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1962

Carl is elected to the Ohio State Legislature.
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“Carl Stokes Campaign Flyer Ohio General Assembly Representative Race”(click on image for larger pdf)

Carl ran and won and lost elections, as do most budding politicians. In 1962, he was elected to the Ohio State Legislature as the first black Democrat to serve from Cuyahoga County.

In Columbus he worked on education reform and issues important to urban centers like Cleveland. This experience legitimized his candidacy in the late 1960s to be mayor of Cleveland.