Election Night Thread

The Indianapolis mayoral election is shaping up to be a close race. Voter turnout appears to be running well ahead of the turnout four years ago. I just got the results in my downtown Lockerbie precinct, which is considered a pivotal swing precinct. Mayor Greg Ballard edged Democrat Melina Kennedy, but the Democratic council candidates topped the Republican council candidates. The total number of votes cast was 359 out of slightly more than 1,000 registered voters, putting the percentage turnout at about 38%. Straight ticket votes by Democrats outperformed Republicans by a 88-66 vote margin. Here's a breakdown of the results for Center Township 11-005:

Mayor:
Ballard (R)     186 (52%)
Kennedy (D)  161 (45%)
Bowen (L)       10  ( 3%)

At-Large Council
Barth (D)         186
Adamson (D)   179
Hickman (D)    177
Robinson (D)   154
Cissel (R)         136
Rivera (R)        136
Malone (R)       135
Kalscheur (R)   122
Cully (L)           23
Levin (L)           21
Meinert (L)       16
Miller (L)          16

District 15 Council
Osili (D)          194 (57%)
AJ Feeney (R) 130 (38%)
Capehart (L)     15  (  4%)

UPDATE: The good news for Republicans is that Mayor Greg Ballard is headed for a re-election victory tonight. His winning percentage looks remarkably similar to his upset win over Bart Peterson four years ago with about 52% of the vote. The bad news for Republicans is that the Democrats have captured control of the City-County Council, appearing to win all four at-large seats and picking off at least one district race (Democrat Frank Mascari over Republican Susie Day in District 20), a number that could grow before the night is over.

UPDATE II:

Democrats will have at least a 16-13 majority next year. Mayor Ballard's small re-election victory had absolutely no coattail effect in the council races. In addition to losing all four at-large races, Democrats knocked off Susie Day in District 20, but came up 39 votes short in their dirty effort to unseat Christine Scales in District 4. Republicans defeated only one incumbent Democrat. Jeff Miller knocked off Dane Mahern in District 19.

With 99% of the votes counted:

Mayor

587 of 590 precincts - 99.5 percent
Melina Kennedy, Dem 84,269
Greg Ballard, Rep 91,660
Christopher (od) Bowen, Lib 2,662
Write-in, 124

City-county Council At-large

587 of 590 precincts - 99.5 percent
Zach Adamson, Dem 84,237
John Barth, Dem 87,252
Pamela L. Hickman, Dem 86,029
Leroy Robinson, Dem 80,423
Jacqueline Cissell, Rep 73,822
Michael Kalscheur, Rep 71,557
Barbara Malone, Rep 78,051
Angel M. Rivera, Rep 74,186
Patrick Culley, Lib 9,176
Bill Levin, Lib 10,003
Sheri Meinert, Lib 9,765
Reid Roberts Miller, Lib 7,389

City-county Council District 4

26 of 26 precincts - 100 percent
Kostas Poulakidas, Dem 4,841
Christine Scales, Rep 4,880

City-county Council District 12

22 of 22 precincts - 100 percent
Regina Marsh, Dem 3,974
Mike Mcquillen, Rep 4,135
Shawn S. Sullivan, Lib 275

City-county Council District 19

15 of 15 precincts - 100 percent
Dane Mahern, Dem 1,514
Jeff Miller, Rep 1,674

City-county Council District 20

22 of 22 precincts - 100 percent
Frank Mascari, Dem 2,828
Susie Day, Rep 2,556

Around the state:

Anderson: Republican Kevin Smith defeats incumbent Mayor Kris Okomon (D)
Evansville: Republican Lloyd Winnecke defeats Democrat Rick Davis.
Fort Wayne: Mayor Tom Henry (D) is re-elected.
Terre Haute: Mayor Duke Bennett (R) is re-elected over Democrat Fred Nation.
Muncie: State Rep. Dennis Tyler (R) defeats Mayor Sharon McShurley (D)
Lawrence: Dean Jessup (D) defeats Mayor Paul Ricketts (R)
South Bend: Democrat Pete Buttigieg holds the mayor's office for his party.
Mishawaka: Mayor Dave Wood (R) defeats State Rep. Craig Fry (D).