Mark L. Mallory

Mark L. Mallory
Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio
In office December 1, 2005 – Present
Preceded by	Charlie Luken
Succeeded by	Incumbent
Born	April 2 1962 (1962--) (age 45) Cincinnati, Ohio
Political party	Democratic

Mark L. Mallory (b. April 4 1962, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an African-American Democratic politician, who, in the 126th Ohio General Assembly, served as assistant minority leader in the Ohio Senate. On November 8, 2005, he was elected Mayor of Cincinnati. He is the first mayor to be elected under the new directly-elected mayor system.

Mallory is a member of the Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition^[1], a bi-partisan group with a stated goal of "making the public safer by getting illegal guns off the streets." The Coalition is co-chaired by by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Because of his membership, Mallory started a race in Cincinnati with a whistle instead of a starter pistol, due to the fact he thought a pistol would convey the wrong message.

Mallory holds a bachelor of science degree in administrative management from the University of Cincinnati. He won a seat in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1994, and served in the Ohio House from 1995 to 1998, when he was elected to the Senate.

In the 125th General Assembly, Mallory also served as assistant leader of the Democratic caucus. Mallory was reelected in 2002. Mallory resigned his senate seat to become Cincinnati's mayor in 2006. He narrowly defeated fellow Democrat David Pepper Jr. to win the election. Ohio's term limits law would have prevented him from running for a third consecutive term in the state senate.

He is the son of former Ohio House of Representatives Majority Leader William L. Mallory, Sr., brother of Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge William L. Mallory, Jr., brother of Ohio State Representative Dale Mallory and brother of former Vice-Mayor of Forest Park Joe Mallory.

On April 2 2007, Mallory threw an Opening Day pitch at a Cincinnati Reds game that flew several feet to the first base side of home plate, missing intended target Eric Davis. The pitch received national media attention (including appearances on Good Morning America and Cold Pizza)^[2], and Mallory got a chance to make amends on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live^[3][4]. Mallory said that he was using the attention as an opportunity to "talk about Cincinnati's positives"^[5].

References

1. ^ Mayors Against Illegal Guns: Coalition Members.
2. ^ http://www.wcpo.com/ews/local/story.aspx?content_id=f9f193e1-cbb1-4db4-8550-8abdb3513217
3. ^ http://www.newsnet5.com/sports/11519909/detail.html
4. ^ Mayor Mallory on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
5. ^ http://www.wcpo.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=f9f193e1-cbb1-4db4-8550-8abdb3513217

"Democrat David Pepper"

External link

• Mallory's mayoral election campaign website

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