2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election

The 2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019 and saw the reelection of Republican Lloyd Winnecke to a third term.

Evansville, Indiana mayoral election, 2019
November 5, 2019[1]
 
Candidate Lloyd Winnecke Steve Ary
Party Republican Independent
Popular vote 11,711 2,119
Percentage 80.75% 14.61%
Mayor before election

Lloyd Winnecke
Republican

 Elected Mayor

Lloyd Winnecke
Republican

Elections in Indiana

Nominations

Primaries were held May 7.[2]

Democratic primary

No candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination.

For the first time in at least 85 years, the Democratic Party failed to field a candidate in an Evansville mayoral election.[3]

Candidates
Declined to run
  • Ryan Hatfield, state representative[3]
  • Ben Shoulders, Vanderburgh County Commissioner[3]
  • Jonathan Weaver, City Councilman[3]

Libertarian nomination

Bart Gadau was nominated by the Libertarian Party.

Republican primary
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lloyd Winnecke (incumbent) 1,938 88.1%
Republican Connie L. Whitman 263 11.9%
Total votes 2,201

Independent candidates

Steve Ary ran as an independent candidate.

General election

During the general election, turnout in Vanderburgh County, in which Evansville is located, was 19.94%.[1]

Winnecke became the fifth mayor of Evansville elected to a third term, and only the second since 1900 to do so.[4]

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lloyd Winnecke (incumbent) 11,711 80.75%
Independent Steve Ary 2,119 14.61%
Libertarian Bart Gadau 672 4.63%
Total votes 14,502
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References
  1. "SUMMARY REPORT MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION VANDERBURGH COUNTY, IN NOVEMBER 5, 2019 UNOFFICIAL TOTALS". Vanderburgh County. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  2. "Indiana Election Results May 7, 2019". Indiana Election Division9. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. Langhorne, Thomas B. (30 June 2019). "Evansville mayoral race is in uncharted territory". Evansville Courrier & Press. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  4. Doyle, Abbey (5 November 2019). "Lloyd Winnecke's re-election puts him in select group of Evansville mayors". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
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