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Austin Davis (Ohio)
Austin Davis ran for election to the Cleveland City Council to represent Ward 7 in Ohio. He was on the ballot in the primary on September 9, 2025.[source]
Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2025
See also: City elections in Cleveland, Ohio (2025)
General election
The primary occurred on September 9, 2025. The general election will occur on November 4, 2025. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Nonpartisan primary election
Nonpartisan primary for Cleveland City Council Ward 7
Austin Davis, Mohammad Faraj, and Mike Rogalski ran in the primary for Cleveland City Council Ward 7 on September 9, 2025.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Meagan Meehan (Nonpartisan)
- Michael Africa (Nonpartisan)
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Austin Davis completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Davis' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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As an attorney in Cleveland, I joined Mayor Justin Bibb’s administration in its earliest days. From City Hall, I’ve championed everyday Clevelanders—taking illegal guns off our streets, investing in transit and housing, taking the fight to out-of-state slumlords, and defending workers’ rights.
Now, I’m running for City Council to fight for a Near West Side where everyone in our community can thrive. As my wife, Anna, and I raise our young family in Tremont, we know how essential it is for public services and public spaces to deliver on their promises and serve us all. That means safer streets, slower traffic, and more housing options.
I have the experience in local government, deep roots in our community, the progressive values, the resilience, and the hustle it takes to make that happen. I’d be honored to have your vote and support this Election Day.- Safe, walkable streets are essential for a thriving and connected community like ours. Every resident deserves to enjoy our neighborhoods and travel safely—whether you're 8 weeks old or 80 years old, whether you use a stroller or a wheelchair, and whether you’re walking, biking, or taking transit. On city council, I’ll push for traffic-calming measures of all kinds: more speed tables, curb extensions, roundabouts, and raised crosswalks. I’ll also advocate for reduced speed limits, truck prohibitions on our residential streets, and enhanced traffic code enforcement.
- Meeting the Moment on the Housing Crisis: Across the Near West Side, folks are struggling to find a place to live: individuals starting their careers, growing families putting down roots, and longtime neighbors who built these communities. As your councilmember, I’ll fight for an all-of-the-above housing strategy—yes to market-rate, to affordable, and to public housing. Yes to new homes on city land, and yes to putting vacant properties and Airbnbs back on the market. More housing options will ease the pressures that have driven up rents and property taxes. To preserve the diversity and vitality that define our community, we need to ensure that our neighborhoods have space for everyone—regardless of background, family size, or income.
- City Services that Serve Us All. The day-to-day experience of living in this city is what makes a family’s decisions to stay here, or to leave. The fundamental work of permits, planning, and plowing, of speed limits and parking meters, of keeping the lights on and enforcing the housing code–it doesn’t make headlines, but it makes all the difference. As your councilmember, I’ll be a collaborative governing partner and a champion for progress: new tools, new technology, and investing in our city staff who do the work we need in our neighborhoods. Because when we invest in those basics, we can improve life for everyone–equitably and sustainably.
I had to draw deep on those values following a train accident at age 20, where I lost both my legs above the knee. I came out the other side, and I’m proud to be one of the few folks in the world getting around on two prosthetics with a job and a family. But learning how to walk again was the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and I certainly credit my family’s values for the grit and resiliency it took.
Every Clevelander knows, however, that hard work doesn’t get you there on its own. It takes community, support, institutions and laws, and a society with some scaffolding to enable us all to reach our own individual heights. It's true for me, and it's true for each of us.
That’s what drives me to public service. Here in Cleveland, we’ve got each other’s back. The stronger we can make our local government, the more we can serve our entire community, and the more we can uplift every one of our neighbors.
But that work directly informs the laws that councilmembers pass and the way they oversee implementation. I’m a lawyer with experience in writing and implementing city laws, and I’ll always have a personal focus on lawmaking. I’ll leap to make sure that our residents are receiving the high-quality public services they need–but I’m also focused on what caused the issue in the first place, and that’s where lawmaking comes in
We've also received endorsements from SEIU Local 1 as well as the Ohio Environmental Council Action Fund.
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See also
2025 Elections
External links
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