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Tyrone Riley
Tyrone Riley is a former member of the Toledo City Council, representing District 1 in Ohio from 2012 to 2020.
Riley ran for re-election to the Toledo City Council to represent District 1. He won in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Though Toledo elections are officially nonpartisan, Riley is affiliated with the Democratic Party.[1]
On July 22, 2020, Riley voluntarily suspended his position on the Toledo City Council pending a federal investigation. Click here to learn more. On September 22, 2020, John Hobbs III was sworn in as Riley's temporary replacement.[2]
Biography
Riley was born in Toledo and graduated from Jessup W. Scott High School in 1974. He earned a B.A. in political science from Kent State University (Kent, Ohio) in 1978 and a J.D. from Southern University (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) in 1983. At the time of his 2011 election to the city council, Riley worked as a criminal defense attorney. He also worked for four years as a legislative aide to former state Representative Casey Jones.[3]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Toledo, Ohio (2019)
General election
General election for Toledo City Council District 1
Incumbent Tyrone Riley defeated Shaun Strong in the general election for Toledo City Council District 1 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tyrone Riley (Nonpartisan) | 57.9 | 2,624 |
 | Shaun Strong (Nonpartisan) | 42.1 | 1,905 | |
| Total votes: 4,529 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Toledo City Council District 1
Incumbent Tyrone Riley and Shaun Strong defeated Marsha Hill, Robert Gabriel, and Tina Scott in the primary for Toledo City Council District 1 on September 10, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyrone Riley (Nonpartisan) | 43.5 | 823 |
| ✔ | | Shaun Strong (Nonpartisan) | 14.8 | 280 |
 | Marsha Hill (Nonpartisan) | 14.2 | 268 | |
| Robert Gabriel (Nonpartisan) | 14.0 | 265 | ||
| Tina Scott (Nonpartisan) | 13.5 | 256 | ||
| Total votes: 1,892 | |||
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2015
- See also: Toledo, Ohio municipal elections, 2015
The city of Toledo, Ohio, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election in the city council races took place on September 15, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was July 21, 2015.[4] In the District 1 race, incumbent Tyrone Riley and Jennifer L. Scott defeated Darryl Fingers in the primary election. Riley defeated Scott in the general election.[5][6]
| Toledo City Council District 1, General election, 2015 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Tyrone Riley Incumbent |
72.2% | 6,333 |
| Jennifer L. Scott | 27.8% | 2,438 |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 |
| Total Votes | 8,771 | |
| Source: Lucas County Board of Elections, "Election Summary Results", accessed November 3, 2015 | ||
| Toledo City Council, District 1 Primary Election, 2015 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Tyrone Riley Incumbent |
69.2% | 1,613 | |
| Jennifer L. Scott |
25.1% | 584 | |
| Darryl Fingers | 5.7% | 134 | |
| Total Votes | 2,331 | ||
| Source: Lucas County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed October 1, 2015 | |||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Tyrone Riley did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Riley's website outlined the following campaign priorities:[7]
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Noteworthy events
Federal bribery and extortion charges
On June 30, 2020, federal agents arrested Riley and three other Toledo City Council members on charges of bribery and extortion. The Federal Bureau of Investigation accused the four officials of "soliciting and/or accepting cash, checks, money orders, or other things of value from local business owners in exchange for their votes on City Council." The arrests resulted from a two-year investigation into the city council that the FBI first opened in 2018.[9] The FBI alleged that the bribe payments totaled $34,000 among the four council members, with Riley allegedly having accepted the second-largest total amount of $11,800.[10] Riley denied the charges and pleaded not guilty.[11]
On July 21, a grand jury indicted Riley, the other three city council members, and attorney Keith Mitchell on additional charges of extortion and conspiracy.[12] On July 22, Riley and two of the council members voluntarily suspended their positions pending the investigation. The agreement came after Attorney General of Ohio Dave Yost (R) filed a request for suspension proceedings, saying, "Until allegations of public corruption are resolved in court, a suspension is the proper remedy to balance the accused’s right of a presumption of innocence with the public’s interest to have a functioning city council."[13]
See also
2019 Elections
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Profile from the City of Toledo
- Official campaign website
- Tyrone Riley on Facebook
Footnotes
- ↑ Toledo Blade, "Filing deadline: 20 candidates vying for six Toledo City Council seats," July 12, 2019
- ↑ WTOL11, "4 new Toledo City Council members fill seats amid bribery investigation," September 23, 2020
- ↑ Facebook, "Tyrone Riley For City Council – About," accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ Lucas County, OH elections, "May 5 Special Election," accessed August 10, 2015
- ↑ Lucas County Board of Elections, "Official primary election results," accessed October 1, 2015
- ↑ Lucas County Board of Elections, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed August 11, 2015
- ↑ Official campaign website of Tyrone Riley, "Platform," accessed September 3, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ 13abc, "Four Toledo City Council members accused of accepting bribes in 2 year FBI investigation," June 30, 2020
- ↑ WTOL11, "Documents indicate Toledo City Council members accepted $34,000 in bribes," July 1, 2020
- ↑ 13abc, "One year later still no trial or trial date for Toledo City Council members in bribery case," July 1, 2021
- ↑ WTOL11, "Grand jury indicts council members, local attorney in alleged pay-to-play scheme," July 20, 2020
- ↑ WTOL11, "3 Toledo City Council members accused of conspiracy, extortion voluntarily suspend their positions," July 22, 2020
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| Preceded by Wilma Brown |
Toledo City Council, District 1 2012-2020 |
Succeeded by John Hobbs III |
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