John Cranley

John Cranley
Cranley at an FC Cincinnati event in 2018
69th Mayor of Cincinnati
In office December 1, 2013 – January 4, 2022
Preceded by	Mark Mallory
Succeeded by	Aftab Pureval
Member of the Cincinnati City Council
In office 2000–2009
Personal details
Born	John Joseph Cranley (1974-02-28) February 28, 1974 (age 50) Green Township, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Dena Cranley
Children	1
Education	John Carroll University (BA) Harvard University (MTS, JD)

John Joseph Cranley (born February 28, 1974) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio from 2013 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he was a member of the Cincinnati City Council and a partner of City Lights Development. Cranley is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School and co-founder of the Ohio Innocence Project at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Before his election as mayor, he was an attorney with the law firm of Keating Muething & Klekamp. He was a candidate for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election, losing the primary to former Dayton, Ohio mayor Nan Whaley.