2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election

2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election
All 25 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council; 13 seats needed for a majority
	Popular vote district

The 2015 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 3, 2015. With all 25 seats up for election, this was the first for the council with newly redrawn districts and without the four at-large seats, which were eliminated by the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly in 2013.^[1] Before the elections Democrats held a 15–14 seat majority. Primaries for the council were held on May 5, 2015, with a handful of races being very close. The closest finish came in district one, with two Democratic incumbents forced into a run-off election because of the redistricting. Leroy Robinson defeated Angela Mansfield by only 26 votes.^[2] Following the elections Democrats maintained control of the council with a 13–12 majority.^[3] In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Chuck Brewer. This was only the second time in the history of Indianapolis that Democrats controlled both the mayor's office and the council.^[4]

Results summary

Parties		Seats			Popular vote
Parties		2011	2015	Strength	Vote	Percent	Change
	Democratic Party	15	13	52%	79,122	54.247%	---
	Republican Party	14	12	48%	64,215	44.026%	---
	Libertarian Party	0	0	0%	2,519	1.727%	---
Totals		29	25	100%	145,856	100%	-

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Council District 2, 1.8% gain
Council District 19, 4.2%
Council District 22, 8.2% gain

Results by district

City-County Council District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leroy Robinson (incumbent)^[a]	4,217	61.4%
	Republican	Brian Jones	2,656	38.6%
Turnout			6,873

City-County Council District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colleen Fanning	4,959	49.1%
	Democratic	Kip Tew (incumbent)^[a]	4,783	47.3%
	Libertarian	Sam Goldstein	360	3.6%
Turnout			10,102

City-County Council District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christine Scales (incumbent)^[b]	4,489	54.6%
	Democratic	Pamela Hickman (incumbent)^[a]	3,511	42.7%
	Libertarian	Christopher Bowen	226	2.7%
Turnout			8,226

City-County Council District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike McQuillen (incumbent)^[c]	4,156	58.9%
	Democratic	Ray Biederman	2,901	41.1%
Turnout			7,057

City-County Council District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Coats	4,451	55.2%
	Democratic	Curtis Bigsbee	3,610	44.8%
Turnout			8,061

City-County Council District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Janice Shattuck McHenry (incumbent)	3,798	60.8%
	Democratic	Frank Islas	2,446	39.2%
Turnout			6,244

City-County Council District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joseph Simpson (incumbent)^[d]	5,808	71.7%
	Republican	Adrienne Slash	2,291	28.3%
Turnout			8,099

City-County Council District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Monroe Gray, Jr (incumbent)	5,433	78.3%
	Republican	Patrick Milda	1,506	21.7%
Turnout			6,939

City-County Council District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Oliver (incumbent)^[e]	6,358	82.6%
	Republican	Chuck Madden	1,342	17.4%
Turnout			7,700

City-County Council District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie Lewis (incumbent)^[f]	2,950	80.1%
	Republican	Terry Bible	732	19.9%
Turnout			3,682

City-County Council District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vop Osili (incumbent)^[g]	4,677	86.6%
	Republican	Remington O'Guin	724	13.4%
Turnout			5,401

City-County Council District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Blake Johnson	3,307	59.6%
	Republican	Susan Marie Smith	1,913	34.5%
	Libertarian	Michael Gunyon	325	5.9%
Turnout			5,545

City-County Council District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephen Clay (incumbent)^[h]	4,737	84.2%
	Republican	Terri Miller-Penquite	888	15.8%
Turnout			5,625

City-County Council District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	La Keisha Jackson (incumbent)^[i]	2,984	80.7%
	Republican	Terry Dove	714	19.3%
Turnout			3,698

City-County Council District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marilyn Pfisterer (incumbent)^[j]	2,659	57.4%
	Democratic	Christopher Wall	1,753	37.8%
	Libertarian	Laurie Works	224	4.8%
Turnout			4,636

