Press Release Covey Campaign for Stark County Treasurer

July 4, 2020         For Immediate Release

Re:  Craig Covey for Stark County Treasurer Campaign

Candidate Not Seeking Campaign Contributions For Election

Any contributions to be distributed to local charities

(Canton) Craig Covey, Democratic candidate for Stark County Treasurer, is announcing that he will not be seeking or using any monetary donations or contributions from PACS, political organizations, or individuals in his efforts to become the next Stark County Treasurer. He is paying for campaign costs with his own resources. Any funds received by the campaign committee – Friends of Craig Covey, will be donated to Stark County based charities, with an emphasis on groups helping residents during the current economic and pandemic crisis. 

He has also decided that the campaign will be as green as possible, with printing only done with recycled materials.

Covey is also announcing that should the voters of Stark County decide to elect him to this office, he will be donating ten percent of the treasurer salary to local charities as well.

“I’m declaring this campaign and my efforts independent of any and all influences based on donations or funding from any sources or special interests,” says Covey.  “I want to make Stark County a better place to live and work.  For too long our region has suffered from a stasis that is reluctant to try new ideas and use creativity and best practices to solve problems and bring us to a brighter, modern and enlightened future,” he added.  

The campaign is seeking endorsements and will accept in-kind support such as get out the vote efforts and voter outreach. Most of the election efforts will focus on traditional media, newspapers and radio, electronic communication and social platforms.

Covey was born and raised in Stark County and attended Plain Local Schools, then received his degree from The Ohio State University in Columbus.  During the 80’s he founded and directed civil rights and advocacy organizations in Ohio and Michigan. In the 90’s he founded and ran organizations developing health education and disease prevention programs statewide in Michigan around the HIV/AIDS pandemic. He was also a city councilman and mayor in Ferndale Michigan from 2000 to 2010 and then was elected to the Oakland County Michigan Board of Commissioners until 2013. He was appointed community liaison and communications director for the Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner. He retired in 2017 and returned home to Canton where much of his family still reside. 

    

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