Elections for the mayor of Fort Wanye, Indiana
Elections are held in Evansville , Indiana to elect the city's mayor . Currently, such elections are regularly scheduled to be held every four years, in the year immediately following that of United States presidential elections .
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1951
1951 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
Candidate
Henry O. Roberts
Edwin F. Diekman
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Popular vote
24,208
17,063
Percentage
58.66%
41.34%
The 1951 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 6, 1951, and saw the election of Republican nominee Henry O. Roberts.
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1955
1955 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 1955 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 8, 1955, and saw the election of Democratic nominee Vance Hartke .
1959
1959 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
Candidate
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Donald B. Ingle
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54.03%
45.51%
The 1959 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 3, 1959, and saw the election of Democratic nominee Frank F. McDonald.
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1999
1999 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election Turnout 36%
The 1999 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 2, 1999, and saw the election of Republican nominee Russell G. Lloyd Jr.
Incumbent Democrat Frank F. McDonald II did not seek reelection.
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2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 2003 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 4, 2003, and saw the election of Democratic nominee Jonathan Weinzapfel , who unseated incumbent Republican mayor Russell G. Lloyd Jr.
Nominations
Democratic primary
Republican primary
Incumbent Russell G. Lloyd was challenged by Douglas DeGroot, who ran a frugal campaign.[ 7] DeGroot's performance in the vote was regarded as surprisingly strong.[ 8]
Independent candidates
Jack Groshans, Jr. ran as an independent candidate .
General election
Weinzapfel defeated Lloyd.
2003 was a good year for Democrats in Indiana's mayoral elections, with the party winning control of the mayoralties of all of the state's top seven most populous cities for the first time since 1959.[ 9] The Democratic Party also won control of the mayoralties in twenty of the state's thirty cities with populations above 25,000.[ 9] Additionally, in 2003, Democrats won more than 56% of partisan mayoral races in Indiana.[ 10]
During the general election, Vanderburgh County , where Evansville is located, saw voter turnout of 25% in its various elections.[ 11]
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2007
2007 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 2007 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 6, 2007, and saw the reelection of Democratic incumbent Jonathan Weinzapfel .
Nominations
Primary elections were held May 8.[ 14]
During the primary elections, the voter turnout in Vanderburgh County , in which Evansville is located, was 6.12%.[ 14]
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Voter turnout in Vanderburgh County during the November elections was 19.42%.[ 13]
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2011 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 2011 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 8, 2011, and saw the election of Rerpublican nominee Lloyd Winnecke .'
Incumbent Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel did not seek reelection.
Nominations
Primary elections were held May 3.[ 16]
During the primary elections, the voter turnout in Vanderburgh County , in which Evansville is located, was 10.06%.[ 16]
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Businessman Lloyd Winnecke defeated Douglas De Groot. De Groot had previously been a candidate in the 2003 Evansville Republican mayoral primary .[ 17]
General election
Voter turnout in Evansville for the municipal general election was 23.64%.[ 15]
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2015 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 2015 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 3, 2015, and saw the reelection of Republican Lloyd Winnecke .
Nominations
Primary elections were held May 5.[ 19]
During the primary elections, turnout in Vanderburgh County , in which Evansville is located, was 6.76%.[ 19]
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Steve "Woz" Wozniak ran as an independent candidate .
General election
During the general election, turnout in Vanderburgh County, in which Evansville is located, was 20.70%.[ 18]
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2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election
The 2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019 and saw the reelection of Republican Lloyd Winnecke to a third consecutive term.
Nominations
Primary elections were held May 7.[ 21]
Democratic primary
No candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination.
For the first time in at least 85 years, the Democratic Party failed to field a candidate in an Evansville mayoral election.[ 22]
Candidates
Declined to run
Ryan Hatfield , state representative[ 22]
Ben Shoulders, Vanderburgh County Commissioner[ 22]
Jonathan Weaver, City Councilman[ 22]
Libertarian nomination
Bart Gadau was nominated by the Libertarian Party.
Republican primary
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Steve Ary ran as an independent candidate.
General election
During the general election, turnout in Vanderburgh County , in which Evansville is located, was 19.94%.[ 20]
Winnecke became the fifth mayor of Evansville elected to a third term, and only the second since 1900 to do so.[ 23]
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