Steven Joseph Chabot is an American politician and lawyer who represented Ohio's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2009 and again from 2011 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,he lost his 2022 reelection bid to Democrat Greg Landsman. Until his election loss,he was the dean of Ohio's GOP delegation to the House of Representatives,after the retirement of former Speaker John Boehner.
Thomas Aloysius Burke was an American politician from Ohio. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 48th mayor of Cleveland,Ohio,from 1946 to 1953 and in the United States Senate from November 10,1953 until December 2,1954. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport is named after him.
Roxanne Qualls is an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. She also served a two-year term on the Cincinnati City Council prior to her service as mayor,having been elected in 1993. On August 8,2007,the Charter Committee announced her appointment to fill the unexpired term of council member Jim Tarbell. Qualls was elected to a two-year term on Cincinnati City Council in November 2007,and again in 2009 and 2011. She served as Vice Mayor,the chair of the Budget and Finance Committee,chair of the Livable Communities Committee and chair of the Subcommittee on Major Transportation and Infrastructure Projects.
David Scott Mann is an American lawyer and politician. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the United States representative for Ohio's 1st congressional district from 1993 to 1995. He also served as a member of the Cincinnati City Council from 2013 to 2022 and from 1974 to 1992,during which time he served as mayor of Cincinnati from 1980 to 1982 and again in 1991. Mann ran in the 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election,but lost to Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval.
The Charter Committee is an independent political organization dedicated to good government in Cincinnati,Ohio. Members of this committee are called Charterites. Committee organizers prefer the term Charter Committee rather than Charter Party. Because of Ohio State laws regarding vote percentage cutoffs for official party recognition,the Charter Committee is not an officially recognized political party in Ohio.
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 two-year term.
The mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio,is elected directly in a nonpartisan election separate from the City Council election. Until 2001,the candidate who received the most votes in the City Council election would become mayor. Mayoral candidates in the general election are chosen in an open primary.
Christopher E.C. Smitherman is an American politician and businessman who previously served as the Vice Mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. An Independent,Smitherman has been a member of the Cincinnati City Council and the Cincinnati Planning Commission. Smitherman is the former president of the Cincinnati NAACP,serving from April 2007 to January 2014. From 2013 until January 2022 –when Smitherman was term limited and a newly elected council was sworn in –Smitherman chaired the Law and Public Safety Committee,giving him authority to oversee all legislative issues related to Police,Fire,Safety Policies,Citizen Complaint Authority,Liquor Licenses,and Public Services.
Christopher Steven Seelbach is an American politician. He made history in 2011 when he became the first openly LGBTQ+ person elected to the Cincinnati City Council. On May 20,2013,the White House named Seelbach a national Harvey Milk "Champion of Change" for his commitment to equality and public service.
Alexander Paul George Sittenfeld is an American politician and former member of the Cincinnati City Council. He has been convicted of felony bribery and attempted extortion. A convicted felon,Sittenfeld was an inmate at FCI Ashland,but was released from prison pending the outcome of his appeal.
Nannette L. Whaley is an American politician who served as the 56th mayor of Dayton,Ohio,from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,she was first elected to the mayorship in November 2013,after serving on the city commission for two terms. Whaley presided over the United States Conference of Mayors from 2021 to 2022. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election,losing to incumbent Mike DeWine.
Cecil L. Thomas is an American politician and former law enforcement officer who has served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 25th district since 2023. He previously served as a member of the Ohio Senate from the 9th district from 2015 to 2022.
The 2018 Ohio gubernatorial election took place on November 6,2018,to elect the next governor of Ohio,concurrently with the election of Ohio's Class I U.S. Senate seat,as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states,elections to the United States House of Representatives,and various Ohio and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor John Kasich was term-limited and could not seek re-election for a third consecutive term.
The 2013 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 5,2013,to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan,with the top two candidates from the September 10 primary advancing to the general election,regardless of party. One of the biggest issues for this election was the proposed streetcar which Cranley opposed and Qualls supported.
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.
Yvette Renee Simpson is an American politician,lawyer,former member of the Cincinnati City Council. She is the former chief executive of Democracy for America.
Aftab Karma Singh Pureval is an American attorney and politician serving as the 70th mayor of Cincinnati,Ohio,since January 4,2022. On January 14,2021,he declared his candidacy for the 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election. On November 2,2021,with 65.8% of the vote,he was elected as mayor making him the first Asian American to be elected as the mayor of Cincinnati. He was previously a candidate for Ohio's 1st congressional district in 2018.
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2022,to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican governor Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term in a landslide,defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley,the former mayor of Dayton,with 62.4% of the vote. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican governor of Ohio since 1994 has won re-election by a double-digit margin.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Ohio was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Ohio. Republican writer and venture capitalist JD Vance defeated Democratic U.S. Representative Tim Ryan to succeed retiring incumbent Republican Rob Portman.
Gregory John Landsman is an American politician who has been the U.S. representative from Ohio's 1st congressional district since 2023. The district is based in Cincinnati,and includes most of its inner suburbs.
