Overview
- The Associated Press projected Pureval the winner at 8:13 p.m. on Election Day.
- Public safety will dominate Pureval’s second-term agenda, which he framed as his responsibility after rising violence.
- Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge remains on administrative leave as a third-party firm examines her leadership.
- Bowman, a first-time candidate who is a pastor and local coffee shop owner, drew national attention as JD Vance’s half-brother.
- The mayor’s office is nonpartisan, but Pureval is a Democrat who dominated the May primary with more than 80% of the vote.