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| name = Martin Sweeney<br />
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| order1 = Member of the<br>[[Ohio House of Representatives]]<br>from the 14th district<br />
| term_start1 = January 6, 2015<br />
| term_end1 = October 1, 2018<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Michael Foley (Ohio politician)|Mike Foley]]<br />
| successor1 = [[Bride Rose Sweeney]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|07|02|mf=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]<br />
| residence = [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]], U.S.<br />
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'''Martin J. Sweeney''' (born July 2, 1963) is an American politician of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] in [[Cleveland]], [[Ohio]]. He was elected a member of the Ohio State legislature in 2014. Previously he served as the majority leader of [[Cleveland City Council]], representing Ward 20.<br />
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He was elected council president in November 2005, when then-president [[Frank G. Jackson]] was elected mayor of Cleveland. He assumed office as council president on January 2, 2006. Sweeney graduated from [[Saint Ignatius High School, Cleveland, Ohio|Saint Ignatius High School]] on Cleveland's West Side in 1981. Sweeney's father is retired Cleveland Municipal Court judge Gerald Francis Sweeney.<br />
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In 2014, Sweeney decided to run for the [[Ohio House of Representatives]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cleveland.com/naymik/index.ssf/2014/01/cleveland_councilman_martin_j.html|title=Cleveland Councilman Martin J. Sweeney is shameless - or is he just shrewd?: Mark Naymik|work=Cleveland Plain Dealer|location=Cleveland|date=2014-01-04|accessdate=2014-12-11}}</ref> After winning a three-way primary, he won the general election over Republican 62%-38%.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Martin_Sweeney|title=Martin Sweeney|publisher=[[Ballotpedia]]|access-date=November 11, 2023}}</ref><br />
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