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Colleen Fanning
Colleen Fanning (Republican Party) was a member of the Indianapolis City Council, representing District 2. Fanning assumed office in 2016. Fanning left office on January 1, 2020.
Fanning (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Indianapolis City Council to represent District 2. Fanning lost in the general election on November 5, 2019.
Biography
Fanning grew up outside of Indianapolis, Indiana, and attended Zionsville Community High School. She received a bachelor's degree in linguistics and educational studies from Emory University. Her professional experience includes owning the Brick Street Inn in Zionsville, managing her late father's real estate portfolio in San Francisco and working as the marketing and communications director of AquaSpy, an agricultural technology company. She owns Grey Market Wine and Ike & Fritz Ventures, a marketing consulting firm.[1]
Elections
2019
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 2
Keith Potts defeated incumbent Colleen Fanning in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 2 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Keith Potts (D) | 61.7 | 6,467 |
 | Colleen Fanning (R) | 38.3 | 4,008 | |
| Total votes: 10,475 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 2
Keith Potts advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 2 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Keith Potts | 100.0 | 1,671 |
| Total votes: 1,671 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Thye Petty (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 2
Incumbent Colleen Fanning advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 2 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Colleen Fanning | 100.0 | 975 |
| Total votes: 975 | |||
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2015
The city of Indianapolis, Indiana, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A partisan primary election took place on May 5, 2015. The filing deadline for major party candidates who wished to run in this election was February 6, 2015. The filing deadline for independent or minor party candidates was July 15, 2015.[2] Twenty-five city council seats were up for election. Indianapolis's four at-large seats were not up for election, because those seats were scheduled to expire at the end of 2015.[3]
In the Republican primary election for District 2, Colleen Fanning was unopposed. In the Democratic primary, Kip Tew was also unopposed. Fanning defeated Tew and Sam Goldstein (Libertarian) in the general election. Incumbent Angela Mansfield (D) ran for election to the District 1 seat.[4]
| Indianapolis City Council District 2, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Colleen Fanning |
49.1% | 4,959 | |
| Democratic | Kip Tew | 47.4% | 4,784 | |
| Libertarian | Sam Goldstein | 3.6% | 360 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 10,103 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2019
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Colleen Fanning did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
2015
Fanning's website said the following about her campaign themes:
| “ | Given the privilege of serving on the Council, Fanning will focus on public safety and economic health in her district. She will also prioritize mass transit initiatives and the economic growth of the central Indiana region.[5] | ” |
| —Colleen Fanning[1] | ||
Personal
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Fanning and her husband Dr. Jeff Bowman live in Broad Ripple.[1]
See also
2019 Elections
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- City of Indianapolis - 2015 Candidate Filings
- Official campaign website
- Colleen Fanning on Facebook
- Colleen Fanning on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Colleen Fanning campaign website, "About Colleen," accessed August 20, 2015
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2015 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ The Indy Channel, "Lawmakers eliminate at-large Indianapolis City-County Council seats," April 26, 2013
- ↑ City of Indianapolis, "2015 Candidate Filings," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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| Preceded by Angela Mansfield (D) |
Indianapolis City Council, District 2 2016 – present |
Succeeded by NA |
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