Wednesday, November 07, 2001
Election 2001 story summaries
Cincinnati Mayor
City picks Luken for strong mayor
Charlie Luken will become Cincinnati's most powerful mayor in generations, after holding off a challenge Tuesday by political newcomer Courtis Fuller.
Luken could be longest running mayor
With his victory Tuesday, Charlie Luken becomes one of the longest-serving mayors in Cincinnati history.
Luken's top priority: Boosting city's economy
Charlie Luken ran on a platform of more and better police, and improved neighborhoods. But his first priority will be economic development.
The 'strong mayor' plan
Highlights of the “strong mayor” plan that goes into effect Dec. 1.
Voters pick for and against in mayor's race
Ask voters in Cincinnati's historic direct election for mayor who they voted for, and you're just as likely to hear who they voted against.
West Siders showed up in force for Luken
Two months ago, when Charlie Luken took an embarrassing licking at the hands of Courtis Fuller in the mayoral primary, only about one of every 10 voters in the vast West Side neighborhoods showed up to vote. Tuesday, they had a lot more company.
Cincinnati City Council
Newcomer Pepper wins council race
Political novice David Pepper finished first in the race for Cincinnati City Council, but all he gets for it this year are bragging rights. Unlike every election for the past 13 years, in which the top vote-getter automatically became mayor, the winner this year gets no special power.
Cincinnati Issues
Issue 5 victory changes hiring of chiefs
Cincinnati's system of hiring police and fire chiefs — and other top city administrators — will change dramatically after voter approval of a referendum allowing outside hires.
Issue 6 loses by 23 votes
A proposal to change how Cincinnati City Council candidates finance their campaigns failed by a razor-thin margin and is likely headed for an automatic recount.
Cincinnati School Board
Bates, 3 incumbents win school board
One new face will occupy one of the seven seats on the Cincinnati Public Schools Board of Education beginning in January.
Hamilton County
Fire, police big winners
Amid an emotional wave of respect for police, fire and emergency workers nationally, local police and fire levies came out big winners at the ballot box.
GOP sweeps Hamilton County municipal court
Republicans won every contested race this year for Hamilton County municipal court.
Hamilton County levies pass
Hamilton County voters are willing to pay medical bills for the poor during the next five years.
Hamilton County township races
Incumbent Diana Rielage and newcomer Bernie Fiedeldey led a field of four candidates Tuesday for two trustee seats in Colerain Township.
Democrats take over Norwood
Voters in Hamilton County's suburban cities have given themselves a face-lift.
Finneytown approves school levy
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — A $250,000 deficit projected for the Finneytown Schools was diverted Tuesday when voters approved a 7.95-mill operating levy.
Butler County
Ryan elected Hamilton mayor
HAMILTON — City Councilman Donald Ryan unseated Mayor Adolf Olivas in a close three-way battle Tuesday for the city's top elected position.
Butler County defeats sales tax
HAMILTON — The proposed quarter-cent sales tax increase for public transit lost by a narrow margin, and the 1.3-mill replacement levy for services for the elderly won approval.
Butler County township races
Incumbent trustees retained their offices in West Chester and Fairfield townships Tuesday, while voters approved a police levy in West Chester and overturned a rezoning in Liberty Township.
Butler County school board races
HAMILTON — Butler County voters were returning most board of education incumbents to their seats in Tuesday's election.
Warren County
Lebanon, Mason elect newcomers
LEBANON — Political newcomers dominated the day in Warren County's two largest cities as voters sifted through crowded slates.
Newcomer elected in Warren township
DEERFIELD TWP. — Randy Kuvin and incumbent trustee Barbara Wilkens Reed led five other candidates Tuesday for two Deerfield Township seats, according to unofficial returns.
Warren County approves mental health levy
LEBANON — The mental health levy for Warren and Clinton counties coasted to approval late Tuesday.
Warren County school boards
LEBANON — Warren County voters favored a mixture of old and new faces for its boards of education Tuesday.
Warren selects mix for school boards
LEBANON — Warren County voters were favoring a mixture of old and new faces for its boards of education Tuesday.
Waynesville re-elects mayor
WAYNESVILLE — Incumbent Ernie Lawson defeated two challengers Tuesday, leaving no doubt that he is the mayor as voters rejected Charles Sanders' comeback effort.
Clermont County
Clermont defeats mental retardation levy
County voters turned down an additional tax levy for the Clermont County Board of Mental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities that would have provided more help and services for children and adults in the county.
Clermont schools count victories
Voters in Felicity-Franklin school district approved a bond issue and a 0.5-mill levy, while residents in the Goshen Local Schools district voted against the repeal of a 1 percent income tax there.
Most Clermont incumbents re-elected
Most of the incumbent trustees in Clermont County townships were re-elected Tuesday.
Upsets on Clermont school boards
With all of the county's 191 precincts reporting, newcomers upset two incumbents in the Milford Exempted Village School District.
Vote more valued after Sept. 11
Although the Sept. 11 attacks in New York City and Washington happened nearly two months ago and hundreds of miles away, they played a role Tuesday in the Tristate elections.
Races in other places
Cleveland, Toledo mayors set firsts
Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jane Campbell defeated former Clinton administration appointee Raymond Pierce on Tuesday to become Cleveland's first female mayor.
Dayton elects first female mayor
DAYTON — A Democratic challenger who called herself a “super-underdog” ousted the only Republican mayor among Ohio's seven largest cities in a super-close race to become the city's first female mayor.
Giuliani's candidate wins NY mayor
NEW YORK — Billionaire Republican Michael Bloomberg, with at least $50 million of his fortune and the backing of popular incumbent Rudolph Giuliani, has landed the job of mayor and the task of steering New York through one of its biggest recoveries in history.
