The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Voters elected the

Mayor of Indianapolis The mayor of Indianapolis is the head of the executive branch of the consolidated city-county government of Indianapolis and Marion County. As the chief executive, the mayor has the duty to oversee city-county government's various departments, ...

, members of the

Indianapolis City-County Council The City-County Council of Indianapolis and Marion County is the legislative body of the combined government of the city of Indianapolis and the county of Marion in the state of Indiana. The council was established as part of the consolidation ...

, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Democrat Bart Peterson was seeking a third term.

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nominated a Marine veteran,

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, to run against Peterson. In what was called "the biggest upset in Indiana political history", Ballard defeated Peterson 50% to 47%. The Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election.

Candidates

* Democrat Bart Peterson, incumbent Mayor, ran for a third term. * Republican Greg Ballard * Libertarian Fred Peterson

Campaign

Peterson was vastly considered a lock to win the election by political experts. The incumbent Peterson had nearly 30 times as much campaign money as the challenger. Peterson, who started with considerable fundraising advantages, raised nearly $1.5 million since April and had $1.5 million left in late October. In contrast, Ballard raised nearly $225,000 since April and had just over $51,000 left in his campaign fund in late October. Peterson spent nearly $1.5 million on TV and radio ads and $113,000 on polling and research. Two weeks before election day, Ballard had still not put up any TV ads.

Issues

The two major issues in the mayoral campaign were crime and taxes. Residents felt property taxes were most important due to the spike in the tax. Rising crime was another major issue in the election.

Election results

References

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