The 2021 Cincinnati mayoral election took place on November 2, 2021, to elect the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio. The election was officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the primary election on May 4, 2021, advancing to the general election, regardless of party. Incumbent Democratic Mayor John Cranley, first elected in 2013, was term-limited and could not seek reelection to a third consecutive term. Democratic Hamilton County clerk of court Aftab Pureval won the election over fellow Democrat and former Congressman David S. Mann.