Annie Wu

The 16th district representative made the announcement on Twitter Thursday night.

With 100 percent of precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Brown earned just over 50 percent of the vote. Her closest competitor, Nina Turner, had 44.5 percent. Eleven other candidates including former Cleveland City Councilman Jeff Johnson split the remaining Democratic votes.

The City of Cleveland has terminated the jobs of six Cleveland police officers and suspended six others for their roles in a 2012 incident in which 137...