2005 Cincinnati mayoral election

2005 Cincinnati mayoral election

November 8, 2005

Candidate Mark Mallory David A. Pepper Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan Popular vote 37,206 34,268 Percentage 52.06% 47.94%

Mayor before election Charlie Luken Democratic Elected mayor Mark Mallory Democratic

The 2005 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 8, 2005, to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the September 13 primary advancing to the general election, regardless of party.

While the election was nonpartisan, both Mallory and Pepper were known Democrats. Also a known Democrat was Alicia Reece, who was eliminated in the primary. Sylvan Grisco and Charlie Winburn, who were both eliminated in the primary, were known Republicans

Primary election

Primary election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	David Pepper	13,493	31.04
	Nonpartisan	Mark Mallory	13,347	30.70
	Nonpartisan	Charlie Winburn	9,098	20.93
	Nonpartisan	Alicia Reece	6,552	15.07
	Nonpartisan	Justin Jeffre	730	1.68
	Nonpartisan	Sylvan Grisco	131	0.30
	Nonpartisan	Sandra Queen Noble	119	0.27
Total votes			43,470	100.00

General election

Cincinnati mayoral election, 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Nonpartisan	Mark Mallory	37,206	52.06
	Nonpartisan	David Pepper	34,268	47.94
Total votes			71,474	100.00