2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election

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November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)

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All 25 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council
13 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Vop Osili	Mike McQuillen
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	District 11	District 4
Last election	13 seats	12 seats
Seats won	20 seats	5 seats
Seat change	7	7
Popular vote	98,562	50,773
Percentage	65.2%	33.6%
Swing	10.9%	10.4%

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The 2019 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 5, 2019 with all 25 seats up for election. Before the elections Democrats held a 14–11-seat majority. Primaries for the council were held May 7, 2019.^[1] Following the elections Democrats expanded their control of the council with a 20–5 majority.^[2]^[3] This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that Democrats would hold a super majority on the council.^[4] In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Jim Merritt 72% to 27%.^[5]

Results summary

Parties		Seats			Popular Vote
Parties		2015	2019	Strength	Vote	Percent	Change
	Democratic Party	13	20	80%	98,562	65.189%	+10.942%
	Republican Party	12	5	20%	50,773	33.581%	-10.445%
	Libertarian Party	0	0	0%	1,283	0.849%	-0.878%
	Green Party	0	0	0%	75	0.050%	+0.050%
	Independent Party	0	0	0%	501	0.331%	+0.331%
Totals		25	25	100%	151,194	100%

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Council District 15, 1.2% gain
Council District 6, 3.0% gain
Council District 4, 4.4% gain
Council District 18, 5.8%
Council District 20, 7.0%
Council District 16, 7.9% gain
Council District 24, 9.4%
Council District 5, 9.8% gain

Other seats that flipped party control:

Council District 2, 23.4% gain
Council District 3, 28.2% gain

Results by district

City-County Council District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Leroy Robinson (incumbent)	5,154	72.4%	+11.0
	Republican	Richard Anderson	1,967	27.6%	-11.0
Turnout			7,121	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Keith Potts	6,463	61.7%	+14.4
	Republican	Colleen Fanning (incumbent)	4,007	38.3%	-10.8
Turnout			10.470	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Dan Boots	5,506	64.1%	+21.4
	Republican	Dan Jones	3,088	35.9	-18.7
Turnout			8,594	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Ethan Evans	4,114	52.2%	+11.1
	Republican	Mike McQuillen (incumbent)	3,762	47.8%	-11.1
Turnout			7,876	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Alison Brown	5,065	54.9%	+10.1
	Republican	Adam Cox	4,167	45.1%	-10.1
Turnout			9,232	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Crista Carlino	3,268	51.5%	+12.3
	Republican	Janice Shattuck McHenry (incumbent)	3,076	48.5%	-12.3
Turnout			6,344	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Barth	7,025	87.2%	+15.5
	Republican	Stu Rhodes	1,034	12.8%	-15.5
Turnout			8,059	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Monroe Gray, Jr (incumbent)	5,884	85.1%	+6.8
	Republican	Patrick Midla	1,028	14.9%	-6.8
Turnout			6,912	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William Oliver (incumbent)	7,217	100%	+17.4
Turnout			7,217	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Maggie Lewis (incumbent)	3,057	88.2%	+8.1
	Republican	Clancy Arnold	480	11.8%	-8.1
Turnout			3,537	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vop Osili (incumbent)	5,096	88.8%	+2.2
	Republican	Evan Shearin	643	11.2%	-2.2
Turnout			5,739	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Blake Johnson (incumbent)	4,043	72.5%	+12.9
	Republican	Jerry Mahshie	1,337	24.0%	-10.5
	Libertarian	Justin Harter	194	3.5%	-2.4
Turnout			5,574	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Keith Graves	4,887	88.4%	+4.2
	Republican	Jay Thompson	643	11.6%	-4.2
Turnout			5,530	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	La Keisha Jackson (incumbent)	2,956	67.2%	-13.5
	Independent	Derris Ross	988	22.7%	+22.7
	Republican	Karl Henry	445	10.1%	-9.2
Turnout			4,389	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jessica McCormick	2,521	50.6%	+12.8
	Republican	Andy Harris	2,464	49.4%	-8.0
Turnout			4,985	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Kristin Jones	1,721	52.8%	+9.4
	Republican	Laura Giffel	1,464	44.9%	-11.7
	Green	Mike Smith	75	2.3%	+2.3
Turnout			3,260	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

City-County Council District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Zach Adamson (incumbent)	4,641	79.1%	-5.5
	Republican	Tom Sutton	637	10.9%	-4.5
	Independent	Antonio Lipscomb	501	8.5%	+8.5
	Libertarian	Paul Copeland	91	1.6%	+1.6
Turnout			5,870	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael-Paul Hart	2,638	52.9%	-5.0
	Democratic	Duane Ingram	2,345	47.1%	+5.0
Turnout			4,983	100%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David Ray (incumbent)	3,674	59.1%	+7.0
	Republican	Tony Mendez	2,545	40.9%	-7.0
Turnout			6,219	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jason Holliday (incumbent)	2,297	53.5%	-8.3
	Democratic	Phil Webster	1,998	46.5%	+8.3
Turnout			4,295	100%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Mascari (incumbent)	3,269	62.7%	+2.6
	Republican	Tyler Richardson	1,947	37.3%	-2.6
Turnout			5,216	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Jared Evans (incumbent)	2,133	58.5%	+4.4
	Republican	Jason Richey	1,516	41.5%	-4.4
Turnout			3,649	100%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Paul Annee	3,104	60.4%	-19.8
	Democratic	Beverly McDermott-Piazza	2,038	39.6%	+39.6
Turnout			5,142	100%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael Dilk	2,801	54.7%	-45.3
	Democratic	Ben Brown	2,322	45.3%	+45.3
Turnout			5,123	100%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Brian Mowery (incumbent)	3,755	63.4%	-2.8
	Democratic	Justin Braun	2,165	36.6%	+9.5
Turnout			5,920	100%
	Republican hold

References

^ "PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT REPORTING". Indiana Elections. May 7, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Analysis: Indianapolis Democrats win big in City-County Council, flipping 6 seats". The Indy Channel. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
^ "Democrats expand majority on City-County Council". Indianapolis Business Journal. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
^ "Seismic shift: Democrats win City-County Council supermajority". WTHR. November 6, 2019. Archived from the original on November 17, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
^ "'We're not done building yet': Joe Hogsett wins second term as Indianapolis mayor". Indy Star. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

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