Jeff Pastor
Jeff Pastor was a member of the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. Pastor assumed office on January 2, 2018. Pastor left office in 2020.
Pastor ran for re-election to the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. Pastor won in the general election on November 7, 2017.
Elections
2017
The city of Cincinnati, Ohio, held elections on November 7, 2017. A primary election for the mayoral race was held on May 2, 2017. The top two vote-getters faced each other in the general election. The filing deadline for mayoral candidates was February 16, 2017. All nine seats on the city council were up for election. Regardless of the number of candidates, Cincinnati does not hold a primary election for the city council races. The filing deadline for city council candidates was August 24, 2017.[1] The following candidates ran in the geneal election for nine seats on the Cincinnati City Council.[2]
| Cincinnati City Council, General Election, 2017 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 P.G. Sittenfeld Incumbent |
9.62% | 39,815 |
| David Mann Incumbent |
8.65% | 35,789 |
| Chris Seelbach Incumbent |
7.40% | 30,626 |
| Wendell Young Incumbent |
6.84% | 28,296 |
| Christopher Smitherman Incumbent |
6.56% | 27,149 |
| Tamaya Dennard |
6.30% | 26,053 |
| Greg Landsman |
6.05% | 25,049 |
| Amy Murray Incumbent |
5.77% | 23,888 |
| Jeff Pastor |
5.32% | 21,996 |
| Michelle Dillingham | 5.26% | 21,773 |
| Ozie Davis | 4.51% | 18,671 |
| Lesley Jones | 4.43% | 18,345 |
| Laure Quinlivan | 4.05% | 16,758 |
| Derek Bauman | 4.03% | 16,680 |
| Henry Frondorf | 2.57% | 10,637 |
| Seth Maney | 2.44% | 10,114 |
| Brian Garry | 2.21% | 9,152 |
| Kelli Prather | 1.73% | 7,175 |
| Tamie Sullivan | 1.51% | 6,232 |
| Tonya Dumas | 1.50% | 6,186 |
| Erica Black-Johnson | 1.34% | 5,539 |
| Cristina Burcica | 1.00% | 4,150 |
| Manuel Foggie | 0.86% | 3,556 |
| Dadrien Washington | 0.03% | 125 |
| Total Votes | 413,754 | |
| Source: Hamilton County Board of Elections, "2017 General Election Official Results," November 22, 2017 | ||
Noteworthy events
Pastor arrested on federal bribery charges
On Nov. 10, 2020, Pastor was arrested on federal bribery charges. He was charged with 10 counts, including wire fraud, bribery, attempted extortion by a government official, and money laundering.[3]
Jeff Pastor is the second member of the Cincinnati City Council to be arrested in 2020, following the February arrest of Tamaya Dennard (D).[4]
Pastor was suspended from the city council on November 23, 2020.[5]
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Hamilton County Board of Elections, "2017 Election Schedule," accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ Hamilton County Board of Elections, "Candidates and Issues List Filed for the General Election November 7, 2017," August 28, 2017
- ↑ Fox 19, "Cincinnati City Councilman Jeff Pastor arrested on federal bribery charges, feds say", Nov. 10, 2020
- ↑ Cincinnati Enquirer, "Source: Cincinnati City Councilman Jeff Pastor, associate arrested on federal bribery charge", Nov. 10, 2020
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, "Jeff Pastor suspended from Cincinnati City Council after bribery arrest," November 23, 2020
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