Wendell Young
Wendell Young was a member of the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. Young assumed office in 2010. Young left office on January 4, 2022.
Young ran for election for Mayor of Cincinnati in Ohio. Young was disqualified from the primary scheduled on May 4, 2021.
Elections
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Cincinnati, Ohio (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Cincinnati
Aftab Pureval defeated David Mann in the general election for Mayor of Cincinnati on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aftab Pureval (Nonpartisan) | 65.8 | 34,541 | |
| David Mann (Nonpartisan) | 34.2 | 17,919 | ||
| Total votes: 52,460 | ||||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Cincinnati
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Cincinnati on May 4, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Aftab Pureval (Nonpartisan) | 39.2 | 13,302 | |
| ✔ | David Mann (Nonpartisan) | 29.0 | 9,830 | |
| Cecil Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 5,589 | ||
| Gavi Begtrup (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 3,229 | ||
 | Raffel Prophett (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 1,196 | |
| Herman Najoli (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 780 | ||
| Total votes: 33,926 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Koehler (Nonpartisan)
- Kelli Prather (Nonpartisan)
- Tyra Oldham (Nonpartisan)
- Wendell Young (Nonpartisan)
2017
The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, held elections on November 7, 2017. A primary election for the mayoral race was held on May 2, 2017. The top two vote-getters faced each other in the general election. The filing deadline for mayoral candidates was February 16, 2017. All nine seats on the city council were up for election. Regardless of the number of candidates, Cincinnati does not hold a primary election for the city council races. The filing deadline for city council candidates was August 24, 2017.[1] The following candidates ran in the geneal election for nine seats on the Cincinnati City Council.[2]
| Cincinnati City Council, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 P.G. Sittenfeld Incumbent |
9.62% | 39,815 |
| David Mann Incumbent |
8.65% | 35,789 |
| Chris Seelbach Incumbent |
7.40% | 30,626 |
| Wendell Young Incumbent |
6.84% | 28,296 |
| Christopher Smitherman Incumbent |
6.56% | 27,149 |
| Tamaya Dennard |
6.30% | 26,053 |
| Greg Landsman |
6.05% | 25,049 |
| Amy Murray Incumbent |
5.77% | 23,888 |
| Jeff Pastor |
5.32% | 21,996 |
| Michelle Dillingham | 5.26% | 21,773 |
| Ozie Davis | 4.51% | 18,671 |
| Lesley Jones | 4.43% | 18,345 |
| Laure Quinlivan | 4.05% | 16,758 |
| Derek Bauman | 4.03% | 16,680 |
| Henry Frondorf | 2.57% | 10,637 |
| Seth Maney | 2.44% | 10,114 |
| Brian Garry | 2.21% | 9,152 |
| Kelli Prather | 1.73% | 7,175 |
| Tamie Sullivan | 1.51% | 6,232 |
| Tonya Dumas | 1.50% | 6,186 |
| Erica Black-Johnson | 1.34% | 5,539 |
| Cristina Burcica | 1.00% | 4,150 |
| Manuel Foggie | 0.86% | 3,556 |
| Dadrien Washington | 0.03% | 125 |
| Total Votes | 413,754 | |
| Source: Hamilton County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 22, 2017 | ||
Campaign themes
2021
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Wendell Young did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Noteworthy events
Young indicted on records tampering charge
On April 15, 2021, Wendell Young was indicted on one charge of tampering with records. Special prosecutor Patrick Hanley said that Young "knowingly and with the purpose to defraud, destroyed text messages that belonged to a government entity."[3] Young's lawyer, Scott Croswell, said, "I reviewed the indictment and we intend to defend it vigorously."[4]
The Cincinnati City Council held a vote on May 26, 2021, to decide whether or not to suspend Young. To suspend a council member, seven of the remaining eight members of the council had to vote in favor of suspension. Only six members voted to suspend Young, and two members abstained.[5]
On December 1, 2021, Young pleaded no contest and agreed to pay a $100 fine.[6]
See also
2021 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Hamilton County Board of Elections, "2017 Election Schedule," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Hamilton County Board of Elections, "Candidates and Issues List Filed for the General Election November 7, 2017," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Cincinnati Enquirer, "Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young charged with felony in 'Gang of 5' texting case," April 15, 2021
- ↑ Fox 19 Now, "Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young indicted," April 15, 2021
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Effort to suspend Cincinnati City Councilman Wendell Young falls short," May 26, 2021
- ↑ WLWT, "Cincinnati Councilman Wendell Young to pay fine after pleading no contest to misdemeanor," accesed December 6, 2021
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