Cincinnati City Council | |
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City Council | |
Type | |
Type | |
Houses | Unicameral |
Leadership | |
Jan Michele Kearney,
Democratic since January 4, 2022 | |
Victoria Parks,
Democratic since January 4, 2022 | |
Structure | |
Seats | Nine |
Political groups |
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Elections | |
at-large | |
Last election | November 7, 2023 |
Next election | November 4, 2025 |
Meeting place | |
Cincinnati City Hall 801 Plum St, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 | |
Website | |
http://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/council/ | |
Constitution | |
Charter |
Elections in Ohio |
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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.
Until the charter of 1925, the council comprised 32 members—six elected at-large and 26 elected from single-member wards. The 1925 charter instituted the present nine-member council elected in a single non-partisan, at-large election. From 1925 to 1955, elections were under the single transferable vote form of proportional representation. [1] The mayor was chosen by the council from among its members. In the 1970s, the system was changed so that the top vote-getter in the council election automatically became mayor. Since 2001, the mayor is chosen in a separate election.
Although the election officially is non-partisan, the local Charterite party and three of the major political parties ( Democratic, Republican, and Green Party) all endorse candidates in the race. Party designations, however, can be fluid. After the 1997 election, for example, Democrats Minette Cooper and Dwight Tillery formed a majority coalition on the council with Republicans Charlie Winburn, Phil Heimlich, and Jeanette Cissell.
Prior to 2013, council members were elected for two-year terms. In 2013, a referendum was passed changing City Council to four-year terms. In 2018, two competing proposals were placed on the ballot to modify the structure of the City Council yet again. Issue 10 would bring back two-year terms; Issue 11 would keep four-year terms but stagger them, such that five council members would be elected in a mayoral election year, and four council members would be elected two years later. [2] Issue 10 passed with a larger margin of victory, and the City Council returned to two-year terms beginning with the 2021 election.
The next city council election is scheduled for November 2025.
Council Member | Party | First Elected | Other Positions | Notes |
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Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney | Democrat | 2020 (Appointed) | Vice Mayor | Replaced Tamaya Dennard on March 11, 2020, who resigned after federal charges of bribery. [3] |
Victoria Parks | Democrat | 2021 | President Pro Tempore | |
Jeff Cramerding | Democrat | 2021 | ||
Reggie Harris | Democrat | 2021 | ||
Mark Jeffreys | Democrat | 2021 | ||
Scotty Johnson | Democrat | 2021 | ||
Meeka Owens | Democrat | 2021 | ||
Seth Walsh | Democrat | 2022 (Appointed) | Replaced Greg Landsman on December 19, 2022, who resigned to serve OH-01 [4] | |
Anna Albi | Democrat | 2023 |
Italic type indicates incumbent.
(D) indicates
Democratic Party candidate.
(R) indicates
Republican Party candidate.
(G) indicates
Green
party candidate.
(C) indicates
Charter Committee candidate.
(I) indicates no party affiliation.
