CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Mayor Frank Jackson picked up the endorsement for his re-election over the weekend from the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, along with 14 other incumbent members of Cleveland City Council.

The party's Cleveland executive committee heard Saturday from candidates for Cleveland mayor, City Council, several judicial seats on Cleveland Municipal Court and the Cleveland clerk of courts in meetings at Cuyahoga Community College.

To gain the endorsement, a candidate needed support from 60 percent or more of the voting members on the first ballot. Otherwise the top two would go to a runoff.

Jackson drew more than 67 percent support on the first ballot, Stuart Garson, chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democrats, said in an interview.

"If you look at the party as a cross section of Cleveland, I would say he's on pretty solid ground," Garson said. "He did well on the East and West sides."

The party tends to support incumbent Democrats, and all incumbent members of council were endorsed except for Ward 14 Councilman Brian Cummins, who previously was aligned with the Green Party. Cummins rejoined the Democratic Party in 2016 and voted in the Democratic primary.

In an interview, Cummins said he wasn't surprised he wasn't endorsed. The endorsement decision, he said, was controlled by a small group of people from the Ward 14 Democratic Club -- people who historically have supported candidates opposed to him.

Cummins is opposed by four candidates this election.

"The way the process works, it's actually not surprising at all," Cummins said. He said he is more optimistic about getting the endorsement of Stonewall Democrats, who are making their decisions next week.

Below is a rundown of the endorsements. Incumbent candidates are denoted with an asterisk.

Cleveland Mayoral Race

Frank Jackson*

Cleveland City Council

Ward 1: Terrell Pruitt*

Ward 2: Debra Lewis Curlee

Ward 3: Kerry McCormack*

Ward 4: Kenneth L Johnson*

Ward 5: Phyllis Cleveland*

Ward 6: Blaine A Griffin*

Ward 7: TJ Dow*

Ward 8: Michael D Polensek*

Ward 9: Kevin Conwell*

Ward 10: Anthony T Hairston

Ward 11: Dona Brady*

Ward 12: Anthony Brancatelli*

Ward 13: Kevin Kelley*

Ward 14: Jasmin Santana

Ward 15: Matt Zone*

Ward 16: Brian Kazy*

Ward 17: Martin J Keane*

Cleveland Municipal judge

Pinkey S. Carr*

Michelle Denise Earley*

Jazmin Torres-Lugo

Lynn McLaughlin-Murray

W. Mona Scott

Ann Clare Oakar

Cleveland clerk of courts

Earle B Turner*

An earlier version of this story gave an incorrect number of Cleveland City Council incumbents, who received endorsements.