2021 Cincinnati mayoral election
The 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election will take place on November 2, 2021, to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election is officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the primary election advancing to the general election, regardless of party. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cranley, first elected in 2013, is term-limited and cannot seek reelection to a third consecutive term.Primary election
Candidates
Declared
- David Mann, Cincinnati City Council member, former United States House of Representatives member, and former Mayor of Cincinnati
- PG Sittenfeld, Cincinnati City Council member
Potential
- Jeff Berding, President of FC Cincinnati, and former Cincinnati City Council member
- Bob Bonder, President and co-founder of Rhinegeist Brewery
- Denise Driehaus, Hamilton County Commissioner, and former Ohio House of Representatives member
- Eric Kearney, former Ohio Senate minority leader
- Brigid Kelly, Ohio House of Representatives member
- Mark Mallory, former Mayor of Cincinnati
- Jill Meyer, CEO of the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber
- Chuck Mingo, Pastor at Crossroads Church
- Aftab Pureval, Hamilton County Clerk of Courts, 2018 Ohio's 1st congressional district Democratic nominee
- Alicia Reece, former Ohio House of Representatives member, former Vice Mayor, and former Cincinnati City Council member
- Yvette Simpson, former Cincinnati City Council member, and 2017 Cincinnati mayoral election candidate
- Cecil Thomas, Ohio State Senator
Declined
- Christopher Smitherman, Vice Mayor and Cincinnati City Council member
