John Zody
John Zody (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 40. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
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Biography
John Zody was born in Vigo County, Indiana. Zody earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in May 1999 and an M.P.A. from Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs in May 2013. He was elected to a second four-year term as chair of the Indiana Democratic Party on March 18, 2017. Zody previously worked as an adjunct instructor at the Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, as the Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic political director on President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign, as a program manager at the Indiana Department of Commerce, and as the Eighth District regional field director for the Indiana Democratic Party for the 2000 O'Bannon-Kernan re-election campaign.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 40
Shelli Yoder won election in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 40 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Shelli Yoder (D)  | 100.0 | 41,433 |
| Total votes: 41,433 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 40
Shelli Yoder defeated John Zody and Trent Feuerbach in the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 40 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Shelli Yoder | 81.1 | 14,809 |
 | John Zody | 16.6 | 3,025 | |
 | Trent Feuerbach | 2.4 | 437 | |
| Total votes: 18,271 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2020
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Ballotpedia survey responses
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John Zody completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Zody's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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John is a public servant with a variety of experience in state and federal government, politics, community and workforce development and higher education. John has also served as a precinct committee person and as Vice Chair of the Monroe County Democratic Party. He strongly believes in service to community, and is a past member of Bloomington Rotary, the Bloomington Board of Zoning Appeals and is a graduate and distinguished alumni awardee of Leadership Bloomington-Monroe County.
John served in the administration of Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon as a Program Manager at the Indiana Department of Commerce and then joined the campaign to re-elect Governor O'Bannon. Following the campaign, John served as Deputy Communications and Planning Director in the Governor's Office and stayed in the Governor's office following Governor O'Bannon's passing working for Governor Joe Kernan.
Following his service in state government, Zody served as District Director and then as Chief of Staff to Congressman Baron Hill of Indiana's Ninth Congressional District which encompasses Bloomington.- As a State Senator, I will work hard to give every four-year-old access to Pre-K, adequately funding K-12 public education, and ensuring our teachers receive the raises they deserve.
- I will speak out to expand the ever-shrinking right to vote and promoting fairer elections without gerrymandering.
- Finally, I will fight to ensure that every Hoosier feels safe, secure, and protected equally under the law - regardless of gender, race, religion, nationality, economic status, disability, or sexual orientation.
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2016 Democratic National Convention
- See also: Democratic National Convention, 2016
| John C. Zody | |
| Democratic National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | Superdelegate |
| State: | Indiana |
| Supporting: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the DNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • State election law and delegates • Superdelegates by state | |
Zody was a superdelegate to the 2016 Democratic National Convention from Indiana.[2] Zody was one of nine superdelegates from Indiana. Superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention were not bound by the results of their state’s primary or caucus to support a specific presidential candidate. Ballotpedia was not able to identify whether Zody supported Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders for the 2016 Democratic nomination.[3]
Indiana primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2016
Bernie Sanders won the Indiana Democratic primary, defeating Hillary Clinton by five points. On the Democratic side, 83 pledged delegates were up for grabs. They were allocated proportionally. Sanders carried 73 of Indiana's 92 counties and, according to exit polls, outperformed Clinton with white voters, younger voters, and voters who held negative opinions of "Wall Street" and its impact on the U.S. economy. Clinton, on the other hand, won over African-Americans and older voters. For more, see Sanders upsets Clinton in Indiana.
| Indiana Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
 Bernie Sanders |
52.5% | 335,074 | 44 | |
| Hillary Clinton | 47.5% | 303,705 | 39 | |
| Totals | 638,779 | 83 | ||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State and The New York Times | ||||
Delegate allocation
Indiana had 92 delegates at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 83 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus. A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials (PLEOs). Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.[4][5]
Nine party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus.[4][6]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 20, 2020
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of superdelegates to the 2016 Democratic National Convention is based on our own research and lists provided by the Democratic National Committee to Vox.com in February 2016 and May 2016. If you think we made an error in identifying superdelegates, please send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ To find out which candidate a superdelegate supported, Ballotpedia sought out public statements from the superdelegate in other media outlets and on social media. If we were unable to find a public statement that clearly articulated which candidate the superdelegate supported at the national convention, we listed that superdelegate as "unknown." If you believe we made an error in identifying which candidate a superdelegate supported, please email us at editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Democratic National Committee, "2016 Democratic National Convention Delegate/Alternate Allocation," updated February 19, 2016
- ↑ The Green Papers, "2016 Democratic Convention," accessed May 7, 2021
- ↑ Democratic National Committee's Office of Party Affairs and Delegate Selection, "Unpledged Delegates -- By State," May 27, 2016
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