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Turnout | 26.2% | ||||||||||||||||
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Voting by party by
neighborhood. The darkest blue shade represents more than 60% of votes were for Peterson, the lighter blue shade represents more than 50% for Peterson. The darkest red shade represents more than 60% of votes were for Ballard, the lighter red shade represents more than 50% for Ballard. | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Indiana |
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The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Democrat Bart Peterson was seeking a third term. Republicans nominated former Marine Greg Ballard to run against Peterson. In what was called "the biggest upset in Indiana political history", Ballard defeated Peterson 51% to 47%. [1]
The Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election. [2]
Peterson was vastly considered a lock to win the election by political experts. [3] 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. [4] 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. [3]
The two major issues in the mayoral campaign were crime and taxes. [5] Residents felt property taxes were most important due to the spike in the tax. Rising crime was another major issue in the election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Greg Ballard | 83,238 | 50.4 | ||
Democratic | Bart Peterson ( incumbent) | 77,926 | 47.2 | ||
Libertarian | Fred Peterson | 3,787 | 2.3 | ||
No party | Write-Ins | 51 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 165,002 | 26.2 | |||
Majority | 5,312 | 3.2 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Preceded by 2003 |
Indianapolis mayoral election 2007 |
Succeeded by 2011 |
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Turnout | 26.2% | ||||||||||||||||
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Voting by party by
neighborhood. The darkest blue shade represents more than 60% of votes were for Peterson, the lighter blue shade represents more than 50% for Peterson. The darkest red shade represents more than 60% of votes were for Ballard, the lighter red shade represents more than 50% for Ballard. | |||||||||||||||||
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Elections in Indiana |
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The Indianapolis mayoral election of 2007 took place on November 6, 2007. Voters elected the Mayor of Indianapolis, members of the Indianapolis City-County Council, as well as several other local officials. Incumbent Democrat Bart Peterson was seeking a third term. Republicans nominated former Marine Greg Ballard to run against Peterson. In what was called "the biggest upset in Indiana political history", Ballard defeated Peterson 51% to 47%. [1]
The Indianapolis City-County elections took place alongside the mayoral election. [2]
Peterson was vastly considered a lock to win the election by political experts. [3] 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. [4] 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. [3]
The two major issues in the mayoral campaign were crime and taxes. [5] Residents felt property taxes were most important due to the spike in the tax. Rising crime was another major issue in the election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Greg Ballard | 83,238 | 50.4 | ||
Democratic | Bart Peterson ( incumbent) | 77,926 | 47.2 | ||
Libertarian | Fred Peterson | 3,787 | 2.3 | ||
No party | Write-Ins | 51 | 0.1 | ||
Turnout | 165,002 | 26.2 | |||
Majority | 5,312 | 3.2 | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing |
Preceded by 2003 |
Indianapolis mayoral election 2007 |
Succeeded by 2011 |