John Cranley
John Cranley is an
John Cranley was born in Green Township, Ohio, and grew up in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Price Hill. He attended St. Williams School, a pariochial elementary school of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and graduated from St. Xavier High School, a Catholic high school operated by the Jesuits. He attended John Carroll University, where he was a Truman Scholar, and Harvard Law School, where he was a member of the Lincoln Inn Society. He is also a graduate of the Harvard Divinity School.
At his first attempt for public office, Cranley captured more than 44 percent of the vote against incumbent Steve Chabot. Cranley was chosen to replace Democratic councilman Todd Portune in 2000 when Portune vacated his seat to become a Hamilton County commissioner. Cranley was elected to full terms in 2001 and 2003. In the 2005 city council election, Cranley obtained the most votes of all city council candidates. The members of Cincinnati city council are elected at large.
In 2006, he challenged Chabot again and lost 52% to 48%.
2006 Election and Loss
In November, 2006 Republican Steve Chabot defeated John Cranley in Ohio's 1st district. Cranley lost the Butler County portion of the district by a 2 to 1 margin. Both Chabot and Cranley are Roman Catholic.
Cranley had declared his candidacy less than 48 hours after being sworn in for his third term on Cincinnati City Council. The race was considered competitive, though Chabot was widely given a slight edge with his incumbency and the leanings of the area. This race was declared one of the ten most important congressional races in the 2006 midterm election. In the 2004 election, Chabot's relatively unknown and underfunded challenger, Greg Harris, collected 41 percent of the district vote, while Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry took 49 percent of the vote in the district.
In 2006 series of debates were held within the district.
On Oct. 29, 2006, The Cincinnati Enquirer announced its 2006 congressional endorsements for the greater Cincinnati area and endorsed Cranley. The paper made five endorsements, covering the five congressional districts around the greater Cincinnati area - recommending all Republicans with the exception of Cranley.
Election night saw big gains for Democrats all across Ohio and the country, but Cranley could not oust Chabot, who clung to a lead all night. Chabot won overwhelmingly in Butler County and ended up with 52% of the vote to Cranley's 48%.
Ohio Innocence Project
Cranley serves as a visiting professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. He, along with UC College of Law Professor Mark Godsey, helps oversee the Ohio Innocence Project. As of May 2006, the project was responsible for two overturned wrongful convictions in the past 12 months. [1]
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