Mayor
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Aftab Pureval elected as Cincinnati’s first Asian American mayor.
Pureval, 38, the son of a Tibetan refugee mother and an Indian father, won the Mayoral election by defeating his opponent David Mann. Pureval, a half-Indian, half-Tibetan immigrant, is seen as a rising political star in the state. After airing advertising with a stuffed duck quacking his name – “Aftab!” – in a campaign reminiscent…
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Son of Tibetan Immigrant Runs for Cincinnati Mayor
Aftab Pureval, the son of Indian and Tibetan immigrants, is running for mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, and if elected, will be the state’s first mayor of South Asian descent. Aftab is the Hamilton County Clerk at the moment, and he has a history of trying to make courts more available to underserved populations. Six candidates…