2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election

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]

2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election
November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05)
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
Popular vote district
Elections in Indiana

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

Results by district
City-County Council District 1
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Leroy Robinson (incumbent) 5,154 72.4%
Republican Richard Anderson 1,967 27.6%
Turnout 7,121
City-County Council District 2
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Keith Potts 6,463 61.7%
Republican Colleen Fanning (incumbent) 4,007 38.3%
Turnout 10.470
City-County Council District 3
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Dan Boots 5,506 64.1%
Republican Dan Jones 3,088 35.9%
Turnout 8,594
City-County Council District 4
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Ethan Evans 4,114 52.2%
Republican Mike McQuillen (incumbent) 3,762 47.8%
Turnout 7,876
City-County Council District 5
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Alison Brown 5,065 54.9%
Republican Adam Cox 4,167 45.1%
Turnout 9,232
City-County Council District 6
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Crista Carlino 3,268 51.5%
Republican Janice Shattuck McHenry (incumbent) 3,076 48.5%
Turnout 6,344
City-County Council District 7
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic John Barth 7,025 87.2%
Republican Stu Rhodes 1,034 12.8%
Turnout 8,059
City-County Council District 8
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Monroe Gray, Jr (incumbent) 5,884 85.1%
Republican Patrick Midla 1,028 14.9%
Turnout 6,912
City-County Council District 9
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic William Oliver (incumbent) 7,217 100%
Turnout 7,217
City-County Council District 10
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Maggie Lewis (incumbent) 3,057 88.2%
Republican Clancy Arnold 480 11.8%
Turnout 3,537
City-County Council District 11
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Vop Osili (incumbent) 5,096 88.8%
Republican Evan Shearin 643 11.2%
Turnout 5,739
City-County Council District 12
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Blake Johnson (incumbent) 4,043 72.5%
Republican Jerry Mahshie 1,337 24.0%
Libertarian Justin Harter 194 3.5%
Turnout 5,574
City-County Council District 13
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Keith Graves 4,887 88.4%
Republican Jay Thompson 643 11.6%
Turnout 5,530
City-County Council District 14
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic La Keisha Jackson (incumbent) 2,956 67.2%
Independent Derris Ross 988 22.7%
Republican Karl Henry 445 10.1%
Turnout 4,389
City-County Council District 15
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Jessica McCormick 2,521 50.6%
Republican Andy Harris 2,464 49.4%
Turnout 4,985
City-County Council District 16
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Kristin Jones 1,721 52.8%
Republican Laura Giffel 1,464 44.9%
Green Mike Smith 75 2.3%
Turnout 3,260
City-County Council District 17
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Zach Adamson (incumbent) 4,641 79.1%
Republican Tom Sutton 637 10.9%
Independent Antonio Lipscomb 501 8.5%
Libertarian Paul Copeland 91 1.6%
Turnout 5,870
City-County Council District 18
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Michael-Paul Hart 2,638 52.9%
Democratic Duane Ingram 2,345 47.1%
Turnout 4,983
City-County Council District 19
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic David Ray (incumbent) 3,674 59.1%
Republican Tony Mendez 2,545 40.9%
Turnout 6,219
City-County Council District 20
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Jason Holliday (incumbent) 2,297 53.5%
Democratic Phil Webster 1,998 46.5%
Turnout 4,295
City-County Council District 21
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Frank Mascari (incumbent) 3,269 62.7%
Republican Tyler Richardson 1,947 37.3%
Turnout 5,216
City-County Council District 22
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Jared Evans (incumbent) 2,133 58.5%
Republican Jason Richey 1,516 41.5%
Turnout 3,649
City-County Council District 23
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Paul Annee 3,104 60.4%
Democratic Beverly McDermott-Piazza 2,038 39.6%
Turnout 5,142
City-County Council District 24
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Michael Dilk 2,801 54.7%
Democratic Ben Brown 2,322 45.3%
Turnout 5,123
City-County Council District 25
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Brian Mowery (incumbent) 3,755 63.4%
Democratic Justin Braun 2,165 36.6%
Turnout 5,920

References
  1. "PRIMARY ELECTION NIGHT REPORTING". Indiana Elections. May 7, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  2. "Analysis: Indianapolis Democrats win big in City-County Council, flipping 6 seats". The Indy Channel. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  3. "Democrats expand majority on City-County Council". Indianapolis Business Journal. November 5, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  4. "Seismic shift: Democrats win City-County Council supermajority". WTHR. November 6, 2019. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  5. "'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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