John Cranley | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Cranley at an FC Cincinnati event in 2018 | |
| 69th Mayor of Cincinnati | |
| In office December 1, 2013 – January 4, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Mark Mallory |
| Succeeded by | Aftab Pureval |
| Member of the Cincinnati City Council | |
| In office 2000–2009 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | John Joseph Cranley February 28, 1974 Green Township, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Dena Cranley |
| Children | 1 |
| Education | John Carroll University (BA) Harvard University (MTS, JD) |
John Joseph Cranley (born February 28, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Cincinnati City Council and a partner of City Lights Development. Cranley is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School and co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Before his election as mayor, he was an attorney with the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp. He was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election, losing the primary to former Dayton, Ohio mayor Nan Whaley.