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Democratic Candidate For Governor Files Challenge To Rejection Of Hundreds Of Petition Signatures

Andy Chow
Jon Heavey's campaign delivers box of signatures to Ohio Secretary of State's office before the filing deadline on February 7.

A Cleveland doctor whose paperwork to run for governor was rejected has filed a challenge in the Ohio Supreme Court. He’s hoping to get back into what is officially asix-wayrace for the Democratic nomination.

Jon Heavey was late to the governor’s race, and had hired people to gather the 1,000 signatures he and his running mate Adam Hudak needed. But Heavey said their petition signatures were disqualified at a rate three times higher than others in the race. “Being relatively new to the process as outsiders, we anticipated that would be a part of the challenge. But we’re looking forward to moving on to addressing more difficult and pressing issues in our community,” Heavey said.

Heavey says he turned in nearly 2,200 signatures, and his team was told some signatures were rejected for being both illegible and printed too legibly.

Contact Karen at 614-578-6375 or at kkasler@statehousenews.org.
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