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A former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, and later an Ohio representative in Congress, Fudge, 71, served as HUD secretary since the start of President Joe Biden’s administration.

“I’m voting for Shontel Brown because her leadership has meaningfully improved lives here,” Warrensville Heights Mayor Bradley D. Sellers says in a radio ad running on Brown’s behalf.

Take Ms. Fudge, who served as the mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, from 2000 to 2008.

As the former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, Fudge said local jurisdictions are best positioned to decide how to use the money.

Ms. Fudge, a Democratic member of Congress representing the Cleveland area and the former mayor of Warrensville Heights, Ohio, earned the support of all the Senate Democrats and many top Republicans, including that of Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the minority leader.