City Council of Cincinnati, Ohio elections
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The nine-member city council of Cincinnati, Ohio 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. 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. Starting in 2001, the mayor is chosen in a separate election.
Although the election officially is non-partisan, the three major parties (Democratic, Republican, and Charterite) 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.
There is a term limit of four two-year terms for council members.
Party designations: C - Charterite. D - Democrat. G - Green. I - Independent / Unendorsed. R - Republican.
Italic type indicates incumbent.
| Year | Winning Candidates | Losing Candidates |
|---|---|---|
| 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[1] (R): 27,911 Chris Bortz (C): 27,304 Cecil Thomas (D): 27,091 |
Sam Malone (R): 25,838 Christopher Smitherman (C): 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: 4,719 (ind.) William S. "Stew" Mathews II (ind.): 3,915 Robert J. Wilking (ind.): 3,762 Ishaq Nadir (ind.): 3,208 Eric Wilson (ind.)[2]: 3,082 Michael Earl Patton (I): 2,770 Curtis Wells (I): 2,482 Robert Wilson (I): 2,319 Ronnie T. Stallworth: 2,271 Bill Barron (I): 1,849 Bennie Green (I): 1,800 Victor Phillips (ind.): 1,695 Antonio Hodge (I): 1,276 |
| 2003 | David Pepper (D): 34,405 Alicia Reece (D): 32,078 Y. Laketa Cole (D): 27,644 James R. Tarbell (C): 27,480 John Cranley (D): 26,980 R. Patrick DeWine (R): 26,573 Christopher Smitherman (C): 25,483 Sam Malone (R): 24,002 David C. Crowley (D): 22,713 |
Damon Lynch III (ind.): 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): 36,998 James R. Tarbell (C): 35,533 David C. Crowley: (D): 33,225 Paul M. Booth (D): 27,732 Chris Monzel (R): 26,479 |
Y. Laketa Cole (D): 24,567 Todd Ward: 23,895 Sam Malone (R): 23,211 Jane Anderson: 21,026 Akiva Freeman: 19,788 Dawn Denno: 19,598 Lawra Baumann: 17,686 Ken Anderson: 15,119 Clarence D. Williams III: 14,371 Nathaniel Livingston Jr.: 12,735 Tom Jones: 12,235 |
| 1999 | Mayor: Charles J. Luken (D): 42,022 Todd Portune (D): 36,333 Charlie Winburn (R): 34,176 Phil Heimlich (R): 31,487 Alicia Reese (D): 27,900 R. Patrick DeWine (R): 27,745 James R. Tarbell (C): 26,045 Minette Cooper (D): 25,277 Paul M. Booth (D): 22,667 |
Jeanette Cissell (R): 22,095 Diane Goldsmith (R): 21,250 Scott V. Seidewitz (D): 20,389 Kaye M. Britton: 19,300 Forrest L. Buckley (D): 19,248 Jane Anderson: 17,297 Ken Anderson: 15,433 Chris Monzel (R): 9,335 Sam Malone (ind.): 5,030 Theo Barnes (ind.): 4,885 Charlie Lee Gardner (ind.): 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): 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 (ind.): 6,051 Larry Frazier (WI) William Kirkland (WI) |
| 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 Cromwell: 9,109 Simmons: 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 Dusty Rhodes (D): 29,327 Wade: 26,224 Power: 25,232 John Kruse (R): 24,713 Suber: 23,714 Kearney: 23,138 Jeannette Cissell (R): 27,504 Sena: 18,131 Rosen: 15,851 Milton: 14,078 Clifford: 7,759 |
| 1991 | Mayor: Dwight Tillery (D): 52,020 Gucken: 49,793 David S. Mann (D): 48,595 John Mirlisena (D): 47,655 Peter J. Strauss (D): 45,577 Jeannette 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 Dusty Rhodes (D): 32,240 Surber: 27,281 Aluqda: 21,846 Wade: 19,993 Rosser: 18,189 Andress: 16,807 M. Brown: 15,290 Sena: 14,886 Garet: 12,365 Buchan: 11,655 C. Brown: 10,461 O'Neal: 9,684 Chang: 6,866 Miller: 6,337 Bolce: 6,712 Maxbe: 3,336 |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Chris Monzel (R) lost his seat in the 2003 election, but in January 2005, when R. Patrick DeWine resigned to take a seat on the Hamilton County Commission, Monzel was re-appointed to the city council.
- ^ Eric Wilson was a Democrat running as an independent in 2005.
[edit] External links
- SmartVoter.org - Current & historical election information to 1998 for Hamilton County, OH presented by the League of Women Voters
- Hamilton County, OH Board of Elections Current & historical election information
- City of Cincinnati - Elections Commission Political Contribution Data
- Cincinnati Municipal Code
