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The 2023 Columbus City Council election was held on November 7, 2023, to elect the nine members of the Columbus City Council.Primary elections were scheduled for May 2, 2023, but were cancelled as no more than two candidates were placed on the ballot for any ward (the top two candidates in each ward would have advanced to the general election).
The Columbus City Council is the lawmaking body of Columbus, Ohio. It meets in the City Council Chambers located on the second floor of Columbus City Hall. Following the 2023 election, the City Council expanded from seven to nine members. Council members are elected at-large in a single election but are separated into nine districts. [2] [3]
The 2023 Columbus mayoral election took place on November 7, 2023, to elect the mayor of Columbus, Ohio.Incumbent Democratic mayor Andrew Ginther was re-elected to a third term in office. [1]
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Six of the nine board members appeared to favor the current system, which allows the seven-member city council to choose the mayor on the first day of a new council.
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In February 2007, Ginther was appointed to the Columbus City Council to fill an unexpired term after the resignation of Matt Habash. He was elected to a new term as a member of City Council in November 2007, was reelected as a member in 2009, and on January 3, 2011, was selected to replace Michael C. Mentel as Council president, becoming the youngest City Council president in the history of ...
In 2023, for the first time, voters elected an all-Democrat, nine-member council, voting popular Republican Liz Keating out of office. Cincinnati Democrats: We don't need 'chaos' coming from Trump.