CLEVELAND, Ohio – Former Vice President Joe Biden added to his expansive list of endorsements from elected officials in Ohio on Wednesday as Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes of Akron backed the Democratic presidential hopeful.

Biden has consolidated much of the institutional support in the state in the lead-up to the March 17 primary election, including three of Ohio’s four U.S. House members and a slew of statehouse members. Joining Sykes on Wednesday were five members of her caucus as well as 10 of Cleveland’s 17 city council members.

“We have a real opportunity to win and break the GOP supermajority in the Ohio House with Vice President Biden at the top of our ticket, and I urge my fellow Ohioans to vote for Joe Biden on March 17th and help our state have a real, decent, and experienced partner in the White House,” Sykes said in a statement.

Joining Sykes from the Ohio House were:

Kent Smith of Euclid

Casey Weinstein of Hudson

John Patterson of Jefferson

Jack Cera of Bellaire

Terrence Upchurch of Cleveland

More than half of the Cleveland City Council announced they were backing Biden on Wednesday as well, including City Council President Kevin Kelley.

Other member ​members plural of Cleveland City Council announced by the Biden campaign are:

Phyllis Cleveland

Kevin Conwell

Brian Kazy

Kevin Bishop

Joe Jones

Kerry McCormack

Brian Mooney

Ken Johnson

Matt Zone

That group joins Councilman Blaine Griffin, one of Biden’s earliest backers, putting 11 of the 17 Cleveland City Council members in Biden’s camp.

Also among the list of backers released by the Biden campaign Wednesday are:

Steve Dettelbach, former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio

Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, Former Ambassador to Malta

Russ Balthis, Cuyahoga Falls City Councilman

Kim Thomas, Richmond Heights City Councilwoman

Amanda Karpus, Parma City School District Board of Education member

Tim Dobeck, Parma Law Director

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