Cory Bowman will next face Aftab Pureval, the Democratic incumbent, who outperformed him in Tuesday’s nonpartisan primary.

Cory Bowman, half-brother of Vice President JD Vance, advanced in the May 6 Cincinnati mayoral primary. He will face Mayor Aftab Pureval in November

He won the 2021 mayor’s race with nearly 66% of the vote to lead Ohio’s third-largest city. Bowman, 36, co-founded an evangelical church on the city’s West End and owns a coffee shop. He has never held public office but says his half brother’s inauguration inspired him to enter politics.