David Michael Ray
David Ray (Democratic Party) was a member of the Indianapolis City Council, representing District 19. Ray assumed office in 2016. Ray left office on January 1, 2024.
Ray (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Indianapolis City Council to represent District 14. Ray lost in the Democratic primary on May 2, 2023.
Biography
Ray is from Indianapolis, Indiana. He attended Scecina Memorial High School. Ray received degrees from Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana and Ball State University. His professional experience includes working as an account manager at Miller-Eads Company. He is a member of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local #481, and served a business representative for the group for seven years. He has served on the board of directors of Rebuilding Together Indianapolis and Local 481’s Credit Union.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 14
Andy Nielsen defeated Brenda Bishop-Kyle in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 14 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Andy Nielsen (D)  | 65.7 | 4,790 |
 | Brenda Bishop-Kyle (R) | 34.3 | 2,502 | |
| Total votes: 7,292 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 14
Andy Nielsen defeated incumbent David Ray in the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 14 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andy Nielsen | 56.6 | 1,677 |
 | David Ray | 43.4 | 1,287 | |
| Total votes: 2,964 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 14
Brenda Bishop-Kyle advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 14 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Brenda Bishop-Kyle | 100.0 | 1,084 |
| Total votes: 1,084 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Alex Henby (R)
2019
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Incumbent David Ray defeated Anthony R. Mendez in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Ray (D) | 59.1 | 3,677 |
 | Anthony R. Mendez (R) | 40.9 | 2,545 | |
| Total votes: 6,222 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Incumbent David Ray advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Ray | 100.0 | 895 |
| Total votes: 895 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Anthony R. Mendez advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony R. Mendez | 100.0 | 577 |
| Total votes: 577 | |||
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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 19, Benjamin Hunter ran unopposed. In the Democratic primary, David Michael Ray also ran unopposed. Ray defeated Hunter in the general election.[4] Incumbent Jeff Miller (R) ran for election to the District 16 seat.[5]
| Indianapolis City Council District 19, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  David Michael Ray |
52.2% | 3,169 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Hunter | 47.8% | 2,907 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 6,076 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
David Ray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
David Ray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ David Ray campaign website, accessed August 24, 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 Primary Election Results," accessed May 5, 2015
- ↑ City of Indianapolis, "2015 Candidate Filings," accessed February 11, 2015
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| Preceded by - |
Indianapolis City Council District 19 2016-2024 |
Succeeded by Frank Mascari (D) |
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