2021 Cleveland City Council election
The 2021 Cleveland City Council election was held on November 2, 2021. The primary elections were held on September 14, 2021. All 17 seats on Cleveland City Council were up for election for four-year terms. Elections in Cleveland are officially nonpartisan, with the top two candidates from the primary election advancing to the general election, regardless of party.
Incumbent status
Two council members, Basheer Jones of Ward 7 and Council President Kevin Kelley of Ward 13, retired to run for Mayor of Cleveland in the concurrent mayoral election. Neither won the mayoral race.| Ward | Name | Entered office | Running |
| 1 | Yes | ||
| 2 | Yes | ||
| 3 | Yes | ||
| 4 | No | ||
| 5 | Yes | ||
| 6 | Yes | ||
| 7 | No | ||
| 8 | Yes | ||
| 9 | Yes | ||
| 10 | Yes | ||
| 11 | Yes | ||
| 12 | Yes | ||
| 13 | No | ||
| 14 | Yes | ||
| 15 | Yes | ||
| 16 | Yes | ||
| 17 | Yes |
East Side
Ward 1
Councilman Joe Jones was reelected.Ward 2
Councilman Kevin Bishop was reelected.Ward 3
Councilman Kerry McCormack was reelected.Ward 4
Councilwoman Marion Anita Gardner was appointed by Cuyahoga County Probate Judge Anthony Russo to fill the seat of indicted Councilman Ken Johnson. Gardner chose not to run for election to a full term. Although he was legally barred from holding office, Johnson ran a campaign to regain his seat, though he would be eliminated in the primary.Ward 4 elected Democratic precinct committeewoman Deborah A. Gray, the twin sister of councilwoman Delores Gray, who unsuccessfully ran for election to a full term in Ward 5.