2007 Indianapolis City-County Council election

The 2007 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 6, 2007. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City–County Council. Seven of the seats were unopposed, 4 held by Democrats and 3 held by Republicans.^[1] Prior to the elections Democrats held a 15-14-seat majority. Following the elections Republicans gained control of the council with a 16-13 majority.^[2]

The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.^[3]

Results by district

The following are the final results from the Marion County Clerk, Beth White.^[3]

City-County Council District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	José Evans	3,820	49.3%
	Republican	Bruce Henry	3,703	47.8%
	Libertarian	Margaret Kantz	225	2.9%
Turnout			7,748
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

City-County Council District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Angela Mansfield (incumbent)	3,902	52.1%
	Republican	Bruce Schumacher	3,592	47.9%
Turnout			7,494
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ryan Vaughn (incumbent)	6,228	64.4%
	Democratic	Cody Kendall	3,448	35.6%
Turnout			9,676
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christine Scales	4,751	51.3%
	Democratic	Carey Hamilton	4,507	48.7%
Turnout			9,258
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Virginia Cain	6,094	100.0%
Turnout			6,094
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice McHenry	3,307	60.3%
	Democratic	Frank Scott, Jr.	2,176	39.7%
Turnout			5,483
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cherrish Pryor (incumbent)	3,496	100.0%
Turnout			3,496
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Monroe Gray, Jr. (incumbent)	4,848	57.1%
	Republican	Kurt Webber	3,650	42.9%
Turnout			8,498
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jackie Nytes (incumbent)	4,849	100.0%
Turnout			4,849
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Oliver (incumbent)	3,269	100.0%
Turnout			3,269
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Bateman (incumbent)	4,402	60.1%
	Republican	Michael Healy	2,929	39.9%
Turnout			7,331
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael McQuillen	4,444	57.8%
	Democratic	Sherron Franklin (incumbent)	3,247	42.2%
Turnout			7,691
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

City-County Council District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Lutz (incumbent)	3,895	65.8%
	Democratic	Anna Peay	1,865	31.6%
	Libertarian	Bob Djordjevich	156	2.6%
Turnout			5,916
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mariliyn Pfisterer (incumbent)	2,358	61.2%
	Democratic	Gloria Jean Harvey	1,494	38.8%
Turnout			3,852
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	3,704	100.0%
Turnout			3,704
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Mahern	1,911	61.5%
	Republican	Scott Keller (incumbent)	1,092	35.1%
	Libertarian	Paul Dijak-Robinson	107	3.4%
Turnout			3,110
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

City-County Council District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Moriarty Adams (incumbent)	2,846	51.9%
	Republican	Gary Whitmore	2,639	48.1%
Turnout			5,485
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vernon Brown (incumbent)	2,725	56.6%
	Republican	Adam Longworth	2,086	43.4%
Turnout			4,811
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dane Mahern (incumbent)	1,666	51.6%
	Republican	Harry Liggett	1,563	48.4%
Turnout			3,229
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	N. Susie Day (incumbent)	2,962	54.0%
	Democratic	Keric Fitzgerald	2,319	42.3%
	Libertarian	Barry Campbell	201	3.7%
Turnout			5,482
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Benjamin Hunter (incumbent)	5,015	64.4%
	Democratic	Joe Billerman	2,770	35.6%
Turnout			7,785
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Cockrum (incumbent)	4,577	64.9%
	Democratic	Steve Terrell	2,252	32.0%
	Libertarian	Mohinder Dindiyal	217	3.1%
Turnout			7,046
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Cardwell (incumbent)	4,893	73.4%
	Democratic	Earl Williams	1,774	26.6%
Turnout			6,667
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Speedy (incumbent)	5,215	100.0%
Turnout			5,215
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Plowman (incumbent)	7,666	100.0%
Turnout			7,666
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council At-large
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kent Smith	80,708	12.9%
	Republican	Barbara Malone	77,485	12.4%
	Democratic	Joanne Sanders (incumbent)	73,180	11.8%
	Republican	Ed Coleman	72,495	11.6%
	Republican	Michael Hegg	71,782	11.5%
	Democratic	Rozelle Boyd (incumbent)	71,267	11.5%
	Democratic	Ron Gibson (incumbent)	70,130	11.3%
	Democratic	Lonnell Conley (incumbent)	63,831	10.2%
	Libertarian	Allison Maguire	12,735	2.0%
	Libertarian	Timothy Maguire	12,275	2.0%
	Libertarian	Kevin Fleming	9,349	1.5%
	Libertarian	Webster Smith	8,260	1.3%
Turnout			623,497

References

^ "City-County Council candidates". WTHR. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
^ "GOP Poised To Control Indy With Council Wins". RTV6. 2007-11-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-11-01.
^ ^a ^b "2007 General Election Results". Marion County Clerk's Office. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

Preceded by 2003	Indianapolis City-County Council elections 2007	Succeeded by 2011

[1] "City-County Council candidates". WTHR. 2007-10-24. Archived from the original on 2011-06-29. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

[2] "GOP Poised To Control Indy With Council Wins". RTV6. 2007-11-07. Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

[results-3] "2007 General Election Results". Marion County Clerk's Office. 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2008-11-01.

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