Mayors are among the strangest of all politicians, and over the years we've been treated to an array of crazy mayoral archetypes including the xenophobic, the drug addicted and the downright crazy.
But as far as I know we haven't seen what an exorcist can do as mayor, but if Toledo's most high spirited candidate Opal Covey is elected she's sure to drive away some political demons.
Opal is more than just an exorcist- she's a prophet who discovered her healing abilities when God spoke to her at the age of fourteen, and in 1977 God sent her to take care of the good people of Toledo, Ohio.
Esquire's Matt Miller conducted an interview with Toledo's most famous exorcist to see what she plans to do if elected mayor, and he discovered Opal's mayoral platform revolves around two things- potholes and an amusement park.
Read A Conversation With Opal Covey, The Exorcist Running For Mayor Of Toledo here