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Vop Osili
2024 - Present
2028
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Vop Osili (Democratic Party) is a member of the Indianapolis City Council, representing District 12. He assumed office on January 1, 2024. His current term ends on January 1, 2028.
Osili (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Indianapolis City Council to represent District 12. He won in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Osili was elected to the District 15 seat on the council in 2011. He won election to the District 11 seat on November 3, 2015.[1]
Osili represented Indianapolis City Council District 15 from 2012 until 2024.
Biography
Osili received a bachelor's degree in architecture from Carnegie-Mellon University and a master's degree in architecture and urban design from Columbia University. He is an architect and founder of A+X, LLC.[1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 12
Incumbent Vop Osili won election in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 12 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Vop Osili (D) | 100.0 | 4,442 |
| Total votes: 4,442 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 12
Incumbent Vop Osili defeated Tyrone F. Chandler in the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 12 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vop Osili | 66.3 | 1,464 |
| Tyrone F. Chandler | 33.7 | 743 | ||
| Total votes: 2,207 | |||
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Endorsements
Osili received the following endorsements.
2019
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 11
Incumbent Vop Osili defeated Evan Shearin in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 11 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vop Osili (D) | 88.8 | 5,098 |
 | Evan Shearin (R) | 11.2 | 643 | |
| Total votes: 5,741 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 11
Incumbent Vop Osili advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 11 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Vop Osili | 100.0 | 1,669 |
| Total votes: 1,669 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 11
Evan Shearin advanced from the Republican primary for Indianapolis City Council District 11 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Evan Shearin | 100.0 | 167 |
| Total votes: 167 | |||
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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.[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 District 11, Vop Osili (D) defeated Remington "Remy" O'Guin (R) in the general election. O'Guin filed to run after the primary. Incumbent Stephen Clay (D) ran for election to the District 13 seat.[4]
| Indianapolis City Council District 11, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Vop Osili |
86.6% | 4,677 | |
| Republican | Remington O'Guin | 13.4% | 724 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 5,401 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
2010
| 2010 Race for Secretary of State - General Election[5] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote Percentage | |
| Republican Party |  Charlie White
|
57.1% | |
| Democratic Party | Vop Osili | 37.0% | |
| Libertarian Party | Mike Wherry | 5.9% | |
| Total Votes | 1,709,679 | ||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Vop Osili did not complete Ballotpedia's 2023 Candidate Connection survey.
2019
Vop Osili did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Candidate Indianapolis City Council District 12 |
Officeholder Indianapolis City Council District 12 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 City of Indianapolis, "Osili," accessed January 13, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ 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
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State - 2010 General Election Results
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jason Larrison (D) |
Indianapolis City Council District 12 2024-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Indianapolis City Council District 11 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Crista Carlino (D) |
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