(The Hill) – Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval (D) is projected to win reelection, beating back a challenge from Cory Bowman (R), a pastor and coffee shop co-owner who is the half-brother of Vice President Vance, according to Decision Desk HQ.
Pureval, who first won office in 2021 after defeating former Cincinnati Mayor David Mann (D). The race is technically nonpartisan.
Pureval had easily trounced Bowman during the May open primary, where the mayor received more than 80 percent of the vote. Since both men were the two top vote-getters in the primary, they moved on to compete in the November general election.
Republicans haven’t had a nominee on the general election ballot for Cincinnati mayor in more than a dozen years.