The younger half brother of US vice-president JD Vance will face off with the Democratic incumbent in Cincinnati's mayoral race in November, after finishing second in a primary on Tuesday. Cory Bowman, 36, who shares a father with the vice-president, is running as a Republican in the Ohio city. The political newcomer received an endorsement earlier on Tuesday from Vance, who wrote on X that Bowman is "a good guy with a heart for serving his community." Bowman, a pastor at an evangelical church in Cincinnati, will now run against current mayor Aftab Pureval in November's general election.

The half-brother of Vice President Vance was projected to advance in Cincinnati’s mayoral primary, setting up a long-shot bid to oust incumbent Democratic Mayor Aftab Pureval, according to Decision Desk HQ. Cory Bowman, who is a pastor and local coffee shop owner, moved on in the top-two nonpartisan primary election on Tuesday that also included Pureval and another Republican, Brian Frank. In the city’s primary, all candidates compete on the same ballot regardless of party and the two highest vote-getters move on to the general election in November. Pureval easily secured the first spot in the general election with 82.5 percent of the votes cast, while Bowman was well behind but still comfortably won the second spot with 12.9 percent to Frank’s 4.6 percent, as of Wednesday morning.

Vice President JD Vance’s half-brother, Cory Bowman, advanced to the general election in the Cincinnati mayoral race after receiving around 12.9% of the vote against incumbent mayor Aftab Pureval’s 82.5%. Bowman finished second in the nonpartisan open primary, which also featured Republican Brian Patrick Frank. Vance had endorsed his brother hours before polls closed on Tuesday. “Hey Cincinnati! My brother Cory Bowman is running for mayor and is on the ballot today for the primary. He’s a good guy with a heart for serving his community. Get out there and vote for him!” he wrote in a post on X. The 36-year-old Bowman is focusing on infrastructure in his race against Pureval, who won his first election as mayor easily against a fellow Democrat 65.8%-34.3%.