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Cincinnati mayor wins re-election
AP
CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has won a second term, four years after becoming the city’s first directly elected black mayor.
The Democratic member of a prominent political family says he has helped improve Cincinnati’s image and reduce violent crime. He won 54 percent of the vote Tuesday over Republican newcomer Brad Wenstrup in the officially nonpartisan election.
With all precincts reporting unofficial returns, Mallory had 36,444 votes, to Wenstrup’s 30,901 votes, or 46 percent.
Voting also went Mallory’s way on a local ballot issue. Voters rejected 56 percent to 44 percent a measure that would have required a vote by the electorate before spending on a passenger rail system such as the downtown streetcar system Mallory wants.
The Democratic member of a prominent political family says he has helped improve Cincinnati’s image and reduce violent crime. He won 54 percent of the vote Tuesday over Republican newcomer Brad Wenstrup in the officially nonpartisan election.
With all precincts reporting unofficial returns, Mallory had 36,444 votes, to Wenstrup’s 30,901 votes, or 46 percent.
Voting also went Mallory’s way on a local ballot issue. Voters rejected 56 percent to 44 percent a measure that would have required a vote by the electorate before spending on a passenger rail system such as the downtown streetcar system Mallory wants.
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