Year | Winning Candidates | Losing Candidates |
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2023 | Jan-Michele Kearney (D): 49,033 Meeka D. Owens (D): 48,825 Reggie Harris (D):48,443 Victoria Parks (D): 45,490 Scotty Johnson (D): 44,899 Mark Jeffreys (D): 44,544 Anna Albi (D): 43,973 Jeff Cramerding (D): 41,983 Seth Walsh (D): 39,950 |
Liz Keating (C, R): 36,176 |
2021 | Jan-Michele Kearney (D): 28,161 Greg Landsman (D): 26,532 Reggie Harris (D):25,305 Meeka Owens (D): 24,177 Victoria Parks (D): 22,443 Scotty Johnson (D): 19,888 Jeff Cramerding (D): 19,356 Mark Jeffreys (D): 18,433 Liz Keating (C, R): 17,156 |
Michelle Dillingham (I): 15,618 Philip O'Neal (D): 14,995 Kevin Flynn (C): 13,665 Betsy Sundermann (R): 13,599 Steve Goodin (C, R): 12,594 Jim Tarbell (C): 11,526 Brian Garry (I): 10,066 Thomas Brinkman (R): 9,642 John Williams (C): 8,200 LaKeisha Cook (I): 7,021 Jackie Frondorf (C): 6,815 Jaime Castle (I): 6,266 Peterson Mingo (I): 5,163 Evan Holt (DSA): 5,013 Kurt Grossman (I): 4,876 Bill Frost (C): 4,614 Galen Gordon (C): 4,107 Stacy Smith (I): 4,007 Te'Airea Powell (I): 3,988 Jalen Alford (I): 3,066 Rob Harris II (I):2,587 Andrew Kennedy (I):2,393 John Maher (I): 2,117 Logan Simmering (G): 1,608 K.A. Heard Jr (G):1,461 Nick Jabin (I): 1,319 |
2017 |
P.G. Sittenfeld (D): 39,815 David Mann (C, D): 35,789 Chris Seelbach (D): 30,626 Wendell Young (D): 28,295 Christopher Smitherman (I): 27,149 Tamaya Dennard (C, D): 26,053 Greg Landsman (D): 25,049 Amy Murray (C, R): 23,888 Jeff Pastor (R): 21,996 |
Michelle Dillingham (D): 21,773 Ozie Davis (D): 18,671 Lesley Jones (D): 18,345 Laure Quinlivan (I): 16,758 Derek Bauman (C): 16,680 Henry Frondorf (C): 10,637 Seth Maney (R): 10,114 Brian Garry (G): 9,152 Kelli Prather (I): 7,175 Tamie Sullivan (G): 6,232 Tonya Dumas (I): 6,186 Erica L. Black-Johnson (I): 5,539 Cristina Burcica (I): 4,150 Manuel Foggie (I): 3,556 Dadrien Washington (I): 125 |
2013 |
P.G. Sittenfeld (D): 37,484 Charlie Winburn (R): 27,397 David Mann (C, D): 26,443 Yvette Simpson (C, D): 25,449 Chris Seelbach (D): 23,738 Christopher Smitherman (I): 23,604 Wendell Young (D): 22,600 Kevin Flynn (C): 22,059 Amy Murray (C, R): 21,979 |
Laure Quinlivan (D): 21,079 Greg Landsman (C, D): 19,619 Michelle Dillingham (D): 19,143 Pam Thomas (D): 18,499 Vanessa White (C): 16,892 Sam Malone (R): 16,462 Mellisa Wegman (R): 9,942 Shawn Butler (D): 9,788 Mike Moroski (I): 8,688 Angela Beamon (I): 7,943 Kevin Johnson (I): 6,647 Timothy Joseph Dorsbrusch (I): 4,006 |
2011 |
Roxanne Qualls (C, D): 38,903 P.G. Sittenfeld (D): 31,673 Wendell Young (D): 30,526 Cecil Thomas (D): 30,405 Charlie Winburn (R): 30,080 Laure Quinlivan (D): 28,601 Yvette Simpson (C, D): 28,589 Christopher Smitherman (I): 24,981 Chris Seelbach (D): 24,494 |
Chris Bortz (C): 22,805 Kevin Flynn (C): 22,631 Amy Murray (R): 22,096 Leslie Ghiz (R): 21,391 Jason Riveiro (D): 19,025 Wayne Lippert (R): 18,973 Mike Allen (I): 17,167 Nicholas Hollan (D): 15,309 Catherine Smith Mills (R): 13,913 Pat McCollum (I): 6,497 Kathy Atkinson (I): 5,220 Jacqueline Allen (I): 4,829 Sandra Queen Noble (I): 2,890 Orlando Welborn (I): 34 |
