Yvette Simpson
Yvette Renee Simpson is an American politician, lawyer, former member of the Cincinnati City Council. She is currently chief executive of Democracy for America.
Simpson received an undergraduate degree from Miami University, a law degree from the University of Cincinnati, and an M.B.A. from Xavier University.
She was sworn into office in 2011 which led to the Council having its first African-American majority.
A poll sponsored by Simpson shows her as the leading opponent against incumbent Mayor John Cranley in the 2017 Cincinnati mayoral election.
Simpson received a greater percentage of the votes in the primary than her top competitors Cranley or Rob Richardson Jr..
Simpson lost in the general election, Cranley Simpson, against incumbent Mayor John Cranley in the 2017 Cincinnati mayoral election.
On January 1, 2019, she became chief executive of Democracy for America, a national progressive grassroots organizing group founded by former presidential candidate Howard Dean. She is the group's first ever female chief executive.
In June, 2019, she became a political news contributor with ABC.
