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Larry Vaughn
Larry Vaughn (Democratic Party) ran for election for Mayor of Indianapolis. Vaughn lost in the Democratic primary on May 2, 2023.
Vaughn was a candidate for the District 4 seat on the Indianapolis Public Schools school board in Indiana. Vaughn was defeated in the by-district general election on November 8, 2016.
Vaughn was a 2015 Democratic candidate for Mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana. He lost in the primary election.
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Indianapolis, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of Indianapolis
Incumbent Joe Hogsett defeated Jefferson Shreve in the general election for Mayor of Indianapolis on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Joe Hogsett (D) | 59.4 | 97,807 |
 | Jefferson Shreve (R)  | 40.6 | 66,781 | |
| Total votes: 164,588 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Indianapolis
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Indianapolis on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Joe Hogsett | 58.4 | 28,320 |
 | Robin Shackleford | 37.9 | 18,359 | |
 | Bob Kern | 1.4 | 694 | |
| Gregory Meriweather (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.0 | 471 | ||
 | Clif Marsiglio | 0.8 | 366 | |
| Larry Vaughn | 0.6 | 294 | ||
| Total votes: 48,504 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Indianapolis
Jefferson Shreve defeated Abdul-Hakim Shabazz, James W. Jackson, and John L. Couch in the Republican primary for Mayor of Indianapolis on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jefferson Shreve | 65.9 | 19,170 |
 | Abdul-Hakim Shabazz | 26.3 | 7,639 | |
 | James W. Jackson | 4.3 | 1,251 | |
 | John L. Couch | 3.6 | 1,036 | |
| Total votes: 29,096 | |||
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2016
Four of the seven seats on the Indianapolis Public Schools school board were up for general election on November 8, 2016. Three of the seats were up for by-district election and one was up for at-large election. In District 1, board incumbent Michael O'Connor defeated challenger Christine Prince. District 2 incumbent Gayle Cosby did not file for re-election, and three newcomers vied for the open spot on the board: Venita Moore, Nanci Lacy, and Ramon Batts, with Moore winning the seat. In District 4, incumbent Diane Arnold successfully defended her seat against Larry Vaughn. For the at-large seat, incumbent Sam Odle filed for re-election and competed with challengers Elizabeth Gore and James Grim. Gore succeeded in ousting the incumbent. There was no primary.[1][2][3]
Results
| Indianapolis Public Schools, District 4 General Election, 4-year term, 2016 |
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|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Diane Arnold Incumbent |
71.67% | 6,627 |
| Larry Vaughn | 28.33% | 2,619 |
| Total Votes (100) | 9,246 | |
| Source: Indianapolis, "2016 General Election Results for Marion County, Certified Results," accessed November 29, 2016 | ||
Funding
Vaughn did not file a campaign finance report with the Marion County Board of Elections as of October 24, 2016.[4]
School board candidates in Indiana who received more than $500 in contributions or made more than $500 in expenditures had to have a principal committee. This committee was designated by a candidate to accept contributions and make expenditures to promote him or her for the election. Each committee was required to have a chairperson and a treasurer, and no contribution or expenditure could be accepted or made on behalf of the candidate's committee without the authorization of the chairperson or treasurer.
Once the $500 threshold was reached, the candidate had to also file a Statement of Organization form no later than at noon, 10 days after the candidate exceeded the limit. The requirement to form a principal committee and file a statement was lifted for candidates who did not meet the $500 threshold requirement. The pre-election report was due October 21, 2016, and the annual report was due January 18, 2017.[5]
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.[6]
In the Republican primary election for mayor, Charles Brewer defeated Jocelyn-Tandy Adande, Terry Michael, Darrell Eugene Morris and Lawrence Byron Shouse. In the Democratic primary, Joseph Hogsett defeated Larry Vaughn.[7] Hogsett defeated Brewer and Samuel M. Carson (Write-in) in the general election. Incumbent Greg Ballard (R) did not run for re-election.[8][9]
| Mayor of Indianapolis, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Joseph Hogsett |
62.0% | 92,830 | |
| Republican | Charles Brewer | 37.8% | 56,661 | |
| Write-in votes | 0.15% | 221 | ||
| Total Votes | 149,712 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
| Mayor of Indianapolis Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|
Charles Brewer |
76.3% | 14,160 | ||
| Jocelyn-Tandy Adande | 9.6% | 1,783 | ||
| Terry Michael | 7.4% | 1,371 | ||
| Lawrence Byron Shouse | 3.4% | 638 | ||
| Darrell Eugene Morris | 3.3% | 615 | ||
| Total Votes | 18,567 | |||
| Source: City of Indianapolis, "Official primary election results," accessed May 29, 2015 | ||||
| Mayor of Indianapolis Democratic Primary, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Joseph Hogsett |
88.7% | 25,137 | ||
| Larry Vaughn | 11.3% | 3,210 | ||
| Total Votes | 28,347 | |||
| Source: City of Indianapolis, "Official primary election results," accessed May 29, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Larry Vaughn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Indianapolis, "Candidate Filings," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ Indianapolis Public Schools, "Your Commissioners," accessed August 29, 2016
- ↑ Indianapolis, "2016 General Election Results for Marion County," accessed November 10, 2016
- ↑ Marion County Board of Elections, "Campaign Finance Reports," accessed October 24, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "2016 Indiana Campaign Finance Manual," accessed October 7, 2016
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2015 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ City of Indianapolis, "2015 Candidate Filings," accessed February 11, 2015
- ↑ Indy Star, "As Mayor Ballard bows out, who will step up for GOP?" November 6, 2014
- ↑ City of Indianapolis, "2015 Primary Election Results," accessed May 5, 2015
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