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Jon Easter
Jon Easter was a 2015 Democratic candidate for District 20 of the Indianapolis, Indiana City Council. Jon Easter lost the general election on November 3, 2015.
Biography
Easter grew up in Wayne Township, Indiana. He attended Ben Davis High School, and received a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in journalism, from Indiana University. Easter is a teacher at Ben Davis High School and has volunteered on several campaigns. He has served as the president of the Decatur Township Civic Council and as a member of the Decatur Township Fire Department Civilian Merit Commission. He covered the Decatur school board and civic council for the Mooresville/Decatur Times for two years. Easter started the Indy Democrat Blog in 2008.[1]
Campaign themes
2015
Easter's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[2]
Accessibility
- Excerpt: "If you elect me as your City-County Councillor, I will never take that trust you place in me lightly or for granted. I will work tirelessly, study options, and advocate for our district with other councillors and the mayor. Above all, I will always remember that I represent YOU with every vote and every action."
Consolidation
- Excerpt: "Local residents should have a say in their own future and the form of their own fire and safety protection. State government should not force consolidation on local communities against their will. I believe the issue of consolidation should be voted upon in a referendum at the township level. If that is not possible, it should be decided by the City-County Council as the elected representatives of the people of this city."
Crime
- Excerpt: "Longer sentences for those convicted of violent crimes needs to be explored. But we cannot repeat the mistake of blindly increasing sentences without consideration of the consequences. We have already made that mistake with harsh mandatory sentencing for political expedience that in the long run unnecessarily crowded our jails and prisons and overburdened our judicial system, often for minor offense, all of which has imposed ever-increasing costs on our taxpayers."
Education
- Excerpt: "I do not support a moratorium on charter schools, but I believe a far more discerning eye must be directed to each proposed school, its qualifications and planned operation before it is approved to educate and mentor our children."
I-69
- Excerpt: "I-69 in our district will deal a big blow to the unity of our community and knock out much of the economic development along the SR 37 corridor that the Indiana Department of Transportation continues to promote as the planned route."
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.[3] 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.[4]
In the Republican primary election for District 20, Jason Holliday ran unopposed. In the Democratic primary, Jon Easter also ran unopposed. Holliday defeated Easter in the general election. Incumbent Frank Mascari (D) ran for election to the District 21 seat.[5]
| Indianapolis City Council District 20, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jason Holliday |
61.8% | 2,842 | |
| Democratic | Jon Easter | 38.2% | 1,760 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 4,602 | |||
| 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 "Jon + Easter + Indianapolis"
See also
- Indianapolis, Indiana
- Indianapolis, Indiana municipal elections, 2015
- United States municipal elections, 2015
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jon Easter campaign website, "About," accessed August 24, 2015
- ↑ Jon Easter campaign website, "Issues," 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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