First City Council tenure (1974–92) and mayoralties (1980–82 and 1991)
Mann was a member of Cincinnati's board of health from 1972 to 1974.[7] Tom Luken encouraged him to run for a seat on the City Council,but Mann's first attempt in 1973 was unsuccessful.[1] The following year,the local Democratic Party appointed Mann to replace Jerry Springer on the Council after Springer resigned due to a prostitution scandal.[1][6]
Mann served as mayor of Cincinnati twice during his time on the Council.[11] At the time,the office of mayor was not directly elected and was largely ceremonial.[12][13] His first mayoralty was from December 1980 to November 1982,and his second was from January to November 1991.[11] For his first term,Mann was chosen by fellow Council members to serve as mayor. Prior to his second term,the procedure was changed so that the candidate who won the most votes became mayor. Charlie Luken was the top vote-getter ahead of Mann's second mayoralty,but the Council appointed Mann again after Luken resigned to serve in Congress.[1] Mann left the Council in 1992.[11]
U.S. Congress (1993–95)
Mann's official congressional portrait,circa 1992–1994
1992 election
Ahead of the 1992 House of Representatives elections,incumbent representative Charlie Luken of Ohio's 1st congressional district announced that he would not seek re-election after already winning the June primary. Mann was term-limited in the City Council and was considering a campaign for a judicial position,but instead decided to run for the congressional seat,stating that his name recognition would help propel him to victory. Mann won the three-week special primary to become the Democratic nominee,narrowly defeating State SenatorWilliam Bowen. Mann won 51% of the vote in the general election,defeating both Republican-backed independent Stephen Grote and Libertarian-affiliated independent Jim Berns.[14][15][16][17]
With Mann facing labor backlash for his support of NAFTA,Bowen challenged him for the Democratic nomination in the 1994 election. Despite statements by unions that they would support primary candidates running against pro-NAFTA Democrats,NPR referred to Bowen as the only "serious" labor-backed primary challenger in the country. The Clinton administration supported Mann in the primary,with Vice President Al Gore attending two fundraisers that collectively grossed over $100,000 for Mann's campaign. The sum from Gore's fundraisers roughly matched the donations that Bowen stated he would receive from unions.[22] In a debate against Bowen,Mann expressed his alignment with the New Democrats and refused to support increased taxes or spending,stating that Bowen wanted to "tax more and spend more".[23] Mann won renomination by 667 votes,which an article in The Christian Science Monitor attributed to his successful television advertising.[24] Unions were divided on Mann's general election campaign;some,such as the Ohio Education Association,endorsed him,while others,such as the Cincinnati AFL–CIO Labor Council,refused to do so.[25] Mann ultimately lost his bid for re-election to Republican Steve Chabot in the "Republican Revolution".[1] Mann left office in 1995.[7]
After losing his bid for congressional re-election,Mann ran for a position on the Ohio First District Court of Appeals in 1996,but lost to incumbent Lee Hildebrandt Jr.[26][27] He would not return as a candidate for office until 2013.[28]
Second City Council tenure (2013–22)
In 2013,Mann returned to office after winning election to a seat on the city council.[28] He was simultaneously endorsed by the Democratic Party and the Charter Committee.[29] Mann was appointed vice mayor by Mayor John Cranley in 2013,a position which he would hold until 2018.[30][31] Mann opposed the Cincinnati streetcar and voted to halt its construction on his fourth day in office,but work on the project eventually proceeded.[32] Mann often served as a mediator between Cranley and Cranley's opponents on the Council,helping broker deals on a number of issues. In 2015,Mann reached a compromise with Cranley on a budget dispute,preventing a government shutdown.[28]
Mann was re-elected in 2017.[33] In 2018,Mann became the chair of the Council's Budget and Finance Committee,which is responsible for the city's finances.[34] That same year,Mann proposed levying an excise tax on short-term rentals,with the proceeds going to the city's affordable housing fund. Mann stated that the tax would "strike a balance between preserving and funding affordable housing units and community in neighborhoods,encouraging tourism and entrepreneurship through short-term rentals,and ensuring that all visitors to Cincinnati are staying in units that are safe and up to code".[35] The proposal was implemented in 2019.[36] In 2020,Mann voted with the majority of the Council to remove the fare from the streetcar.[37]
In May 2020,Mann announced that he would run for mayor of Cincinnati in the 2021 election. In a letter to potential donors,Mann stated that he had no ambitions for higher office beyond city politics and that his "experience and leadership qualities" could help address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.[11] In May 2021,Mann won 29% of the vote in the nonpartisan mayoral primary,placing second and advancing to the general election. Following the primary,Mann stated that general election opponent Aftab Pureval lacked the experience to serve as mayor,referring to Pureval's position of Hamilton County Clerk of Courts as "small".[38] By October 21,Mann had raised $388,307,trailing Pureval's $961,810. Mann lost the November general election with 34% of the vote to Pureval's 66%.[39][40]
↑"#TBT: David Mann remembers an Italian NYE". WCPO. Jan 7, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2021. We asked the Dixie Heights High School and Harvard Law School graduate to throw back his memory to a New Year's Eve long ago.
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