Cincinnati Mayoral Primary Has Nine Candidates


The race to become CIncinnati’s next mayor has now set the candidates in the race, after the February 18th filing deadline. The May 4th Primary will whittle that number down to two, with the top two vote getters moving on to the November election.
The race had a clear from runner with councilman P.G. Sittenfeld, but he has just withdrawn after being indicted last year for accepting bribery money from a developer. This after the same investigators charged councilwoman Tamaya Dennard and councilman Jeff Pastor earlier in the year. Current mayor John Cranley is term limited, and so prohibited from seeking a third term.
Because Cincinnati’s mayoral race is non-partisan, the options are not limited to one Republican and one Democrat. Indeed, we have 8 Democrats and 1 Independent. Here’s the list…
Gavi Begtrup
Age: 37
Neighborhood: Mount Lookout
Party: Democrat
Adam Paul Teague Koehler
Age: 44
Neighborhood: Mount Auburn
Party: Democrat
David Mann
Age: 81
Neighborhood: Clifton
Party: Democrat
Herman J. Najoli
Age: 44
Neighborhood: West Price Hill
Party: Independent
Kelli Prather
Age: 48
Neighborhood: West Price Hill
Party: Democrat
Raffel Prophett
Age: 61
Neighborhood: Avondale
Party: Democrat
Aftab Pureval
Age: 38
Neighborhood: Clifton
Party: Democrat
Cecil Thomas
Age: 68
Neighborhood: Avondale
Party: Democrat
Wendell Young
Age: 75
Neighborhood: Avondale
Party: Democrat
In these very strange times Cincinnati needs a strong mayor, and after three indictments last year, ‘Cleaning up city hall’ is bound to be a pressing theme. Stay tuned…