Raffel Prophett
Raffel Prophett ran for election to the Cincinnati City Council in Ohio. He lost in the general election on November 4, 2025.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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 Prophett in this election.
2021
See also: Mayoral election in Cincinnati, Ohio (2021)
General election
General election for Mayor of Cincinnati
Aftab Pureval defeated David Mann in the general election for Mayor of Cincinnati on November 2, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Aftab Pureval (Nonpartisan) | 65.8 | 34,541 |
 | David Mann (Nonpartisan) | 34.2 | 17,919 | |
| Total votes: 52,460 | |||
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Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Mayor of Cincinnati
The following candidates ran in the primary for Mayor of Cincinnati on May 4, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Aftab Pureval (Nonpartisan) | 39.2 | 13,302 |
| ✔ | | David Mann (Nonpartisan) | 29.0 | 9,830 |
 | Cecil Thomas (Nonpartisan) | 16.5 | 5,589 | |
 | Gavi Begtrup (Nonpartisan) | 9.5 | 3,229 | |
| Raffel Prophett (Nonpartisan) | 3.5 | 1,196 | ||
 | Herman Najoli (Nonpartisan) | 2.3 | 780 | |
| Total votes: 33,926 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Adam Koehler (Nonpartisan)
- Kelli Prather (Nonpartisan)
- Tyra Oldham (Nonpartisan)
- Wendell Young (Nonpartisan)
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Raffel Prophett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2025 Candidate Connection survey.
2021
Raffel Prophett did not complete Ballotpedia's 2021 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign website
Prophett’s campaign website stated the following:
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I have spent my adult life in public service, specifically domestic and national security, as well as public safety. The forty-plus years I spent in service for the common good has shaped my purpose in life. From my childhood rearing, my experience while serving, my formal and informal education, my civic involvement, all of which have solidified my purpose. My transition from civil service to a private citizen has provided me with the opportunity to advance my purpose without restrictions, being unencumbered, and unfettered. My purpose is to seek equity (health and social-economic) by truth-seeking and understanding. Through courageous leadership, I seek to affect real and measurable change for the city, particularly the underserved. I will foster mutually respectful relationships, evidence-based grassroots collaborative decision making, and the creation of public policies with emphasis on our children’s sustainable future. I will be guided by my core values to do what is right, what is just, and what is fair [1] |
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| —Raffel Prophett’s campaign website (2021)[2] | ||
See also
2025 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Raffel Prophett’s campaign website, “The Why,” accessed April 20, 2021
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