1. Edward FitzGerald was born on July 10,1968 and is an American politician who served as the first Cuyahoga County Executive from 2011 until 2015.
18 Facts About Ed FitzGerald
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Ed FitzGerald was the Democratic Party nominee for governor of Ohio in the 2014 election, and was defeated by the incumbent, John Kasich.
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Ed FitzGerald grew up in Indiana and graduated from high school there.
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Ed FitzGerald attended the Indiana University and later transferred to Ohio State University in Columbus.
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Ed FitzGerald served on the staff of Indiana Secretary of State Evan Bayh.
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In 1995, Ed FitzGerald was commissioned as a special agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and was assigned to the Organized Crime Task Force in Chicago.
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Ed FitzGerald investigated political corruption and mafia influence in Cicero, Illinois.
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In 1998, Ed FitzGerald returned to the Cleveland area and later joined the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's office.
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Ed FitzGerald's administration focused on a community-policing initiative and recession-based financial issues similar to those faced by local governments throughout the country.
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Under the new system, in 2010 Ed FitzGerald defeated ten other candidates to become the first county executive of Cuyahoga County.
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Ed FitzGerald released a plan for state-funded universal preschool in addition to announcing his support for gay marriage.
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Ed FitzGerald criticized Kasich for signing into law income tax cuts that save larger sums of money for wealthier Ohioans than poorer ones, while increasing sales taxes, which tax a larger percentage of income from poorer Ohioans than from wealthier ones.
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Ed FitzGerald chided Kasich for a lack of transparency at JobsOhio, the privatized economic development agency that Kasich formed, and for signing into law bills that cut early voting days and limit the distribution of absentee ballot applications.
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On November 20,2013, Ed FitzGerald picked Eric Kearney to be his running mate.
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Ed FitzGerald later selected Sharen Swartz Neuhardt, an attorney from the Dayton area, to be his running mate.
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In November 2012, Ed FitzGerald did obtain a permanent driver's license in Ohio.
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Ed FitzGerald only received a majority in Athens and Monroe counties.
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Ed FitzGerald is the seventh of eight children and is of Irish Catholic ancestry.