, 2025:
- Birth date: February 24, 1970
- Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio
- High school: Cleveland Central Catholic
- Bachelor's: University of Phoenix, 2013
- Gender: Male
- Religion: Catholic
- Profession: Accounting
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: Time for Change
Elections
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Garfield Heights
Matt Burke, James S. Feeney, and Cathy Mack ran in the primary for Mayor of Garfield Heights on September 9, 2025.
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James S. Feeney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Feeney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Married 31 years to my longtime sweetheart and has raised two children who both graduated from Garfield Hts. High school. Our son graduated from John Carrol university. Our daughter is currently a senior at JCU. I have my Bachelor’s degree in Business Accountancy, President of a nonprofit organization for 8 years, facilitated the installation of a disability ramp near our civic center, managed boys baseball for 15 years, girls softball for 5, member of the Knights of Columbus for over 25 years, union contract negotiator for Local 416 for 12 years. Went on a police ride along for 11 hours and was part of the first graduating class from the citizens police academy in our city. Started programs such as stuff the bus, coffee with first responders, mayor for a day, a local community social media crime awareness page, volunteer services for community senior services programs, hosted senior sweetest day dinner event, adopted a local family for Christmas holidays, and successfully solicited fundraising donations from local businesses. Was a former member of the community land bank committee, charter review committee for our city. I am a devoted husband, father, and grandfather who believes that you must stand up for what you believe in even if you stand alone.
- Accountability and transparency without these two most important factors is the reason why our city has fallen apart. It starts with leadership and we must hold our leaders accountable for their actions and decisions, and they must be totally transparent with the community about their actions
- Time for change is not just a slogan it’s a reality, people cry about wanting change but unless we elect a real leader who is willing to roll up their sleeves and get out into the community to see what is going on, our community will never change. Change will never happen when leadership denies what is happening and refuses to seek the truth.
- Seek the truth, the residents of Garfield Heights deserve the truth. As the mayor of Garfield Heights I will seek the truth. The truth about our spending, about what each and every department has been doing and will hold each department accountable for their actions. The residents of Garfield Heights have been forgotten about and overlooked for far too long, and we need a Mayor who will start giving the residents their monies worth
Jesus Christ, with all the persecution and torment he went through he never gave up on society or people, my father-in-law, he taught me that no matter what happens in life to stand strong and be yourself , and my father who always told me that no matter what you do never disrespect your family name, be true to yourself and it’s better to tell people what they need to hear and not what they want to hear just to make them happy.
He wanted me to be like him when he was a boxer in the Navy and he seen that I had the ability and potential to be a great fighter and leader. My father had a lot of faith in me up until the day he passed away and he knew someday I would be a great leader somewhere.
9-5 Monday thru Friday job!
Northeast Ohio Conservative PAC
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See also
2025 Elections
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