P.G. Sittenfeld

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Alexander Paul George Sittenfeld (born October 1, 1984) is a former American politician who served on the Cincinnati City Council from 2011 to 2020. In 2022, Sittenfeld was convicted on federal charges of bribery and attempted extortion in connection with an undercover investigation by the FBI. In May 2025, following the rejection of his appeal, he was granted a pardon by President Donald Trump. Sittenfeld is currently a freelance writer and is working on a memoir. A member of the Democratic Party, he became the youngest person ever elected to the council at the age of 27. Prior to his election, Sittenfeld was assistant director at the Community Learning Center Institute in Cincinnati. In January 2015, he announced his 2016 bid for Ohio's U.S. Senate seat, then held by Republican Rob Portman. On March 15, 2016, Sittenfeld lost the Senate Democratic primary election to former Ohio Governor Ted Strickland. On July 12, 2020, Sittenfeld announced that he would run in the 2021 Cincinnati mayoral...

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