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The 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the primary election on May 4, 2021, advancing to the general election, regardless of party. Incumbent Democratic mayor John Cranley, first elected in 2013, was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term. Democratic Hamilton County clerk of court Aftab Pureval won the election over fellow Democrat and former congressman David S. Mann. [1]
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Gavi Begtrup | David Mann | Herman Najoli | Raffel Prophett | Aftab Pureval | Cecil Thomas | Undecided |
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Strategic Insights Research | April 9–12, 2021 | 237 (LV) | ± 5.3% | 7% | 10% | 15% | 3% | 24% | 9% | 32% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Aftab Pureval | 13,302 | 39.2 | |
Nonpartisan | David Mann | 9,830 | 29.0 | |
Nonpartisan | Cecil Thomas | 5,589 | 16.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Gavi Begtrup | 3,229 | 9.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Raffel Prophett | 1,196 | 3.5 | |
Nonpartisan | Herman Najoli | 780 | 2.3 | |
Total ballots | 33,926 | 100 |
Campaign finance reports as of June 15, 2021 | |||
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Candidate | Total raised | Cash on hand | |
David Mann | $172,330 | $22,483 | |
Aftab Pureval | $593,275 | $73,277 | |
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2021 Cincinnati mayoral election debates | |||||||||||||||
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No. | Date & Time | Host(s) | Moderator(s) | Link | Participants | ||||||||||
Key: P Participant N Non-invitee I Invitee | Mann | Pureval | |||||||||||||
1 [34] | September 21, 2021 7:00 p.m. EDT | Kevin Aldridge | I | I |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Nonpartisan | Aftab Pureval | 34,541 | 65.8 | |
Nonpartisan | David Mann | 17,919 | 34.2 | |
Total ballots | 52,460 | 100 | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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