"I'm going back to reclaim what I won in 2013," Opal Covey, 75, said of her fifth-time candidacy for Toledo's mayor.
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Ms. Covey contends all the previous elections she has entered she has won, though they have all been stolen.
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The self-styled prophetess is running on a campaign largely based on her desire to fulfill what she says is God's wish to build a theme park in downtown Toledo.
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Ms. Covey is pictured at her home and election headquarters in South Toledo.
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Opal Covey, 75, tears up as she speaks about the day she was born again.
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"You have to realize I have direct contact with God," she said, adding, "Anything God tells you to do he'll make the way."
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