Cincinnati mayoral election, 2017

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Cincinnati mayoral election, 2017
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Candidate John Cranley Yvette Simpson
Party Democratic Democratic
Popular vote32,61727,845
Percentage53.95%46.05%
Mayor before election

John Cranley
Democratic

Elected Mayor

John Cranley
Democratic

The 2017 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 7, 2017, to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the May 2 primary election advancing to the general election, regardless of party. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cranley won re-election to a second term.

Cincinnati City in Ohio

Cincinnati is a major city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is the government seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located at the northern side of the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, the latter of which marks the state line with Kentucky. The city drives the Cincinnati–Middletown–Wilmington combined statistical area, which had a population of 2,172,191 in the 2010 census making it Ohio's largest metropolitan area. With a population of 301,301, Cincinnati is the third-largest city in Ohio and 65th in the United States. Its metropolitan area is the fastest growing economic power in the Midwestern United States based on increase of economic output and it is the 28th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the U.S. Cincinnati is also within a day's drive of 49.70% of the United States populace.

Ohio State of the United States of America

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the Great Lakes region of the United States. Of the fifty states, it is the 34th largest by area, the seventh most populous, and the tenth most densely populated. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus.

John Cranley American lawyer and politician

John Cranley is the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Cincinnati City Council and a partner of City Lights Development. Cranley is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School and co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Before his election as mayor, he was an attorney with the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp.

Contents

Primary election

Candidates

Declared

University of Cincinnati public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio

The University of Cincinnati is a public research university in Cincinnati Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,000 students, making it the second largest university in Ohio. It is part of the University System of Ohio.

Yvette Renee Simpson is an American politician, lawyer, and former member of the Cincinnati City Council.

Cincinnati City Council lawmaking body of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

The Cincinnati City Council is the lawmaking body of Cincinnati, Ohio. The nine-member city council is elected at-large in a single election in which each voter chooses nine candidates from the field. The nine top vote-getters win seats on the council for a four-year term.

Declined

Greg Hartmann

Greg Hartmann was a member of the three-member Board of Commissioners in Hamilton County, Ohio. He was elected to his first term in January 2009, and was re-elected to a second term in January 2013. He served as the President of the Board in 2011 and 2012. He is a member of the Republican Party. During his time as Commissioner, Hartmann has focused on cost savings and efficiency in County government, economic development and public safety. Hartmann has also supported and spearheaded the creation of several important community outreach initiatives.

Hamilton County, Ohio County in the United States

Hamilton County is a county in the southwest corner of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2010 census, the population was 802,374. making it the third-most populous county in Ohio. The county seat is Cincinnati. The county is named for the first Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton.

Endorsements

John Cranley
Ohio State Representatives
City Council members
David S. Mann American politician

David Scott Mann is a Democratic politician, lawyer, and the former Vice Mayor of Cincinnati. He is also a former member of the United States House of Representatives.

Christopher E.C. Smitherman is the Vice Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. An Independent, Smitherman is currently serving his third consecutive term on Cincinnati City Council. Smitherman won his first council election in 2003 and served one term from 2003 - 2005. In April 2007, Smitherman was elected President of the Cincinnati chapter of the NAACP where he served until 2013. Smitherman has served consecutive terms on Cincinnati City Council since 2011 and, after winning reelection in November 2017, was appointed by Mayor John Cranley to serve as Vice Mayor. That same year, Cranley appointed Smitherman to the Cincinnati Planning Commission. Since 2011, Smitherman has chaired the Law and Public Safety Committee, giving him jurisdiction to oversee all city issues related to Police; Fire; Safety Policies; Citizen Complaint Authority; Liquor Licenses; and Public Services. Christopher Smitherman is currently a candidate for Mayor of Cincinnati.

County officials
Denise Driehaus American politician

Denise Driehaus is a Democratic politician currently serving as a Hamilton County Commissioner. She formerly served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016.

Todd Portune American politician

Todd Portune is an American lawyer and politician who serves as a Hamilton County Commissioner. Portune is regarded as left of center on social issues, and a fiscal conservative.

Labor unions
AFL–CIO federation of American trade unions

The American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) is the largest federation of unions in the United States. It is made up of fifty-five national and international unions, together representing more than 12 million active and retired workers. The AFL-CIO engages in substantial political spending and activism, typically in support of Democrats and liberal or progressive policies.

American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees other organization in Washington D.C., United States

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. It represents 1.3 million public sector employees and retirees, including health care workers, corrections officers, sanitation workers, police officers, firefighters, and childcare providers. Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1932, AFSCME is part of the AFL-CIO, one of the two main labor federations in the United States. AFSCME has had four presidents since its founding.

International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers

The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers is a trade union in the United States and Canada, founded in 1903. It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress and the North America's Building Trades Unions.

Organizations
Rob Richardson
Labor unions
Yvette Simpson
City Council members
Notable individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		John
Cranley		Rob
Richardson, Jr.		Yvette
Simpson		Undecided
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research [18] February 27-March 2, 2017500± 4.4%40%11%39%7%

Results

Primary election results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Yvette Simpson 10,56245.14
Democratic John Cranley 8,06834.48
Democratic Rob Richardson, Jr.4,76920.38
Total votes23,399100.00

General election

Candidates

Endorsements

John Cranley
Ohio State Representatives
City Council members
County officials
Labor unions
Organizations
Yvette Simpson
City Council members
Notable individuals
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		John
Cranley		Yvette
Simpson		Undecided
Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research [18] February 27-March 2, 2017500± 4.4%43%50%5%

Results

Cincinnati mayoral election, 2017
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Cranley 32,61753.95
Democratic Yvette Simpson 27,84546.05
Total votes60,462100.00

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