Columbus, Ohio mayoral election, 2011

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The Columbus mayoral election of 2011 was the 84th mayoral election in Columbus, Ohio. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Democratic party incumbent mayor Michael B. Coleman defeated Republican party nominee Earl W. Smith. The scheduled primary was canceled because neither party had challengers and third party candidates failed to meet requirements. However, write-in candidate Jeffrey E. Brown was also in the field.

Columbus is the state capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a population of 879,170 as of 2017 estimates, it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation. This makes Columbus the third-most populous state capital in the US and the second-most populous city in the Midwest. It is the core city of the Columbus, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses ten counties. With a population of 2,078,725, it is Ohio's second-largest metropolitan area.

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Michael B. Coleman is an American politician of the Democratic Party who served as the 52nd mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He was the first African-American to serve as the mayor of Ohio's capital city.

Candidates

Michael B. Coleman

Michael B. Coleman (born November 18, 1954) is an American politician of the Democratic Party, the 52nd mayor of Columbus, Ohio. He is the first African-American mayor of Ohio's capital.

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Coleman was born in Indianapolis, but moved to Toledo at an early age. After growing up in the Toledo area, Coleman earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Cincinnati and a Juris Doctor from the University of Dayton School of Law. Coleman was a member of the Columbus City Council from 1992–1999, and served as president of this city council from 1997-1999. In 1998, Coleman was the running mate for gubernatorial candidate Lee Fisher. Coleman ran for and won the Columbus mayoralty in 1999 and was re-elected unopposed November 4, 2003.

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In February 2005, Coleman announced that he would run for the Democratic nomination for governor of Ohio in the 2006 gubernatorial race, but subsequently dropped out of the race on November 29, 2005, citing heavy work and family obligations. In 2007, Mayor Coleman won a third term as mayor of Columbus.

Earl W. Smith

Earl W. Smith was the Republican Party candidate for Columbus Mayor. Smith has been a lifelong public servant. He is a retired Columbus Division of Police sergeant. Currently, he is the principal of E.W. Smith and Associates, a security education and consulting firm.

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

The Columbus Division of Police is the main policing unit for the city of Columbus, Ohio United States. It is the largest police department in the state of Ohio, and among the 25 largest in the United States. It is composed of 20 precincts, and the Chief of Police is Kimberley Jacobs. Columbus is ranked the 38th most dangerous city in the United States according to the 2009 City Crime Rate Rankings. Special units of the Columbus Division of Police include a Helicopter Unit, Canine Unit, Mounted Unit, Community Response Teams, Marine Park Unit, and Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Team.

A 32-year police veteran, Smith held a number of high-profile positions with the Division of Police. He served as the Division’s spokesperson as the uniformed supervisor for the Public Information Unit. During his years with the Crime Prevention Unit, and later as a supervisor with the Community Liaison Section within the Strategic Response Bureau, Smith represented the Division in virtually all of Columbus’s neighborhoods and came to know many of the city’s local community leaders. Additionally, he developed and presented crime prevention and safety programs to civic organizations, neighborhood associations and business groups.^[2]

Jeffrey E. Brown

Jeff Brown is a native of Findlay Ohio, who moved to Columbus in 1978 to attend the Ohio State University and majored in photography and cinema. He served 12 years as a civil servant for Columbus City Schools as a video production coordinator. Brown filed in August 2011 to run as a write-in candidate in the 2011 Columbus mayoral race,^[3] but as a write-in Brown did not appear on the ballot. In the November 2011 election, write-in candidates received a combined total of less than 1 percent of the vote.

Official Results

Columbus mayoral election, 2011^[4]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Michael B. Coleman	125,273	69.97
Republican	Earl Smith	52,945	29.97
Write-in	Write-in Votes	814	.45
Democratic hold

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References

↑ "Coleman To Serve Fourth Term As Columbus Mayor". WBNS-TV. November 8, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.
↑ "Earl For Mayor". Campaign Website.
↑ "Write-in files to run for Columbus mayor". The Columbus Dispatch . August 10, 2011.
↑ "2011 General Franklin County Official Results With Overlaps And Write-Ins". Franklin County Board of Elections. Franklin County, Ohio. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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[1] "Coleman To Serve Fourth Term As Columbus Mayor". WBNS-TV. November 8, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2011.

[2] "Earl For Mayor". Campaign Website.

[Writein201108-3] "Write-in files to run for Columbus mayor". The Columbus Dispatch . August 10, 2011.

[4] "2011 General Franklin County Official Results With Overlaps And Write-Ins". Franklin County Board of Elections. Franklin County, Ohio. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

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