Democrat Aftab Pureval won the reelection as mayor of Cincinnati on Tuesday, defeating Cory Bowman, a Republican who is Vice President J D Vance's half-brother.

Pureval was first elected mayor in 2021. The office is officially nonpartisan, but his party preference is Democratic.

He won the all-party municipal primary in May with more than 80 per cent of the vote. Prior to running for mayor, he worked as a lawyer.