P.G. Sittenfeld
| P.G. Sittenfeld | |
|---|---|
| Member of the City Council of Cincinnati | |
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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 against former Governor Ted Strickland for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat held by current Republican United States Senator Rob Portman in 2016.[4] In 2013, Sittenfeld received the most votes of any candidate in his bid to return to Cincinnati City Council, and he won by the largest margin of victory in the city's modern history. At the time, Sittenfeld was 29 years of age.
Life and career
Sittenfeld was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Curtis (Bascom), is an art history teacher and librarian at Seven Hills School, a private school in Cincinnati, and his father, Paul George Sittenfeld, is an investment adviser.[5] He and his sister, author Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld, attended Seven Hills School. His father is Jewish and his mother is Catholic, and he was raised Catholic.[6] He attended Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts in English and American Studies, 2007), where he was elected president of the freshman class,[7] 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][8] After working as a summer intern at Google and Time, Sittenfeld returned to Cincinnati to work as the Assistant Director of the Community Learning Center Institute. Among other positions, he serves as a board member of the Freestore Foodbank and Breakthrough Cincinnati.[2][9]
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.[10] He was re-elected to the council in 2013 as the leading vote-getter among all council candidates.[11]
Election History
Italic type indicates incumbent.[12]
| 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 2 "P.G. Sittenfeld profile". Facebook. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- 1 2 "Spotlight on: P.G. Sittenfeld". iSPYCINCY. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "Historic Cincinnati city council sworn in, waiting for budget". WXIX-FOX19. December 2, 2011. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
- ↑ "Sittenfeld: Yes, I'm running for U.S. Senate". Cincinnati.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61658400/
- ↑ "Heading Into Conflict". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Sittenfeld ’07 elected Cincinnati council member". Daily Princetonian. 14 November 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
- ↑ "P.G. Sittenfeld". City of Cincinnati. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- ↑ "Breakthrough Cincinnati". breakthroughcincinnati.org. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "Cincinnati City Council receives major overhaul in election". WXIX-FOX19. November 9, 2011.
- ↑ "Cranley elected mayor, with big changes on city council". WVXU Cincinnati. November 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Hamilton County, OH Board of Elections Current & historical election information". July 19, 2012.