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alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:23 PM
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Indiana mayoral results--some good news
The big news is that not only was Mayor Bart Peterson (D) of Indianapolis reelected (in a very Republican city), but that the City-County Council might go Democratic for the first time!

Here are the results from the 24 largest Indiana cities that had mayoral elections yesterday. Raw data from IN Sec. of State and local papers; math errors are mine, all mine.


  • Indianapolis
    Bart Peterson (D) 63%
    Greg Jordan (R) 37
    John Leroy Plemons (I) 0

  • Fort Wayne
    Graham A. Richard (D) 58%
    Linda Buskirk (R) 42

  • Evansville
    Jonathan Weinzapfel (D) 63.5%
    Russell G. Lloyd, Jr. (R) 33.5
    Jack Groshans, Jr. (I) 3

  • South Bend
    Stephen Luecke (D) 72%
    Thomas R. Schmidt (R) 28

  • Gary
    Scott L. King (D) 89%
    Charles R. Smith, Jr. (R) 11

  • Hammond
    Thomas M. McDermott, Jr. (D) 52%
    Duane Dedelow, Jr. (R) 48

  • Bloomington
    Mark Kruzan (D) 63%
    Fred Prall (R) 37

  • Muncie
    Dan Canan (R) 52%
    Dennis Tyler (D) 48

  • Anderson
    Kevin Smith (R) 53%
    Robert W. Rock (D) 47

  • Terre Haute
    Kevin Burke (D) 64%
    Duke Bennett (R) 34
    Ed Gluck (L) 2

  • Lafayette
    Anthony Michael "Tony" Roswarski (D) 58%
    Lisa Kiely Decker (R) 42

  • Elkhart
    Dave Miller (R) 57%
    Jim Perron (D) 43%

  • Mishawaka
    Jeffrey L. (Jeff) Rea (R) 57%
    Cynthia A. Bodle (D) 43

  • Kokomo
    Matt McKillip (R) 51%
    Andy Castner (D) 40
    Cindy Dunlap (I) 8

  • Richmond
    Sarah L. (Sally) Hutton (D) 51%
    Shelley Miller (R) 49

  • Columbus
    Fred L. Armstrong (D) 63%
    David H. Mann (R) 37

  • Lawrence
    Deborah Cantwell (D) 57%
    Tom Schneider (R) 43

  • Carmel
    James Brainard (R) 74%
    Dean Barkley (L) 26

  • New Albany
    James E. Garner, Sr. (D) 59%
    Regina Overton (R) 39
    Melanie Hughes (L) 2

  • Greenwood
    Charles E. Henderson (R) 61%
    Doug Daniel (D) 39

  • Portage
    Douglas W. Olson (D) 100%

  • Michigan City
    Charles E. (Chuck) Oberlie (D) 100%

  • East Chicago
    Robert A. Pastrick (D) 78%
    A. Santos (R) 22

  • Marion
    Wayne Seybold (R) 62%
    William R. Henry (D) 38
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CMT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:25 PM
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1. those are some excellent vote totals out of some pretty
republican cities. Great Job, Indiana!!
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onebigbadwulf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:25 PM
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2. Awesome
How did Indiana vote in 2000? R or D?
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alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:32 PM
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5. Always R, unfortunately
I think the last time Indiana went for the Democratic presidential candidate was 1964!
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DrGonzoLives Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:26 PM
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3. That Bloomington race looked scary for a while
It was neck-and-neck when I watched the news eating dinner. Glad to see it come out.

My hometown (Terre Haute) was never in doubt - they have had nothing but Dem mayors since I've been alive.
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helleborient Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:36 PM
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6. And the proud legacy of Eugene V. Debs as a hometown boy...
Yay for Terre Haute!!!
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alonso_quijano Donating Member (240 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 02:09 PM
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7. You can always (okay, usually) trust Bloomington!
The Republican candidates (Prall and the council contenders) had been advertising hugely for months--billboards, flyers, cars done up with logos; plus, there was a very minor election fraud scandal (Republican activists getting fraternity members to perjure themselves on absentee ballot applications; to be fair, the Republican candidate for clerk, an IU student, was very publicly critical of this ploy). No one does that unless they know they're in trouble.

And they were. Democratic mayor (again), Democratic clerk (again), a 7-2 Democratic council (again). B'ton comes through!
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helleborient Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Nov-05-03 01:27 PM
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4. There's been an achingly slow shift...
In Indiana over time...but I think the day is coming when Indiana will fall into the Democratic column reliably in presidential elections.

A lot of them are centrist Democrats...Evan Bayh leading the charge...but they are Democrats!!
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