Mark Mallory
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| 68th Mayor of Cincinnati | |
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In office December 1, 2005 – December 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Charlie Luken |
| Succeeded by | John Cranley |
| Member of the Ohio Senate from the 9th district |
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In office January 5, 1999-December 1, 2005 |
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| Preceded by | Janet C. Howard |
| Succeeded by | Eric Kearney |
| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 31st district |
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In office January 3, 1995-December 31, 1998 |
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| Preceded by | William L. Mallory, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Catherine L. Barrett |
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April 2, 1962 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Mark Mallory (born April 2, 1962) is an American politician of the Democratic Party and former Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio.
He was the first two-term Mayor under the City’s new Stronger-Mayor system, the first directly elected African-American mayor, and the first mayor in more than 70 years who did not come from City Council.
Prior to his election in 2005, he served as assistant Minority Leader in the Ohio Senate. He won a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, replacing his father who retired after serving the district for nearly 30 years. He served in the Ohio House from 1995 to 1998, when he was elected to the Senate.
In November 1998, Mark Mallory was elected to represent the 9th Senate District in the Ohio General Assembly, and in 2002 was elected to his second four-year term. He was the Assistant Minority Leader for the Senate Democratic Caucus during his seven years in the General Assembly. In 2003, Senator Mallory passed a resolution in the General Assembly ratifying the 14th Amendment, 135 years after it was amended to the US Constitution.
Mallory resigned his senate seat in 2005 to run for Mayor of Cincinnati. He defeated fellow Democrat David Pepper to win the election. Mallory was elected to a second term as Mayor on November 3, 2009.
As Mayor of Cincinnati, Mallory listed public safety, youth employment, and economic development as some of his top priorities. He is active in the U.S. Conference of Mayors and is a member of the National Conference of Black Mayors which held its 2010 conference in Cincinnati.
Mallory has started Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Violence or CIRV. CIRV uses statistical analysis to identify and map criminal networks for increased law enforcement, community, and social service attention. The collaborative approach has become the driving philosophy of the entire police department. The program reduced homicides in Cincinnati 16% from 2007 to 2009 and group-related violence declined 36% during that time.
The Mayor ended a decade of stalemate and negotiated an agreement with Hamilton County to develop The Banks, 18 acres (73,000 m2) of land between the Reds and Bengals stadiums at the Southern edge of Downtown along the Ohio River. The development will be home to shops, restaurants, a hotel, apartments, condos, and office space. The first phase, including 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of retail, 300 luxury apartments, and 1,600 parking spaces, opened in the spring of 2011 with the first restaurants opening and the residents moving in.
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