Zack Reed

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Zack Reed
Cleveland City Council, Ward 2
Former member
Tenure
2000-2017
Party	Nonpartisan
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Elections and appointments
Last election	2013
First elected	1999
Term limits	N/A
Websites
Office website
Campaign website

Zack Reed was a member of the Cleveland City Council in Ohio, representing Ward 2. He was first elected to the council in 1999. He did not seek re-election in 2017.

Reed was a nonpartisan candidate for mayor of Cleveland, Ohio. Reed was defeated in the general election on November 7, 2017.

Biography

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Reed's professional experience includes working for the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Youth Apprenticeship Program.

Elections

2017

See also: Mayoral election in Cleveland, Ohio (2017)

The city of Cleveland, Ohio, held elections on November 7, 2017. A primary election occurred on September 12, 2017. The mayor and all 17 seats on the city council were up for election. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was June 29, 2017.

Incumbent Frank Jackson defeated Zack Reed in the Mayor of Cleveland general election.

Mayor of Cleveland, General Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Jackson Incumbent	59.52%	36,196
Zack Reed	40.46%	24,605
Write-in votes	0.02%	15
Total Votes		60,816
Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, "General Election Official Results," November 22, 2017

The following candidates ran in the Mayor of Cleveland primary election.

Mayor of Cleveland, Nonpartisan Primary Election, 2017
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Frank Jackson Incumbent	38.66%	12,968
Zack Reed	22.00%	7,378
Jeffrey Johnson	15.44%	5,178
Brandon Chrostowski	9.45%	3,171
Robert Kilo	5.21%	1,748
Tony Madalone	4.57%	1,534
Bill Patmon	2.67%	894
Eric Brewer	1.45%	486
Dyrone Smith	0.40%	135
Write-in votes	0.15%	50
Total Votes		33,542
Source: Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, "Official Election Results," September 12, 2017

Campaign themes

2017

Reed's website highlighted the following campaign themes:

Job creation

• Excerpt: "My administration will secure public and private dollars to train formerly incarcerated individuals returning to neighborhoods throughout our city. I will implement the “REBUILDING HOMES & REBUILDING NEIGHBORHOODS CAMPAIGN”. My administration will be more aggressive to ensure that any contractor working on a City of Cleveland contract is fully compliance of the “Fannie Lewis Law” which works to ensure that the residents of the City of Cleveland are a part of the workforce that is changing the landscape of our city."

Public safety

• Excerpt: "I pledge to hire 400 new police offices to be utilized specifically for community based policing. These men and women will patrol neighborhoods where they are needed most. We will place surveillance cameras throughout the City of Cleveland starting in neighborhoods with the highest rates of crime and violence. Crime and the perception of crime keeps neighborhoods from reaching their fullest potential."

Leadership & engagement

• Excerpt: "My administration will conduct regularly scheduled “Town Hall” meetings in neighborhoods throughout Cleveland to give citizens the opportunity to voice their concerns and participate in the process to make their neighborhoods safer and more prosperous. We will work with business leaders to develop leaders for tomorrow that will stabilize neighborhoods and cultivate leadership for the future."

Recent news

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Zack Reed News Feed

See also

• Cleveland, Ohio
• Cities in Ohio

External links

Suggest a link

• Profile from the City of Cleveland
• Campaign website
• Twitter

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by -	Cleveland City Council, Ward 2 2000–2017	Succeeded by Kevin Bishop