Tom Dermody

{{Short description|American politician}}

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| name = Tom Dermody

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| office = Mayor of La Porte, Indiana

| term_start = 2019

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| state_house1 = Indiana

| state1 = Indiana

| district1 = 20th

| term_start1 = November 8, 2006

| term_end1 = November 9, 2016

| preceded1 = Mary Kay Budak

| succeeded1 = Jim Pressel

| party = Republican

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| occupation = Politician

| spouse = Jackie Dermody

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| residence = LaPorte, Indiana

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Tom Dermody is an American politician and former member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 20th District from 2006 to 2016. He has served as a board member for LaPorte Community Schools and as a sales representative.{{cite news|last=Staff Report|title=State Rep. Tom Dermody won't seek re-election in 2016|date=August 21, 2015|newspaper=South Bend Tribune|access-date=April 26, 2022|url=https://www.southbendtribune.com/story/news/local/2015/08/21/state-rep-tom-dermody-wont-seek-re-election-in-2016/46222023/}}

In the 2006 Republican primary, Dermody defeated thirteen term incumbent Mary Kay Budak in the 2006 primary,{{cite news|title=Senate Leader Falls To Political Newcomer|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/9150330/detail.html|newspaper=WRTV Indianapolis|date=May 3, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511220515/http://www.theindychannel.com/politics/9150330/detail.html|archive-date=May 11, 2006|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Wood|first=Marty|title=Indiana Primary Elections|date=May 3, 2006|publisher=Insurance Institute of Indiana|access-date=April 26, 2022|url=http://www.insuranceinstitute.org/newsroom/pressreleaseDisplay.aspx?id=72}} at least in part due to her support for the Indiana Toll Road lease.{{cite news|title=Top 10 stories of 2006|date=December 31, 2006|newspaper=The News-Dispatch|first=Jason|last=Miller|via=NewsBank}} Dermody was elected in the 2006 general election. He chose not to run for re-election in 2016.

On May 27, 2018, Dermody announced his candidacy for mayor of LaPorte, Indiana.{{Cite web|url=https://whatsnewlaporte.com/2018/03/27/tom-dermody-announces-laporte-mayoral-run/|title=Tom Dermody announces LaPorte mayoral run {{!}} What's New LaPorte?|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-24}}