P.G. Sittenfeld

P.G. Sittenfeld
Member of the City Council of Cincinnati
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 1, 2011
Personal details
Born Alexander Paul George
Sittenfeld

October 1, 1984
Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Alma mater Princeton University
Magdalen College, Oxford
City University London
Religion Roman Catholicism[1]
Website Official website

Alexander Paul George "P.G." Sittenfeld[2] (born October 1, 1984) is an American politician who has been a member of the City Council of Cincinnati since 2011.[3] On January 22, 2015, he announced that he will run for the U.S. Senate seat held by current Republican United States Senator Rob Portman in 2016.[4]

Biography

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Sittenfeld was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. He and his sister, author Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld, attended Seven Hills School. He went on to attend Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts in English and American Studies, 2007), where he was elected president of the freshman class,[5] and then attended graduate school at Magdalen College, Oxford (receiving his Master of Studies in English and American Studies, 2009) and the City University London (Master of Arts in Nonfiction Creative Writing, 2010 with distinction) as a Marshall Scholar.[1][6] After working at Google and Time, Sittenfeld returned to Cincinnati to work as the Assistant Director of the Community Learning Center Institute. As the Assistant Director, he helped transform schools into neighborhood centers that offered educational and health opportunities for residents after school. Among other positions, he serves as a board member of the Freestore Foodbank and Breakthrough Cincinnati.[2][7]

Although he is registered as a Democrat, Sittenfeld received broad support from Republicans and Independents in the 2011 race for Cincinnati City Council. He received the second most votes behind long-time local politician Roxanne Qualls. At age 27 at the time of the 2011 election, Sittenfeld was the youngest person elected to the Cincinnati City Council that year.[8] He was re-elected to the council in 2013 as the leading vote-getter among all council candidates.[9]

Election History

Italic type indicates incumbent.[10]

Year Winning Candidates Losing Candidates
2013 P.G. Sittenfeld (D): 37,484
Charlie Winburn (R): 27,397
David S. 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): 37,275
P.G. Sittenfeld (D): 30,474
Wendell Young (D): 29,067
Cecil Thomas (D): 28,892
Charlie Winburn (R): 28,829
Laure Qunlivan (D): 27,422
Yvette Simpson (C,D): 27,204
Christopher Smitherman (I): 23,760
Chris Seelbach (D): 23,484
Chris Bortz (C): 22,044
Kevin Flynn (C): 21,828
Amy Murray (R): 21,433
Leslie Ghiz (R): 20,719
Wayne Lippert (R): 18,397
Jason Riveiro (D): 18,174
Mike Allen (I) 16,598
Nicholas Hollan (D): 14,628
Catherine Smith Mills (R): 13,513
Pat McCollum (I): 6,180
Kathy Atkinson (I): 5,012
Jacqueline Allen (I): 4,555
Sandra Queen Noble (I): 2,726
Orlando Welborn (I): 33

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "P.G. Sittenfeld profile". Facebook. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Spotlight on: P.G. Sittenfeld". iSPYCINCY. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  3. "Historic Cincinnati city council sworn in, waiting for budget". WXIX-FOX19. December 2, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  4. http://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2015/01/22/us-senate-sittenfeld-takes-portman/22126849/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Sittenfeld ’07 elected Cincinnati council member". Daily Princetonian. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  6. "P.G. Sittenfeld". City of Cincinnati. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  7. "Breakthrough Cincinnati"
  8. "Cincinnati City Council receives major overhaul in election". WXIX-FOX19. November 9, 2011.
  9. "Cranley elected mayor, with big changes on city council". WVXU Cincinnati. November 6, 2013.
  10. "Hamilton County, OH Board of Elections Current & historical election information". July 19, 2012.

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