2011 Indianapolis City-County Council election

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.[1][2] This marked the first time in Indianapolis history that a Republican mayor would lead with a Democratic council.[3]

Indianapolis City-County Council elections, 2011

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All 29 seats on the Indianapolis City-County Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
 
LeaderJoanne Sanders
(retiring)
Mike McQuillen
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Leader's seatAt-large
(did not run for re-election)
District 4
Last election13 seats16 seats
Seats before13 seats15 seats
Seats won16 seats12 seats

The Indianapolis mayoral election took place alongside the council elections.

Results by district

City-County Council District 1
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJosé Evans (incumbent)4,79754.4%+5.1%
RepublicanSusan Blair3,76442.7%-5.1%
LibertarianMichael Bishop2562.9%
Turnout8,817
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 2
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticAngela Mansfield (incumbent)4,74160.7%+8.6%
RepublicanAnthony Simons2,81735.9%-12.0%
LibertarianSam Goldstein2693.4%+3.4%
Turnout7,827
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 3
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanRyan Vaughn (incumbent)5,83057.4%-7%
DemocraticLen Farber4,32042.6%+7%
Turnout10,150
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 4
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanChristine Scales (incumbent)4,88050.2%-1.1%
DemocraticKostas Poulakidas4,84149.8%+1.1%
Turnout9,721
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 5
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanVirginia Cain (incumbent)6,08967.5%-32.5
DemocraticJackie Butler2,71130.0%+30%
LibertarianChristopher Hodapp2282.5%+2.5%
Turnout9,028
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 6
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJanice McHenry (incumbent)3,36852.2%-8.1%
DemocraticBrett Voorhies2,90545.1%+5.4%
LibertarianKevin Fleming1752.7%+2.7%
Turnout6,448
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 7
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMaggie A. Lewis (incumbent)3,64062.6%-37.4%
RepublicanSahara Williams1,99134.3%+34.3%
LibertarianMatthew Stone1813.1%+3.1%
Turnout5,812
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 8
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMonroe Gray, Jr. (incumbent)6,36369.4%+12.3%
RepublicanStu Rhodes2,80730.6%-12.3%
Turnout9,170
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 9
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJoe Simpson5,70081.1%-18.9%
RepublicanSally Spiers98013.9%+13.9%
IndependentJeramy Townsley3505.0%+5.0%
Turnout7,030
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 10
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticWilliam Oliver (incumbent)3,65478.3%-21.7%
RepublicanBarbara Holland85618.3%+18.3%
LibertarianJoell Palmer1603.4%+3.4%
Turnout4,670
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 11
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticSteve Talley5,34866.4%+6.3%
RepublicanMike Healy2,50231.0%-8.9%
LibertarianTom Mulcahy2062.6%+2.6%
Turnout8,056
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 12
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanMichael McQuillen (incumbent)4,13749.3%-8.5%
DemocraticRegina Marsh3,97547.4%+5.2%
LibertarianShawn Sullivan2753.3%+3.3%
Turnout8,387
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 13
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanRobert Lutz (incumbent)3,71860.3%-5.5%
DemocraticJared Evans2,23636.3%+4.7%
LibertarianJason Sipe2093.4%+0.8%
Turnout6,163
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 14
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanMariliyn Pfisterer (incumbent)2,32355.3%-5.9%
DemocraticMaxine King1,87444.7%+5.9%
Turnout4,197
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 15
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticVop Osili4,41580.6%-19.4%
RepublicanA. J. Feeney-Ruiz91216.7%+16.7%
LibertarianZachary Capehart1492.7%+2.7%
Turnout5,476
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 16
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticBrian Mahern (incumbent)1,75464.8%+3.3%
RepublicanBill Bruton95335.2%+0.1%
Turnout2,707
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 17
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticMary Moriarty Adams (incumbent; died, after her service on the Council, on September 6, 2018[4])3,82065.6%+13.7%
RepublicanGary Whitmore2,00034.4%-13.7%
Turnout5,820
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 18
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticVernon Brown (incumbent)3,94067.3%+10.7%
RepublicanMichael Heady1,91932.7%-10.7%
Turnout5,859
Democratic holdSwing
City-County Council District 19
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJeff Miller1,67552.5%+4.1%
DemocraticDane Mahern (incumbent)1,51547.5%-4.1%
Turnout3,190
Republican gain from DemocraticSwing
City-County Council District 20
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticFrank Mascari2,82952.5%+10.2%
RepublicanN. Susie Day (incumbent)2,55647.5%-6.5%
Turnout5,385
Democratic gain from RepublicanSwing
City-County Council District 21
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanBenjamin Hunter (incumbent)4,45155.8%-8.6%
DemocraticTodd Woodmansee3,11139.1%+3.5%
LibertarianJosh Featherstone4105.1%+5.1%
Turnout7,972
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 22
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJason Holliday4,97867.8%+2.9%
DemocraticDoug White2,36232.2%+0.2%
Turnout7,340
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 23
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJeff Cardwell (incumbent)5,03071.2%-2.2%
DemocraticScott Coxey1,79025.3%-1.3%
LibertarianKent Raquet2483.5%+3.5%
Turnout7,068
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 24
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanJack Sandlin (incumbent)4,76275.7%-24.3%
LibertarianEd Coleman1,53224.3%+24.3%
Turnout6,294
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council District 25
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RepublicanAaron Freeman (incumbent)8,61370.3%-29.7%
DemocraticMario Garza3,07825.1%+25.1%
LibertarianKevin Vail5614.6%+4.6%
Turnout12,252
Republican holdSwing
City-County Council At-large
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticJohn Barth87,98413.0%+1.2%
DemocraticPamela Hickman86,75412.8%+1.3%
DemocraticZach Adamson84,94612.5%+1.2%
DemocraticLeroy Robinson81,11212.0%+1.8%
RepublicanBarbara Malone (incumbent)78,77411.6%-1.3%
RepublicanAngel Rivera (incumbent)74,87111.0%-1.4%
RepublicanJacqueline Cissell74,51411.0%-0.6%
RepublicanMichael Kalscheur72,22710.6%-0.9%
LibertarianBill Levin10,0811.5%-0.5%
LibertarianSheri Meinert9,8361.5%-0.5%
LibertarianPatrick Culley9,2491.4%-0.1%
LibertarianReid Roberts Miller7,4411.1%-0.2%
Turnout181,16830%+4%
Preceded by
2007
Indianapolis City-County Council elections
2011
Succeeded by
2015

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