1999 Indianapolis mayoral election

1999 Indianapolis mayoral election
Turnout	36.98% 10.47pp
Mayor before election; Stephen Goldsmith; Republican	Elected mayor ; Bart Peterson; Democratic

The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1999 took place on November 2, 1999. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Democrat Bart Peterson was the first Democrat to be elected as Mayor of Indianapolis since 1963.

Primaries

Primaries were held on May 4.^[2]^[3]

Indianapolis mayoral election, 1999^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Peterson	21,117	72.25
	Democratic	Jocelyn Tandy-Adande	6,138	21.00
	Democratic	Tim Perkins	1,974	6.75
Majority			14,979	51.25
Turnout			29,229

Indianapolis mayoral election, 2007^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sue Anne Gilroy	28,683	62.13
	Republican	Robert L. "Bob" Parker	15,346	33.24
	Republican	Karan Beck	1,572	3.41
	Republican	Erick Lynn Gordon	562	1.22
Majority			13,337	28.89
Turnout			46,163

Indianapolis mayoral election, 1999^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Peterson	103,128	52.58
	Republican	Sue Anne Gilroy	83,057	42.35
	Libertarian	Andrew Horning	7,725	3.94
	Our Party	John Gibson	2,158	1.10
	Independent	John Plemons (write-in)	67	0.03
Majority			20,071	10.23
Turnout			196,135	37
	Democratic gain from Republican

Preceded by 1995	Indianapolis mayoral election 1999	Succeeded by 2003

^ "indy.gov". www.indy.gov. Retrieved September 4, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Democratic Primary Mayoral Elections Indianapolis". www.in.gov. Indiana Secretary of State. July 21, 1999. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Republican Primary Mayoral Elections Indianapolis". www.in.gov. Indiana Secretary of State. July 21, 1999. Archived from the original on May 19, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
^ "INDIANA MAYORAL ELECTIONS 1999 INDIANAPOLIS". www.in.gov. Indiana Secretary of State. Archived from the original on June 18, 2009. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
^ "Indiana 2003 Racing Form Indiana 2003 Mayoral Races" (PDF). The Howey Political Report. 9 (26). February 27, 2003. Retrieved September 10, 2019.

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