By Abdul-Hakim Shabazz & Andrew Weissert A survey conducted by Indy Politics and ARW Strategies of registered voters in Marion County between August 13th and 23rd shows voters have mixed feelings about the direction of Indianapolis but are largely positive about the city’s mayor, Joe Hogsett. Key findings include: Voters are split on the direction of Indianapolis. 40% of registered voters […]
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and I have known each other for a long time and I think I can say with some certainty that Saturday was not one of his better days. By a ten-vote margin, members of his own party rejected his candidate for Marion County Prosecutor, special Counsel Tim Moriarty and instead chose Ryan Mears, who had […]
When Center Township Constable Tony Duncan called City-County Councilor VopOsili the “n-word” last week at a Center Township Democrat Club meeting, you knew trouble was in paradise. Duncan’s comment — “That nigga doesn’t know what he’s doing down there” —referenced Osili’s support of expanding the downtown Tax Increment Finance (TIF) District to include Mass Ave […]
Up until about a week ago, the most hated Black man at Marion County Democratic headquarters was probably yours truly. That was up until a week ago. I think that privilege now goes to Indianapolis City-County Council members Vop Osili and Joe Simpson. As you know both Osili and Simpson decided to show an independent […]
Could Libertarian Mike Wherry actually be Indiana’s Secretary of State? Maybe, it’s not as farfetched as you might think. There is speculation starting to percolate that if the Indiana Supreme Court finds that Charlie White was ineligible to be Secretary of State then that job could go to Libertarian Mike Wherry, who was also on […]
Marion County Judge Louis Rosenberg ruled late Thursday that Indiana Secretary of State Charlie White was ineligible to hold the office and ordered he must vacate it and the seat goes to Democratic challenger Vop Osili. White had come under fire for voting from a precinct where he did not live. White had argued it […]
Over the weekend it was announced that Democrats had chosen District 7 City-County Councilor Maggie Lewis as President for next year. Brian Mahern was chosen to fill the Vice-President slot and Vernon Brown will be the majority leader. A couple of things. First, if you subscribed to my political cheat sheet you already knew the […]
Now that the election is over we move into the speculative phase of what’s next for the Indianapolis City-County Council. Democrats are getting ready to assume control of the body come January 1, and while they have a 16-13 majority, they do not control the Mayor’s office which will make their agenda tough to push […]
A lot attention was raised this weekend on how much money was raised by Republican Greg Ballard and Democrat Melina Kennedy in the race for Indianapolis Mayor. However, there wasn’t much reporting on how much the political parties raised nor individual City-County Councilors. I decided to spend some time this weekend looking through reports and […]
Here’s most recent list of the slate of candidates for Mayor and City-County Council as of Thursday. An asterisk indicates which candidate is the incumbent. As you can see both the Democrats and Republicans have someone running in virtually every seat and the Libertarians are running more candidates than usual as well. Regardless of which […]
