Cleveland population losses have forced a reduction in the number of Cleveland City Council wards from 17 to 15, rejuggling districts and requiring geographically larger new wards that are in effect for the Nov. 4 election -- and for the council members who will take office early next year. For Ward 7 in Glenville, now represented by Stephanie Howse-Jones, that means a new number -- Ward 8 -- and slightly less of historic Glenville but more of the St. Clair/Superior neighborhood as well as the lakeshore east of Burke Lakefront Airport.

Howse-Jones, 46, is seeking reelection to the Ward 8 seat, challenged by retired Cleveland Police detective Charlotte Perkins, 67, who runs a private security business on Superior Avenue in the ward. Perkins, who argues redistricting robbed new Ward 8 of th

See Full Page