Saratha A. Goggins (born 1950/51) is an American politician who served as the first woman mayor of East Cleveland, Ohio.
Goggins served on the East Cleveland City Council for a very long time and eventually became its president.
[3] On September 1, 2004,[3] she was sworn in as mayor of East Cleveland after the resignation of her predecessor who was convicted of racketeering, extortion, mail fraud, and tax evasion,[4][5] making her the first female and 4th African-American mayor of East Cleveland.
In the October 2005 primary election, running as a Democrat, she was defeated by Eric J.
Brewer who earned 54.90% of the vote to her 29.96%[3] after news broke that she had been convicted in May 1983 of voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing to death her boyfriend on September 30, 1982.