Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney is a member of the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. She assumed office on March 18, 2020.
Lemon Kearney ran for re-election to the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. She won in the general election on November 4, 2025.
Lemon Kearney was appointed by P.G. Sittenfeld on March 11, 2020, to replace former councilmember Tamaya Dennard following her resignation.[1]
Biography
Lemon Kearney was born and grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is a co-founder and president of Sesh Communications, which publishes The Cincinnati Herald.[2] Lemon Kearney is an attorney by trade and previously worked with the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister.[1] She received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1978 and a J.D. degree from Harvard Law School in 1991.[2]
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Cincinnati, Ohio (2025)
General election
General election for Cincinnati City Council (9 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Cincinnati City Council on November 4, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 43,971 |
| ✔ | Scotty Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 8.3 | 40,781 | |
| ✔ | Meeka Owens (Nonpartisan) | 8.1 | 39,826 | |
| ✔ |  | Anna Albi (Nonpartisan) | 8.0 | 39,028 |
| ✔ |  | Mark Jeffreys (Nonpartisan) | 7.8 | 38,380 |
| ✔ |  | Seth Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 7.2 | 35,176 |
| ✔ | Jeff Cramerding (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 34,870 | |
| ✔ | Evan Nolan (Nonpartisan) | 7.1 | 34,790 | |
| ✔ |  | Ryan James (Nonpartisan) | 6.9 | 33,689 |
 | Liz Keating (Nonpartisan)  | 5.0 | 24,526 | |
 | Christopher Smitherman (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 17,496 | |
| Laketa Cole (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 15,267 | ||
| Linda Matthews (Nonpartisan) | 2.1 | 10,521 | ||
 | Don Driehaus (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 9,928 | |
 | Gary Favors (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 9,898 | |
| Steve Goodin (Nonpartisan) | 2.0 | 9,690 | ||
 | Dale Mallory (Nonpartisan) | 1.6 | 7,966 | |
| Dawn Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 1.5 | 7,270 | ||
| Aaron Weiner (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 6,478 | ||
| Raffel Prophett (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 6,374 | ||
 | Stephan Pryor (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 5,233 | |
| Jerry Corbett (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 4,283 | ||
| Audricia Brooks (Nonpartisan) | 0.9 | 4,190 | ||
| Donald Washington (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,879 | ||
| Brandon Nixon (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 3,036 | ||
 | Kevin Farmer (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 3,011 | |
| Brian Ennix (Nonpartisan) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 51 | ||
| Total votes: 489,608 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gwen Summers (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lemon Kearney in this election.
2023
See also: City elections in Cincinnati, Ohio (2023)
General election
General election for Cincinnati City Council (9 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Cincinnati City Council on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 49,822 |
| ✔ | Meeka Owens (Nonpartisan) | 11.0 | 49,783 | |
| ✔ |  | Reggie Harris (Nonpartisan) | 10.9 | 49,339 |
| ✔ |  | Victoria Parks (Nonpartisan) | 10.3 | 46,341 |
| ✔ | Scotty Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 10.1 | 45,659 | |
| ✔ | | Mark Jeffreys (Nonpartisan) | 10.0 | 45,295 |
| ✔ | | Anna Albi (Nonpartisan) | 9.9 | 44,770 |
| ✔ | Jeff Cramerding (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 42,650 | |
| ✔ | | Seth Walsh (Nonpartisan) | 9.0 | 40,641 |
| Liz Keating (Nonpartisan) | 8.2 | 36,789 | |
| Total votes: 451,089 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jaime Castle (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Lemon Kearney in this election.
2021
See also: City elections in Cincinnati, Ohio (2021)
General election
General election for Cincinnati City Council (9 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Cincinnati City Council on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney (Nonpartisan) | 7.5 | 28,672 |
| ✔ |  | Greg Landsman (Nonpartisan) | 7.0 | 26,996 |
| ✔ | | Reggie Harris (Nonpartisan) | 6.7 | 25,828 |
| ✔ | Meeka Owens (Nonpartisan) | 6.3 | 24,177 | |
| ✔ | | Victoria Parks (Nonpartisan) | 5.9 | 22,879 |
| ✔ | Scotty Johnson (Nonpartisan) | 5.3 | 20,265 | |
| ✔ | Jeff Cramerding (Nonpartisan) | 5.1 | 19,695 | |
| ✔ | | Mark Jeffreys (Nonpartisan) | 4.9 | 18,772 |
| ✔ | | Liz Keating (Nonpartisan) | 4.5 | 17,497 |
 | Michelle Dillingham (Nonpartisan) | 4.1 | 15,910 | |
| Phillip O’Neal (Nonpartisan) | 4.0 | 15,295 | ||
 | Kevin Flynn (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 13,888 | |
 | Elizabeth Sundermann (Nonpartisan) | 3.6 | 13,830 | |
| Steve Goodin (Nonpartisan) | 3.3 | 12,794 | ||
| Jim Tarbell (Nonpartisan) | 3.1 | 11,734 | ||
 | Brian Garry (Nonpartisan) | 2.7 | 10,258 | |
 | Tom Brinkman Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 2.5 | 9,805 | |
| John Williams (Nonpartisan) | 2.2 | 8,367 | ||
| LaKeisha Cook (Nonpartisan) | 1.9 | 7,224 | ||
| Jackie Frondorf (Nonpartisan) | 1.8 | 6,947 | ||
 | Jaime Castle (Nonpartisan) | 1.7 | 6,395 | |
| Peterson Mingo (Nonpartisan) | 1.4 | 5,278 | ||
 | Evan Holt (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 5,139 | |
 | Kurt Grossman (Nonpartisan) | 1.3 | 4,975 | |
| Bill Frost (Nonpartisan) | 1.2 | 4,695 | ||
| Galen Gordon (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 4,210 | ||
| Te’Airea Powell (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 4,109 | ||
| Stacey Smith (Nonpartisan) | 1.1 | 4,109 | ||
| Jalen Alford (Nonpartisan) | 0.8 | 3,166 | ||
| Rob Harris II (Nonpartisan) | 0.7 | 2,651 | ||
 | Andrew Kennedy (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 2,439 | |
| John Maher (Nonpartisan) | 0.6 | 2,158 | ||
| Logan Simmering (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,652 | ||
| K.A. Heard Jr. (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,496 | ||
| Nick Jabin (Nonpartisan) | 0.4 | 1,358 | ||
| Total votes: 384,663 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Charlie Winburn (Nonpartisan)
- Derek Bauman (Nonpartisan)
- Darius Clay (Nonpartisan)
- James Jenkins (Nonpartisan)
- Linda Matthews (Nonpartisan)
- Robert Moore (Nonpartisan)
- Victor Phillips (Nonpartisan)
- Nathaniyah Yisrael (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2023
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Jan-Michele Lemon Kearney did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Personal
Lemon Kearney is married to former Ohio state senator Eric Kearney.[1]
See also
2025 Elections
External links
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