Henry J. Gomez, Northeast Ohio Media Group 

Greater Clevelanders know Ed FitzGerald as the Cuyahoga County executive and former mayor of Lakewood.

But as he introduces himself to all Ohioans as a candidate for governor, FitzGerald gives at least equal billing to his past as an FBI special agent, a job he held for three years in the 1990s. When he invited supporters to his campaign kickoff last month, he emphasized his FBI past without even noting his current role as leader of the state’s most populous county.

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Henry J. Gomez | The Cleveland Plain Dealer 

Ed FitzGerald, the first-term Cuyahoga County executive, is unknown and untested outside Greater Cleveland. And higher-profile Democrats, including ex-Gov. Ted Strickland and U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, have passed on the race.

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