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With three seats open, the race for Cincinnati City Council was bound to draw a crowd. There are 23 candidates on the ballot, all aiming to be among the top nine finishers elected to four-year terms. There are no party designations on the ballot, but all three of Cincinnati's political parties - the Democratic Party, the Republican Party and the Charter Committee - endorse slates of candidates.Click on a name below or at right to learn more about a candidate.Derek Bauman | Erica Black-Johnson | Cristina Burcica | Ozie Davis | Tamaya Dennard | Michelle Dillingham | Tonya Dumas | Manuel Foggie | Henry Frondorf | Brian Garry | Lesley Jones | Greg Landsman | Seth Maney | David Mann | Amy Murray | Jeff Pastor | Kelli Prather | Laure Quinlivan | Chris Seelbach | P.G. Sittenfeld | Christopher Smitherman | Tamie Sullivan | Wendell Young |Related:A Large Field Of Candidates Running For Four Seats On Cincinnati School Board

Kelli Prather (non-incumbent)

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Kelli Prather

Background: An occupational therapist and radio talk show host. Working on a PhD at Union Institute and University, has a master's degree in occupational therapy and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Findlay. Twenty-two years of experience in customer service and patient care. She runs what she described as a "small home health care agency."

On the issues: "I am running for council to fight for inclusion and against injustice," Prather said. She said she believes in a city government that is "open and accessible to all people, regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, economic class or gender." She believes that when developers come into neighborhoods to build housing, they should be required to make 25 percent of their housing affordable to low-income persons. But, she said, they should also be required to hire a workforce that is at least in part from that neighborhood.

You can find more on her campaign website here.

Howard Wilkinson is in his 50th year of covering politics on the local, state and national levels.