In November 2019, Indiana held elections for mayor, clerk, and city council in all 120 cities (plus the town of Zionsville) plus hundreds of town elections. Dems made big city council gains in the Indy metro; Republicans won big in North Central and East Central Indiana. (1/7)
Dem mayoral flips include the Obama 2008 cities of Elkhart, Portage, Decatur, Tell City, and Dunkirk; and the McCain 2008 cities of Zionsville, Washington, Charlestown, Scottsburg, and Tipton. Big gains in Indianapolis, Carmel, Fishers, and Columbus city councils as well. (2/7)
Republican mayoral flips include the Obama 2008 cities of Muncie, Kokomo, Michigan City, Logansport, Connersville, Peru, Portland, Hartford City, Alexandria, Winchester, Oakland City, Rockport, and Jasonville, all predominantly white working class cities amenable to Trump. (3/7)
Republicans also had mayoral flips in the McCain 2008 cities of Bedford, Greensburg, Bluffton, Salem, Mitchell, Rising Sun, and Southport, a combination of flips from Independent Mayors, past fluke Dem wins, and historically Dem areas trending Republican. (4/7)
It's notable that half of the population living under full Republican control live in just seven cities: Muncie and Kokomo (both flipped from total D to total R control in 2019), Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Greenwood, and Jeffersonville. All could flip Dem in the future. (5/7)
The mayorships in Evansville, Terre Haute, West Lafayette, Mishawaka, Lawrence, and Columbus have proven elusive to Dems after securing their city councils in 2019. All of them should have competitive mayoral general elections if they become open in the future. (6/7)
On the whole, I would say it was a pretty mixed election night for both parties. Republicans had the better night in terms of flipping major mayorships, but Democrats still had a great night of flipping city council seats and control of entire councils. (7/7)
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