2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election
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{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2015 Indianapolis City-County Council election
| country = Indianapolis
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election
| previous_year = 2011
| election_date = {{Start date|2015|11|03}}
| next_election = 2019 Indianapolis City-County Council election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = All 25 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council
| majority_seats = 13
| image1 =
| leader1 =Monroe Gray
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| leaders_seat1 =District 8
| last_election1 = {{nowrap|15 seats}}
| seats1 = {{nowrap|13 seats}}
| seat_change1 =
| popular_vote1 =
| percentage1 =
| swing1 =
| map_image =Indianapolis City-County Council elections, 2015 results by district.svg
| map_size =
| map_caption =Popular vote district
| title =
| before_election =
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election =
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| last_election2 = {{nowrap|14 seats}}
| seats2 = {{nowrap|12 seats}}
| seat_change2 =
| popular_vote2 =
| percentage2 =
| swing2 =
| leader2 =Mike McQuillen
| leaders_seat2 =District 4
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The 2015 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 3, 2015. With all 25 seats up for election, this was the first for the council with newly redrawn districts and without the four at-large seats, which were eliminated by the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/legislature-eliminates-indy-citycouncil-large-seats-48594/ |title=Legislature Eliminates Indy City-Council At Large Seats |publisher=Network Indiana |date=April 26, 2013 |access-date=November 8, 2015}} Before the elections Democrats held a 15–14 seat majority. Primaries for the council were held on May 5, 2015, with a handful of races being very close. The closest finish came in district one, with two Democratic incumbents forced into a run-off election because of the redistricting. Leroy Robinson defeated Angela Mansfield by only 26 votes.{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/05/05/incumbent-councilors-battle-survival-indy/26951091/ |title=In Indy: Scales survives party challenge; Robinson leads Mansfield by 26 votes |publisher=The Indianapolis Star |date=May 6, 2015 |access-date=November 8, 2015}} Following the elections Democrats maintained control of the council with a 13–12 majority.{{cite web |url=http://www.indy.gov/eGov/County/Clerk/Election/Election_Info/Pages/2015-Municipal-Election-Results.aspx |title=2015 Municipal Election Results |publisher=Indy Gov |date=November 3, 2015 |access-date=November 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021929/http://www.indy.gov/eGov/County/Clerk/Election/Election_Info/Pages/2015-Municipal-Election-Results.aspx |archive-date=November 17, 2015 |url-status=dead }} In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Chuck Brewer. This was only the second time in the history of Indianapolis that Democrats controlled both the mayor's office and the council.{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/news/2015/11/03/hogsett-has-early-lead/74814458/ |title=Hogsett cruises to victory with impressive win in Indy mayor's race |publisher=The Indianapolis Star |date=November 4, 2015 |access-date=November 8, 2015}}
==Results summary==
| class="wikitable"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Parties ! colspan="3" |Seats ! colspan="3" |Popular vote |
| 2011
|2015 |Strength |Vote |Percent |Change |
| |Democratic Party
|15 |13 | 52% | 79,122 | 54.247% | --- |
| |Republican Party
|14 |12 | 48% | 64,215 | 44.026% | --- |
| |Libertarian Party
|0 |0 | 0% |2,519 |1.727% | --- |
| colspan="2" |Totals
!29 !25 !100% !145,856 !100% !- |
|---|
= Close races =
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
- {{font color|red|Council District 2, 1.8%}} gain
- {{font color|blue|Council District 19, 4.2%}}
- {{font color|blue|Council District 22, 8.2%}} gain
= Results by district =
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Leroy Robinson (incumbent){{efn|name=at-large|Former councilor-at-large.}}
|votes = 4,217
|percentage = 61.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Brian Jones
|votes = 2,656
|percentage = 38.6%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,873
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Colleen Fanning
|votes = 4,959
|percentage = 49.1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Kip Tew (incumbent){{efn|name=at-large}}
|votes = 4,783
|percentage = 47.3%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Sam Goldstein
|votes = 360
|percentage = 3.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 10,102
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Christine Scales (incumbent){{efn|Scales had been councilor of the old district 4.}}
|votes = 4,489
|percentage = 54.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Pamela Hickman (incumbent){{efn|name=at-large}}
|votes = 3,511
|percentage = 42.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Christopher Bowen
|votes = 226
|percentage = 2.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,226
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Mike McQuillen (incumbent){{efn|McQuillen had been councilor of the old district 12.}}
|votes = 4,156
|percentage = 58.9%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Ray Biederman
|votes = 2,901
|percentage = 41.1%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,057
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Coats
|votes = 4,451
|percentage = 55.2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Curtis Bigsbee
|votes = 3,610
|percentage = 44.8%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,061
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Janice Shattuck McHenry (incumbent)
|votes = 3,798
|percentage = 60.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Frank Islas
|votes = 2,446
|percentage = 39.2%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,244
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Joseph Simpson (incumbent){{efn|Simpson had been councilor of the old district 9.}}
|votes = 5,808
|percentage = 71.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Adrienne Slash
|votes = 2,291
|percentage = 28.3%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 8,099
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Monroe Gray, Jr (incumbent)
|votes = 5,433
|percentage = 78.3%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Patrick Milda