City-County Council District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Miller (incumbent)^[k]	1,751	56.6%
	Democratic	Emily Shrock	1,345	43.4%
Turnout			3,096

City-County Council District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zach Adamson (incumbent)^[l]	4,582	84.6%
	Republican	Sally Spiers	833	15.4%
Turnout			5,415

City-County Council District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susie Cordi	2,990	57.9%
	Democratic	Eddie Barnes	2,171	42.1%
Turnout			5,161

City-County Council District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Ray	3,167	52.1%
	Republican	Benjamin Hunter (incumbent)^[m]	2,907	47.9%
Turnout			6,074

City-County Council District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jason Holliday (incumbent)^[n]	2,842	61.8%
	Democratic	Jon Easter	1,760	38.2%
Turnout			4,602

City-County Council District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Mascari (incumbent)^[o]	3,037	60.1%
	Republican	Anthony Davidson	2,013	39.9%
Turnout			5,050

City-County Council District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Evans	1,872	54.1%
	Republican	Robert Lutz (incumbent)^[p]	1,586	45.9%
Turnout			3,458

City-County Council District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Kreider	3,878	80.2%
	Libertarian	Douglas McNaughton	957	19.8%
Turnout			4,835

City-County Council District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Sandlin (incumbent)	3,950	100%
Turnout			3,950

City-County Council District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Aaron Freeman (incumbent)	4,187	66.2%
	Democratic	Jeff Wheeler	1,713	27.1%
	Libertarian	Mike Jasper	427	6.7%
Turnout			6,327

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Former councilor-at-large.
^ Scales had been councilor of the old district 4.
^ McQuillen had been councilor of the old district 12.
^ Simpson had been councilor of the old district 9.
^ Oliver had been councilor of the old district 10.
^ Lewis had been councilor of the old district 7.
^ Osili had been councilor of the old district 15.
^ Clay had been councilor of the old district 11.
^ Jackson had been councilor of the old district 18.
^ Pfisterer had been councilor of the old district 14.
^ Miller had been councilor of the old district 19.
^ Adamson had been councilor of the old district 16.
^ Hunter had been councilor of the old district 21.
^ Holliday had been councilor of the old district 22.
^ Mascari had been councilor of the old district 20.
^ Lutz had been councilor of the old district 13.

References

^ "Legislature Eliminates Indy City-Council At Large Seats". Network Indiana. April 26, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ "In Indy: Scales survives party challenge; Robinson leads Mansfield by 26 votes". The Indianapolis Star. May 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ "2015 Municipal Election Results". Indy Gov. November 3, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.
^ "Hogsett cruises to victory with impressive win in Indy mayor's race". The Indianapolis Star. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[at-large-5] Former councilor-at-large.

[6] Scales had been councilor of the old district 4.

[7] McQuillen had been councilor of the old district 12.

[8] Simpson had been councilor of the old district 9.

[9] Oliver had been councilor of the old district 10.

[10] Lewis had been councilor of the old district 7.

[11] Osili had been councilor of the old district 15.

[12] Clay had been councilor of the old district 11.

[13] Jackson had been councilor of the old district 18.

[14] Pfisterer had been councilor of the old district 14.

[15] Miller had been councilor of the old district 19.

[16] Adamson had been councilor of the old district 16.

[17] Hunter had been councilor of the old district 21.

[18] Holliday had been councilor of the old district 22.

[19] Mascari had been councilor of the old district 20.

[20] Lutz had been councilor of the old district 13.

[council-1] "Legislature Eliminates Indy City-Council At Large Seats". Network Indiana. April 26, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[primary-2] "In Indy: Scales survives party challenge; Robinson leads Mansfield by 26 votes". The Indianapolis Star. May 6, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[results-3] "2015 Municipal Election Results". Indy Gov. November 3, 2015. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

[DemControl-4] "Hogsett cruises to victory with impressive win in Indy mayor's race". The Indianapolis Star. November 4, 2015. Retrieved November 8, 2015.

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