2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election

Indianapolis City-County Council elections, 2011

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November 8, 2011 (2011-11-08)

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All 29 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council
15 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Joanne Sanders (retiring)	Mike McQuillen
Party	Democratic	Republican
Leader's seat	At-large (did not run for re-election)	District 4
Last election	13 seats	16 seats
Seats before	13 seats	15 seats
Seats won	16 seats	12 seats

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The 2011 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 8, 2011. All 29 seats were up for re-election, 25 districts and 4 at-large seats, on the Indianapolis City–County Council. Prior to the elections Republicans held a 15–13–1 seat majority. Following the elections Democrats gained control of the council with a 16–13 majority. This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that a Republican mayor would lead with a Democratic council.

The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.

Results by district

City-County Council District 1
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	José Evans (incumbent)	4,797	54.4%	+5.1%
	Republican	Susan Blair	3,764	42.7%	−5.1%
	Libertarian	Michael Bishop	256	2.9%	—
Turnout			8,817
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Angela Mansfield (incumbent)	4,741	60.7%	+8.6%
	Republican	Anthony Simons	2,817	35.9%	−12.0%
	Libertarian	Sam Goldstein	269	3.4%	+3.4%
Turnout			7,827
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Ryan Vaughn (incumbent)	5,830	57.4%	−7%
	Democratic	Len Farber	4,320	42.6%	+7%
Turnout			10,150
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 4
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Christine Scales (incumbent)	4,880	50.2%	−1.1%
	Democratic	Kostas Poulakidas	4,841	49.8%	+1.1%
Turnout			9,721
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Virginia Cain (incumbent)	6,089	67.5%	−32.5
	Democratic	Jackie Butler	2,711	30.0%	+30%
	Libertarian	Christopher Hodapp	228	2.5%	+2.5%
Turnout			9,028
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Janice McHenry (incumbent)	3,368	52.2%	−8.1%
	Democratic	Brett Voorhies	2,905	45.1%	+5.4%
	Libertarian	Kevin Fleming	175	2.7%	+2.7%
Turnout			6,448
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Maggie A. Lewis (incumbent)	3,640	62.6%	−37.4%
	Republican	Sahara Williams	1,991	34.3%	+34.3%
	Libertarian	Matthew Stone	181	3.1%	+3.1%
Turnout			5,812
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Monroe Gray, Jr. (incumbent)	6,363	69.4%	+12.3%
	Republican	Stu Rhodes	2,807	30.6%	−12.3%
Turnout			9,170
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Simpson	5,700	81.1%	−18.9%
	Republican	Sally Spiers	980	13.9%	+13.9%
	Independent	Jeramy Townsley	350	5.0%	+5.0%
Turnout			7,030
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	William Oliver (incumbent)	3,654	78.3%	−21.7%
	Republican	Barbara Holland	856	18.3%	+18.3%
	Libertarian	Joell Palmer	160	3.4%	+3.4%
Turnout			4,670
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Steve Talley	5,348	66.4%	+6.3%
	Republican	Mike Healy	2,502	31.0%	−8.9%
	Libertarian	Tom Mulcahy	206	2.6%	+2.6%
Turnout			8,056
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michael McQuillen (incumbent)	4,137	49.3%	−8.5%
	Democratic	Regina Marsh	3,975	47.4%	+5.2%
	Libertarian	Shawn Sullivan	275	3.3%	+3.3%
Turnout			8,387
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Robert Lutz (incumbent)	3,718	60.3%	−5.5%
	Democratic	Jared Evans	2,236	36.3%	+4.7%
	Libertarian	Jason Sipe	209	3.4%	+0.8%
Turnout			6,163
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mariliyn Pfisterer (incumbent)	2,323	55.3%	−5.9%
	Democratic	Maxine King	1,874	44.7%	+5.9%
Turnout			4,197
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vop Osili	4,415	80.6%	−19.4%
	Republican	A. J. Feeney-Ruiz	912	16.7%	+16.7%
	Libertarian	Zachary Capehart	149	2.7%	+2.7%
Turnout			5,476
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Brian Mahern (incumbent)	1,754	64.8%	+3.3%
	Republican	Bill Bruton	953	35.2%	+0.1%
Turnout			2,707
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mary Moriarty Adams (incumbent; died, after her service on the Council, on September 6, 2018)	3,820	65.6%	+13.7%
	Republican	Gary Whitmore	2,000	34.4%	−13.7%
Turnout			5,820
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Vernon Brown (incumbent)	3,940	67.3%	+10.7%
	Republican	Michael Heady	1,919	32.7%	−10.7%
Turnout			5,859
	Democratic hold		Swing

City-County Council District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Miller	1,675	52.5%	+4.1%
	Democratic	Dane Mahern (incumbent)	1,515	47.5%	−4.1%
Turnout			3,190
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

City-County Council District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Frank Mascari	2,829	52.5%	+10.2%
	Republican	N. Susie Day (incumbent)	2,556	47.5%	−6.5%
Turnout			5,385
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

City-County Council District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Benjamin Hunter (incumbent)	4,451	55.8%	−8.6%
	Democratic	Todd Woodmansee	3,111	39.1%	+3.5%
	Libertarian	Josh Featherstone	410	5.1%	+5.1%
Turnout			7,972
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jason Holliday	4,978	67.8%	+2.9%
	Democratic	Doug White	2,362	32.2%	+0.2%
Turnout			7,340
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 23
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jeff Cardwell (incumbent)	5,030	71.2%	−2.2%
	Democratic	Scott Coxey	1,790	25.3%	−1.3%
	Libertarian	Kent Raquet	248	3.5%	+3.5%
Turnout			7,068
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jack Sandlin (incumbent)	4,762	75.7%	−24.3%
	Libertarian	Ed Coleman	1,532	24.3%	+24.3%
Turnout			6,294
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Aaron Freeman (incumbent)	8,613	70.3%	−29.7%
	Democratic	Mario Garza	3,078	25.1%	+25.1%
	Libertarian	Kevin Vail	561	4.6%	+4.6%
Turnout			12,252
	Republican hold		Swing

City-County Council At-large
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	John Barth	87,984	13.0%	+1.2%
	Democratic	Pamela Hickman	86,754	12.8%	+1.3%
	Democratic	Zach Adamson	84,946	12.5%	+1.2%
	Democratic	Leroy Robinson	81,112	12.0%	+1.8%
	Republican	Barbara Malone (incumbent)	78,774	11.6%	−1.3%
	Republican	Angel Rivera (incumbent)	74,871	11.0%	−1.4%
	Republican	Jacqueline Cissell	74,514	11.0%	−0.6%
	Republican	Michael Kalscheur	72,227	10.6%	−0.9%
	Libertarian	Bill Levin	10,081	1.5%	−0.5%
	Libertarian	Sheri Meinert	9,836	1.5%	−0.5%
	Libertarian	Patrick Culley	9,249	1.4%	−0.1%
	Libertarian	Reid Roberts Miller	7,441	1.1%	−0.2%
Turnout			181,168	30%	+4%

Preceded by
2007

Indianapolis City-County Council elections
2011

Succeeded by
2015

References

"2011 General Election Results". Marion County Clerk's Office. November 9, 2011. Archived from the original on November 10, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
"Democrats take lead on City-County Council". The Indianapolis Star. November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
"Mayor Ballard faces Democratic-controlled council". WTHR. November 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
"Mourning Mary Moriarty Adams: She 'gave and never took'".

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