Cory Bowman, who shares a father with Vance, says he was inspired to enter the race after his half-brother's inauguration. A Republican last ran for Cincinnati mayor, unsuccessfully, in 2009.

Bowman is running his first ever campaign, and is the first Republican (along with Frank) to run in a mayoral election in 16 years. He's a College Hill resident and the pastor of a church in the West End, as well as the co-owner of a coffee shop in that area.

Politics runs in this family. Cory Bowman, the half-brother of Vice President JD Vance, secured a top-two finish in Cincinnati’s mayoral primary Tuesday night, earning the right to face incumbent Aftab Pureval in the November general election.