2009 |
Roxanne Qualls (C, D):
[5] 43,513 Cecil Thomas (D): 35,690 Chris Bortz (C): 32,911 Jeff Berding (I): [6] 30,509 Leslie Ghiz (R): 30,050 Chris Monzel (R): 29,786 Charlie Winburn (R): 29,055 Y. Laketa Cole (D): 28,976 Laure Quinlivan (D): 28,775 |
Greg Harris (D):
[7] 25,216 Bernadette Watson (D): 24,985 Amy Murray (R): 23,667 Kevin Flynn (C): 23,619 Wendell Young (D): 22,100 Tony Fischer (D): 21,742 Nicholas Hollan (D): 18,096 George Zamary (R): 12,834 Anitra Brockman (G): 8,071 LaMarque Ward (I): 7,806 |
2007 |
Roxanne Qualls (C):
[8] 33,775 John Cranley (D): 33,772 David Crowley (D): 31,124 Cecil Thomas (D): 27,103 Chris Bortz (C): 26,500 Leslie Ghiz (R): 24,920 Y. Laketa Cole (D): 24,900 Jeff Berding (D): 23,586 Chris Monzel (R): 23,336 |
Charlie Winburn (R): 22,080 Minette Cooper (D): 18,941 Sam Malone (R): 17,486 Melanie Bates (C): 15,376 Pat Fischer (R): 15,084 Greg Harris (D): 14,184 John Eby (R): 14,025 Wendell Young (D): 13,963 Brian Garry (D): 13,164 Joan Kaup (C): 8,476 Andre Harper (R): 7,499 Justin Jeffre (G): 7,371 Mitch Painter (I): 5,140 Steve Pavelish (I): 4,213 Michael Earl Patton (I): 3,149 George Zamary (I): 2,203 |
2005 | John Cranley (D): 35,603 James R. Tarbell (C): 32,392 Y. Laketa Cole (D): 29,966 David Crowley (D): 29,856 Leslie Ghiz (R): 29,758 Jeff Berding (D): 28,344 Chris Monzel (R): [9] 27,911 Chris Bortz (C): 27,304 Cecil Thomas (D): 27,091 |
Sam Malone (R): 25,838 Christopher Smitherman (C/G): 24,642 Damon Lynch III (D): 22,556 Wendell Young (D): 21,505 Eve Bolton (D): 19,729 John Eby (R): 16,272 Samantha Herd (D): 14,306 Nick Spencer (C): 9,462 Paul Mcghee (I): 5,407 Gerry Kraus (I): 4,719 William S. "Stew" Mathews II (I): 3,915 Robert J. Wilking (I): 3,762 Ishaq Nadir (I): 3,208 Eric Wilson (I): 3,082 Michael Earl Patton (I): 2,770 Curtis Wells (I): 2,482 Robert Wilson (I): 2,319 Ronnie T. Stallworth (I): 2,271 Bill Barron (I): 1,849 Bennie Green (I): 1,800 Victor Phillips (I): 1,695 Antonio Hodge (I): 1,276 |
2003 |
David Pepper (D): 34,405 Alicia Reece (D): 32,078 Y. Laketa Cole (D): [10] 27,644 James R. Tarbell (C): 27,480 John Cranley (D): 26,980 R. Patrick DeWine (R): 26,573 Christopher Smitherman (C, G): 25,483 Sam Malone (R): 24,002 David Crowley (D): 22,713 |
Damon Lynch III (I): 21,764 |
2001 |
David Pepper (D): 45,174 R. Patrick DeWine (R): 43,191 Alicia Reece (D): 43,180 Minette Cooper (D): 38,040 John Cranley (D): [11] 36,998 James R. Tarbell (C): 35,533 David Crowley: (D): 33,225 Paul Booth (D): 27,732 Chris Monzel (R): [12] 26,479 |
Y. Laketa Cole (D): 24,567 Todd Ward (R): 23,895 Sam Malone (R): 23,211 Jane Anderson (I): 21,026 Akiva Freeman (I): 19,788 Dawn Denno (I): 19,598 Lawra Baumann (I): 17,686 Ken Anderson (I): 15,119 Clarence D. Williams III (I): 14,371 Nathaniel Livingston Jr. (I): 12,735 Tom Jones (I): 12,235 John F. Schlagetter (C): 10,269 William Kirkland (I): 6,211 Theo Barnes (I): 4,795 Eric Wilson (I): 4,376 Wes Flinn (I): 3,682 Toni Andrews (I): 3,651 |
