Mayor Aftab Pureval won a second four-year term as Cincinnati’s mayor in what likely will be the most lop-sided election since the city began direct election of the mayor 24 years ago.
With all of the city's 190 precincts reporting, Pureval led with 78% of the unofficial vote, compared to nearly 22% for Bowman.
Based on the early voting results alone, Pureval, a Democrat, led Republican Cory Bowman with 82% of the vote. That was enough for The Associated Press to call the race for the incumbent Democrat not even a full hour after polls closed.
The vote was almost identical to the May primary election, where Bowman — the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance — won the right to be on the November ballot with only 13% of the vote.
Still, it was a somewhat rocky road for Pureval, a 39-year-old Clifton resident. His path was strewn with controversies over policing and creating more housing stock in the city. But in a deeply Democratic blue city, Pureval overcame it all, trouncing a neophyte Republican in Bowman, who came to the city four years ago.
Ohio Democratic Party chair Kathleen Clyde sent a message of congratulations to Pureval Tuesday night.
"I’m looking forward to seeing what he achieves in his second term," Clyde said. "Congratulations to Mayor Pureval and his team on this hard-fought victory.”
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