Nannette L. Whaley is an American politician who served as the 56th mayor of Dayton, Ohio, from 2014 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, she was first elected to the mayorship in November 2013, after serving on the city commission for two terms. Whaley presided over the United States Conference of Mayors from 2021 to 2022. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election, losing to incumbent Mike DeWine in a landslide.
Whaley in 2018
Whaley and U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown greet President Donald Trump at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in August 2019
Dayton NAACP President Derrick Foward presents Community Service Award to Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley.
2022 Ohio gubernatorial election
The 2022 Ohio gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Ohio. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike DeWine won re-election to a second term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Nan Whaley, the former mayor of Dayton, 62.4% to 37.4%. DeWine's 25-point victory marked the continuation of a trend in which every incumbent Republican governor of Ohio since 1994 has won re-election by a double-digit margin.
Image: Gov Mike De Wine (cropped)
Image: Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio USA
Former U.S. Representative Jim Renacci challenged DeWine in the primary.
Former Cincinnati Mayor John Cranley finished second in the primary.