2023 Indianapolis City-County Council election

2023 Indianapolis City-County Council election
← 2019 November 7, 2023 2027 →
All 25 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council; 13 seats needed for a majority
	; Republican gain; Democratic hold Republican hold ; Democratic: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90% ; Republican: 50–60% 60–70% >90%

The 2023 Indianapolis City–County Council elections took place on November 7, 2023, with all 25 seats up for election. Before the elections, Democrats held a 20-5 seat majority. New districts were drawn in 2021 that were used for this Election.^[1] Primaries for the council were held May 2, 2023.^[2] Following the elections, Democrats held their control of the council with a 19–6 majority. In the Indianapolis mayoral election held at the same time, Democrat Joe Hogsett beat Republican Jefferson Shreve 59.5% to 40.5%.^[3] With his election to District 4, Nick Roberts became the youngest elected official for any of the 50 largest American cities at age 23.^[4]^[5]

Results summary

Parties	Seats		Popular Vote
Parties	2019	2023	Strength	Vote	Percent
Democratic Party	20	19	76%	101,009	66.1%
Republican Party	5	6	24%	49,003	32.2%
Libertarian Party	0	0	0%	2,663	1.7%
Totals	25	25	100%	152,675	100%

Close races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

Council District 17, 4.6%
Council District 16, 5.6%
Council District 20, 6.0%
Council District 4, 7.4%^[a]

Other seats that flipped party control:

Council District 23, 21.9% gain^[b]

Results by district

City-County Council District 1^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leroy Robinson (incumbent)	5,865	100%
Total votes			5,865	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 2
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brienne Delaney	7,573	66.2%
	Republican	Matt Hills	3,863	33.8%
Total votes			11,436	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 3
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Boots (incumbent)	6,947	64.2%
	Republican	Mark Forcum	3,879	35.8%
Total votes			10,826	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 4^[a]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nick Roberts	5,936	53.6%
	Republican	Natalie Goodwin	5,131	46.4%
Total votes			11,067	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 5
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maggie A. Lewis (incumbent)	3,260	76.3%
	Republican	Theodore (Teddy) Blahnik	1,014	23.7%
Total votes			4,274	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 6
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carlos Perkins	6,488	100%
Total votes			6,488	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 7
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Barth (incumbent)	9,517	100%
Total votes			9,517	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 8
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Gibson	6,001	100%
Total votes			6,001	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 9
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Keith Graves (incumbent)	4,456	84.5%
	Republican	Christopher James Moore	820	15.5%
Total votes			5,276	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 10
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alison (Ali) Brown (incumbent)	5,069	100%
Total votes			5,069	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 11
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Crista Carlino (incumbent)	3,056	100%
Total votes			3,056	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 12
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Vop Osili (incumbent)	4,442	100%
Total votes			4,442	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 13
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jesse Brown	5,479	77.8%
	Libertarian	Elizabeth J. (Libby) Glass	1,564	22.2%
Total votes			7,043	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 14
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andy Nielsen	4,790	65.7%
	Republican	Brenda Bishop-Kyle	2,502	34.3%
Total votes			7,292	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 15
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	La Keisha Jackson (incumbent)	3,324	100%
Total votes			3,324	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 16
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jessica McCormick (incumbent)	2,516	52.8%
	Republican	Julie Calvert-Watts	2,252	47.2%
Total votes			4,768	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 17
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Evans (incumbent)	1,901	52.3%
	Republican	Lisa G. Schmitz	1,731	47.7%
Total votes			3,632	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 18
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kristin Jones (incumbent)	3,282	74.9%
	Libertarian	Mark A. Renholzberger	1,099	25.1%
Total votes			4,381	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 19
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Mascari (incumbent)	2,770	60.0%
	Republican	Terry L. Trent	1,846	40.0%
Total votes			4,616	100.00%
	Democratic hold

City-County Council District 20
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael-Paul Hart (incumbent)	3,145	53.0%
	Democratic	William Jackson	2,791	47.0%
Total votes			5,936	100.00%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 21
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Josh Bain (incumbent)	3,145	62.5%
	Democratic	Phil Webster	1,620	37.5%
Total votes			4,315	100.00%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 22
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Annee (incumbent)	4,782	100%
Total votes			4,782	100.00%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 23^[b]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Derek Cahill	2,562	61.0%
	Democratic	Ryan Hughey	1,640	39.0%
Total votes			4,202	100.00%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 24
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Dilk (incumbent)	3,145	65.8%
	Democratic	Domonique Davie	2,286	34.2%
Total votes			6,684	100.00%
	Republican hold

City-County Council District 25
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian L. Mowery (incumbent)	5,720	100%
Total votes			5,720	100.00%
	Republican hold

Notes

1 2 District 4 was a newly district which voted Republican in 2019 for Council.^[1]
1 2 District 23 was a newly added District on the Southside that leaned Republican.^[1]

References

1 2 3 Pak-Harvey, Amelia (May 3, 2022). "Indiana Indianapolis councilors pass new council map more favorable to Republicans". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
↑ Mutascio, Joe (May 2, 2023). "Indiana Election Day 2023: Latest results from counties around the state". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
↑ "2023 Election Results". www.indy.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
↑ Cheang, Ko Lyn. "Republicans gain one seat as Democrats retain supermajority on Indy City-County Council". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
↑ "Meet City-County Councilmember Nick Roberts, District 4 • Current Publishing". December 3, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
↑ "Election Results General Election | indy.gov". November 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

[Roberts-6] 1 2 District 4 was a newly district which voted Republican in 2019 for Council.^[1]

[Cahill-7] 1 2 District 23 was a newly added District on the Southside that leaned Republican.^[1]

[Maps-1] 1 2 3 Pak-Harvey, Amelia (May 3, 2022). "Indiana Indianapolis councilors pass new council map more favorable to Republicans". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

[PrimaryResults-2] Mutascio, Joe (May 2, 2023). "Indiana Election Day 2023: Latest results from counties around the state". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 3, 2023.

[3] "2023 Election Results". www.indy.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2023.

[4] Cheang, Ko Lyn. "Republicans gain one seat as Democrats retain supermajority on Indy City-County Council". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved May 7, 2024.

[5] "Meet City-County Councilmember Nick Roberts, District 4 • Current Publishing". December 3, 2023. Retrieved May 7, 2024.

[8] "Election Results General Election | indy.gov". November 7, 2023. Retrieved January 7, 2024.

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