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Frank Mascari
Frank Mascari (Democratic Party) is a member of the Indianapolis City Council, representing District 19. He assumed office on January 1, 2024. His current term ends on January 1, 2028.
Mascari (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Indianapolis City Council to represent District 19. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Mascari was elected to the District 20 seat on the council in 2011, and won election to the District 21 seat on November 3, 2015.[1] Mascari represented Indianapolis City Council District 21 from 2012 until 2024.
Biography
Mascari is the owner of Spalding Jewelry, a jewelry retailer in the Beech Grove area. He began his work at Spalding in 1981.[2][3]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Incumbent Frank Mascari defeated Terry Trent in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Frank Mascari (D) | 60.0 | 2,770 |
| Terry Trent (R) | 40.0 | 1,846 | ||
| Total votes: 4,616 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kara Ferguson (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Incumbent Frank Mascari advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Mascari | 100.0 | 1,157 |
| Total votes: 1,157 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19
Kara Ferguson advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 19 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kara Ferguson | 100.0 | 809 | |
| Total votes: 809 | |||
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Endorsements
Mascari received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 21
Incumbent Frank Mascari defeated Tyler Richardson in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 21 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Mascari (D) | 62.7 | 3,269 |
 | Tyler Richardson (R) | 37.3 | 1,947 | |
| Total votes: 5,216 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 21
Incumbent Frank Mascari advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 21 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Frank Mascari | 100.0 | 848 |
| Total votes: 848 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 21
Tyler Richardson advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 21 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tyler Richardson | 100.0 | 659 |
| Total votes: 659 | |||
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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.[4] 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.[5]
In the Republican primary election for District 21, Anthony Paul Davidson ran unopposed. In the Democratic primary, Frank Mascari also ran unopposed. Mascari defeated Davidson in the general election. Incumbent Benjamin Hunter (R) ran for election to the District 19 seat.[6]
| Indianapolis City Council District 21, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Frank Mascari |
60.2% | 3,047 | |
| Republican | Anthony Paul Davidson | 39.8% | 2,013 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 5,060 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Frank Mascari did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Frank Mascari did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ City of Indianapolis, "Mascari," accessed January 13, 2015
- ↑ Twitter, "Frank Mascari Profile," accessed August 24, 2015
- ↑ "LinkedIn, "Frank Mascari Profile," 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 Candidate Filings," accessed February 11, 2015
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| Preceded by David Ray (D) |
Indianapolis City Council District 19 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Indianapolis City Council District 21 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Josh Bain (R) |
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