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Jeffery William Coats
Jeffery Coats is a former Republican councilman for District 5 of the Indianapolis City Council in Indiana. He did not seek re-election in 2019.
Biography
Coats' experience includes serving on the Lawrence City Council.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Coats' Facebook page highlighted the following campaign themes:[1]
Public safety
- Excerpt: "Worked with other council members to add more police to the streets and restore fire apparatus staffing to 2011 levels."
Transparency
- Excerpt: "Authored proposal requiring all council & board meetings be held in the Public Assembly Room, rather than smaller conference rooms. The proposal also required all meetings be broadcast on the local government channel."
Elections
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 5, Jeffery William Coats ran unopposed. In the Democratic primary, Curtis Westley Bigsbee also ran unopposed. Coats defeated Bigsbee in the general election.[4] Incumbent Virginia Cain (R) did not run for re-election.[5]
| Indianapolis City Council District 5, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jeffery William Coats |
55.2% | 4,453 | |
| Democratic | Curtis Westley Bigsbee | 44.8% | 3,611 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 8,064 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jeffery + Coats + Indianapolis"
See also
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Facebook.com, "Jeff Coats for City Council," accessed August 21, 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 Virginia Cain (R) |
Indianapolis City Council, District 5 2016-2019 |
Succeeded by Alison Brown (D) |
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