Ras Olugbenga
Ras Olugbenga ran for election to the Cleveland City Council to represent Ward 3 in Ohio. Olugbenga lost as a write-in in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Cleveland, Ohio (2025)
General election
General election for Cleveland City Council Ward 3
Incumbent Deborah Gray defeated Erich Stubbs, Ras Olugbenga, LaShorn Caldwell, and Dontez Taylor in the general election for Cleveland City Council Ward 3 on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Deborah Gray (Nonpartisan) | 80.0 | 2,152 |
| Erich Stubbs (Nonpartisan) | 18.6 | 501 | ||
| Ras Olugbenga (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.4 | 10 | ||
| LaShorn Caldwell (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Dontez Taylor (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 2,690 | |||
 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Cleveland City Council Ward 3
Incumbent Deborah Gray and Erich Stubbs defeated Sharon Spruill in the primary for Cleveland City Council Ward 3 on September 9, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah Gray (Nonpartisan) | 72.8 | 662 |
| ✔ | Erich Stubbs (Nonpartisan) | 14.6 | 133 | |
 | Sharon Spruill (Nonpartisan) | 12.5 | 114 | |
| Total votes: 909 | |||
| = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey. | ||||
| If you are a candidate and would like to tell readers and voters more about why they should vote for you, complete the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection Survey. | ||||
Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. | ||||
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Olugbenga in this election.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Ras Olugbenga did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
| |||||||||
