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

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

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.