|votes = 1,506
|percentage = 21.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,939
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = William Oliver (incumbent){{efn|Oliver had been councilor of the old district 10.}}
|votes = 6,358
|percentage = 82.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Chuck Madden
|votes = 1,342
|percentage = 17.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 7,700
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 10}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Maggie Lewis (incumbent){{efn|Lewis had been councilor of the old district 7.}}
|votes = 2,950
|percentage = 80.1%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Terry Bible
|votes = 732
|percentage = 19.9%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,682
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 11}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Vop Osili (incumbent){{efn|Osili had been councilor of the old district 15.}}
|votes = 4,677
|percentage = 86.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Remington O'Guin
|votes = 724
|percentage = 13.4%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,401
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 12}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Blake Johnson
|votes = 3,307
|percentage = 59.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Susan Marie Smith
|votes = 1,913
|percentage = 34.5%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Michael Gunyon
|votes = 325
|percentage = 5.9%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,545
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 13}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Stephen Clay (incumbent){{efn|Clay had been councilor of the old district 11.}}
|votes = 4,737
|percentage = 84.2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Terri Miller-Penquite
|votes = 888
|percentage = 15.8%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,625
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 14}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = La Keisha Jackson (incumbent){{efn|Jackson had been councilor of the old district 18.}}
|votes = 2,984
|percentage = 80.7%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Terry Dove
|votes = 714
|percentage = 19.3%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,698
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Marilyn Pfisterer (incumbent){{efn|Pfisterer had been councilor of the old district 14.}}
|votes = 2,659
|percentage = 57.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Christopher Wall
|votes = 1,753
|percentage = 37.8%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Laurie Works
|votes = 224
|percentage = 4.8%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 4,636
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Miller (incumbent){{efn|Miller had been councilor of the old district 19.}}
|votes = 1,751
|percentage = 56.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Emily Shrock
|votes = 1,345
|percentage = 43.4%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,096
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 17}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Zach Adamson (incumbent){{efn|Adamson had been councilor of the old district 16.}}
|votes = 4,582
|percentage = 84.6%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Sally Spiers
|votes = 833
|percentage = 15.4%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,415
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 18}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Susie Cordi
|votes = 2,990
|percentage = 57.9%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Eddie Barnes
|votes = 2,171
|percentage = 42.1%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,161
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 19}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = David Ray
|votes = 3,167
|percentage = 52.1%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Benjamin Hunter (incumbent){{efn|Hunter had been councilor of the old district 21.}}
|votes = 2,907
|percentage = 47.9%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,074
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 20}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jason Holliday (incumbent){{efn|Holliday had been councilor of the old district 22.}}
|votes = 2,842
|percentage = 61.8%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jon Easter
|votes = 1,760
|percentage = 38.2%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 4,602
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 21}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Frank Mascari (incumbent){{efn|Mascari had been councilor of the old district 20.}}
|votes = 3,037
|percentage = 60.1%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Anthony Davidson
|votes = 2,013
|percentage = 39.9%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 5,050
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 22}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jared Evans
|votes = 1,872
|percentage = 54.1%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Robert Lutz (incumbent){{efn|Lutz had been councilor of the old district 13.}}
|votes = 1,586
|percentage = 45.9%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,458
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 23}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Scott Kreider
|votes = 3,878
|percentage = 80.2%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Douglas McNaughton
|votes = 957
|percentage = 19.8%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 4,835
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 24}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Jack Sandlin (incumbent)
|votes = 3,950
|percentage = 100%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 3,950
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title= City-County Council District 25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Aaron Freeman (incumbent)
|votes = 4,187
|percentage = 66.2%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Jeff Wheeler
|votes = 1,713
|percentage = 27.1%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Libertarian Party (United States)
|candidate = Mike Jasper
|votes = 427
|percentage = 6.7%
|change =
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{{Election box turnout
|votes = 6,327
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box end}}
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{{2015 United States elections}}