Columbus Mayor Coleman to Seek Re-Election in 2011

For immediate release

November 23, 2010

Contact: Greg Haas, Coleman for Columbus, 614-374-1991

Mayor Coleman to Seek Re-Election in 2011

Michael B. Coleman announced today he will ask City of Columbus voters to return him to the office of mayor in November of 2011. Since taking office in 2000 Mayor Coleman has amassed a record of strong, safe neighborhoods, job creation and fiscal responsibility. Coleman was first elected mayor in 1999 and was re-elected in 2003 and 2007. He was elected to Columbus City Council in 1993 and 1997 and was chosen by his colleagues to be council president in 1996.

“Working with and working for the people of Columbus has been the honor of my life, but we have more to do,” Mayor Coleman said. “We need to keep fighting for our neighborhoods and for jobs while operating a responsive, efficient government for its people.”

Under Mayor Coleman’s leadership Columbus is:

- Repeatedly recognized as the best-managed big city in the country—the only one of its size to receive a Triple-A credit rating from all three rating agencies
- Known as beacon of economic activity in the Midwest—recognized by U.S. and World Report as one of the nation’s best cities to find a job.
- The safest big city in Ohio—and the nation’s second-safest city for young families, according to Standards in Safety.
- One of the nation’s up-and-coming cities for technology, biking and the environment—with a fleet that is repeatedly recognized as one of the greenest in America.
- Among the best cities in the nation for young professionals, African American families and gays and lesbians.