The mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, is elected directly in an election separate from the City Council election. Until 2001, the candidate who received the most votes in the City Council election would become mayor. Mayoral candidates in the general election are chosen in an open primary.

Bold type indicates winner. Italic type indicates incumbent.

Date	Democratic	Republican	Charterite	Other
2005	Mark Mallory: 36,200			David Pepper Jr.: 33,664
2001	Charles J. Luken: 47,755		Courtis Fuller: 38,494

Primary elections

As of 2001, the mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, is elected directly in a separate election. Prior to that, the candidate who got the most votes in the election for city council. The candidates in the general election are chosen in an open primary.

Italic type indicates incumbent.

Date	Winning Candidates	Losing Candidates
2001	Courtis Fuller (C): 17,091 Charles J. Luken (D): 12,077	Bill Brodberger (ind.): 1,763 Michael Riley (ind.): 651

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