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WARREN -- Maria Jukic, a former Euclid city councilwoman, filed as an independent candidate for the 14th Congressional District seat.
Jukic served a four-year term on Euclid council after being elected as a Democrat in November 2019. She didn't seek reelection last year.
Jukic is senior director of arts and medicine at the Cleveland Clinic's Office of Patient Experience and has worked for the hospital for 22 years.
If Jukic qualifies for the ballot, she'll face the winner of the three-person Republican primary, which includes six-term incumbent Dave Joyce of Bainbridge, and Democratic nominee Brian Bob Kenteres of Mentor in the Nov. 5 general election.
The congressional district includes all of Trumbull, Ashtabula, Lake and Geauga counties and all but two communities in Portage County.
Those who wanted to file as an independent candidate had until 4 p.m. Monday to do so.
The primary election is today. Polling locations are open from 6:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. today.