Endorsements galore!

With the election now three weeks off, the endorsements are piling in -- to the benefit of Mark Mallory.

Mallory, a state senator seeking to edge David Pepper in a bid to become Cincinnati's next mayor, picked up personal endorsements from two more elected officials Monday. Hamilton County Treasurer Robert A. Goering, a Republican, and Auditor Dusty Rhodes, a Democrat, citing Mallory's ability to work with elected leaders of other political party affiliations for the good of the people."

Mallory, a Democrat, already has endorsements from former Mayor Roxanne Qualls and a bipartisan list of present and former state lawmakers. Pepper's endorsements include former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn.

A wrapup of today's other endorsement announcements:

Cincinnati African-American Firefighters Association

• MAYOR: Mark Mallory.
  
  
• CITY COUNCIL: Chris Bortz (C), Laketa Cole (D), David C. Crowley (D), Samantha Herd (D), Sam Malone (R), Damon Lynch III (D), Christopher Smitherman (C) and Wendell P. Young (D).
  

Appalachian Political Action Committee

• MAYOR: Mark Mallory and David Pepper both "approved."
  
  
• CITY COUNCIL: Jeff Berding (D), Eve Bolton (D), Laketa Cole (D), John Cranley (D), David C. Crowley (D), Damon Lynch III (D), Sam Malone (R), Christopher Smitherman (C) and Jim Tarbell (C).
  
  
• CINCINNATI BOARD OF EDUCATION: Melanie Bates, Susan Cranley, Eileen Cooper Reed and Harriet Russell.

Cincinnati Right to Life Political Action Committee

• CITY COUNCIL: John Eby (R), Sam Malone (R), Chris Monzel (R), Paul McGhee (I), Michael Earl Patton (I) and Robert J. Wilking (I).
  
  
• HAMILTON COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT JUDGE: David Stockdale, Russell J. Mock, Alex M. Triantafilou, Kendal M. Coes and Julie Stautberg.
  
  
• DELHI TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE: Mike Davis and Jerry Luebbers.
  
  
• PIKE TOWNSHIP (CLERMONT COUNTY) TRUSTEE: Michelle Jowers.