Cincinnati Mayor Has Early Lead In Re-Election Bid

By DAN SEWELL
Associated Press Writer

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has an early lead in his bid to win a second term.

Mallory is a Democrat who four years ago became Cincinnati's first directly elected black mayor. He faces Republican newcomer

Brad Wenstrup in the officially nonpartisan election on Tuesday.

With 5 percent of precincts reporting unofficial returns,

Mallory has 51 percent of the vote, and Wenstrup has 49 percent.

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