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Cincinnati City Council

Cincinnati City Council

Lawmaking body of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

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.

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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.

Cincinnati City Council Members

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Election results

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  1. [1]
    Barber, Kathleen. Proportional Representation and Election Reform in Ohio. Ohio State University Press, 1995.
  2. [2]
    Wetterich, Chris (5 November 2018). "Cincinnati voters beware of Issues 10 and 11". American City Business Journals. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Kearney Joins Cincinnati City Council". 18 March 2020.
  4. [4]
    "Seth Walsh will replace Greg Landsman on Cincinnati Council". 9 December 2022.
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    Qualls was endorsed by the Charter Committee and the Democratic Party. Qualls' clout grows; options abound
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    The Democratic Party withdrew its endorsement of Berding. Mallory more focused on 9 Archived 2009-11-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. [7]
    After John Cranley stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Harris was sworn in as his replacement on January 12, 2009.
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    After James R. Tarbell stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Qualls was sworn in as his replacement on September 4, 2007.
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    After R. Patrick DeWine stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Monzel was sworn in as his replacement on January 14, 2005.
  10. [10]
    After Paul Booth stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Cole was sworn in as his replacement on April 23, 2003.
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    After Todd Portune stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Cranley was sworn in as his replacement in December, 2000.
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    After Phil Heimlich stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Monzel was sworn in as his replacement in February 2001.
  13. [13]
    After Bobbie Sterne stepped down from her seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Tarbell was sworn in as her replacement in 1998.
  14. [14]
    After Nick Vehr stepped down from his seat on the Cincinnati City Council, Cissell was sworn in as his replacement in 1996.
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