1999 | Mayor:
Charles J. Luken (D): 42,022 Todd Portune (D): 36,333 Charlie Winburn (R): 34,176 Phil Heimlich (R): 31,487 Alicia Reece (D): 27,900 R. Patrick DeWine (R): 27,745 James R. Tarbell (C): [13] 26,045 Minette Cooper (D): 25,277 Paul Booth (D): 22,667 |
Jeanette Cissell (R): 22,095 Diane Goldsmith (R): 21,250 Scott V. Seidewitz (D): 20,389 Kaye M. Britton (D): 19,300 Forrest L. Buckley (D): 19,248 Jane Anderson (I): 17,297 Ken Anderson (I): 15,433 Chris Monzel (R): 9,335 Sam Malone (I): 5,030 Theo Barnes (I): 4,885 Charlie Lee Gardner (I): 3,312 |
1997 | Mayor: Roxanne Qualls (D): 50,560 Dwight Tillery (D): 45,238 Todd Portune (D): 42,721 Charlie Winburn (R): 39,913 Bobbie L. Sterne (C): 39,529 Phil Heimlich (R): 37,896 Tyrone Yates (D): 35,592 Minette Cooper (D): 35,451 Jeanette Cissell (R): [14] 34,209 |
James R. Tarbell (C): 33,867 Forrest Buckley (D): 25,357 Diane Goldsmith (R): 22,676 Kaye Britton (D): 20,724 Rosemary Meyer (R): 18,976 Todd Ward (R): 18,438 Bryn Lewis (C): 10,135 William Gaz (R): 9,213 Theo Barnes (I): 6,051 |
1995 | Mayor:
Roxanne Qualls (D): 49,165 Phil Heimlich (R): 48,072 Dwight Tillery (D): 45,616 Bobbie L. Sterne (C): 40,663 Nick Vehr (R): 40,207 Minette Cooper (D): 40,105 Charlie Winburn (R): 38,963 Todd Portune (D): 36,308 Tyrone Yates (D): 33,644 |
Jeannette Cissell (R): 31,960 Mark Longabaugh (D): 30,969 John Kruse (R): 28,098 John Mirlisena (D): 27,379 Diane Goldsmith (R): 26,627 Norman Murdock (R): 24,369 Don Driehaus (D): 22,961 Elwood Cromwell III (R): 9,109 John Henry Simmons (I): 4,354 |
1993 | Mayor:
Roxanne Qualls (D): 48,476 Dwight Tillery (D): 45,928 Nick Vehr (R): 45,494 Bobbie L. Sterne (C): 43,077 Thomas A. Luken (D): 39,771 Charlie Winburn (R): 39,670 Tyrone Yates (D): 36,204 Todd Portune (D): 34,460 Phil Heimlich (R): 33,873 |
John Mirlisena (D): 32,915 Virginia Rhodes (D): 29,327 Jeannette Cissell (R): 27,504 Martin Wade (R): 26,224 Anne Power (R): 25,232 John Kruse (R): 24,713 Nell D. Surber (R): 23,714 Eric Kearney (C): 23,138 Val Sena (C): 18,131 Matthew Rosen (D): 15,851 Barbara Milton (D): 14,078 Pat Clifford (I): 7,759 |
1991 | Mayor:
Dwight Tillery (D): 52,020 Guy Guckenberger (I): 49,793 David S. Mann (D): 48,595 John Mirlisena (D): 47,655 Peter J. Strauss (D): 45,577 James Cissell (R): 42,467 Bobbie L. Sterne (C): 40,697 Roxanne Qualls (D): 38,543 Tyrone Yates (C): 36,548 |
Nick Vehr (R): 33,277 Virginia Rhodes (D): 32,240 Nell D. Surber (R): 27,281 William Al'Uqdah (R): 21,846 Martin Wade (R): 19,993 Shirley Rosser (D): 18,189 Jay Andress (R): 16,807 Mary Ann Brown (R): 15,290 Val Sena (C): 14,886 Len Garrett (R): 12,365 Richard L. Buchanan (D): 11,655 Chaunston Brown (D): 10,461 Todd O'Neal (I): 9,684 John Cheng (I): 6,866 Claudia Miller (I): 6,337 Anita F. Bolce (I): 6,712 Dennis L. Maxberry (I): 3,336 |