CINCINNATI, Ohio—After he advanced from the primary to the general election in May, Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman took a breather for a few weeks.
At the time, the pastor, coffee shop owner, and Vice President JD Vance’s younger brother knew that his first bid for public office would be challenging in a deep blue city with a Democratic mayor and an all-Democratic City Council.
But а series of events over the summer, including an inner-city brawl, changed his confidence about the race because the incidents escalated concerns about violent crime.
Since then, Democrat Mayor Aftab Pureval and the City Council have faced increased criticism about how they have handled what Bowman calls “a crime epidemic” in Cincinnati. The events changed the outlook of the mayoral race, Bowman believes, and he now feels his campaign has momentum heading into the final days….