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Zach Adamson
Zach Adamson (Democratic Party) was a member of the Indianapolis City Council, representing District 17. Adamson assumed office in 2012. Adamson left office on January 1, 2024.
Adamson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Indianapolis City Council to represent District 13. Adamson lost in the Democratic primary on May 2, 2023.
Adamson was elected to the District 16 seat on the council in 2011, and won election to the District 17 seat on November 3, 2015.[1]
Biography
Adamson is a small business owner. Other experience includes serving on the board of directors of the Holy Cross-Westminster neighborhood association and the Near Eastside Community Organization (NESCO). After Holy Cross-Westminster divided in 2005, Adamson founded the Willard Park of Holy Cross-Westminster Civic Alliance. He is a member of the National Association of Latino Elected Officials.[2][1]
Elections
2023
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 13
Jesse Brown defeated Elizabeth Glass in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 13 on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jesse Brown (D)  | 77.8 | 5,479 |
 | Elizabeth Glass (L) | 22.2 | 1,564 | |
| Total votes: 7,043 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 13
Jesse Brown defeated incumbent Zach Adamson in the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 13 on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jesse Brown | 55.9 | 1,791 |
 | Zach Adamson | 44.1 | 1,413 | |
| Total votes: 3,204 | |||
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2019
See also: City elections in Indianapolis, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Indianapolis City Council District 17
Incumbent Zach Adamson defeated Tom Sutton, Antonio Lipscomb, and Paul Copeland in the general election for Indianapolis City Council District 17 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Zach Adamson (D) | 79.1 | 4,644 |
| Tom Sutton (R) | 10.8 | 637 | ||
| Antonio Lipscomb (Independent) | 8.5 | 501 | ||
 | Paul Copeland (L) | 1.5 | 91 | |
| Total votes: 5,873 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 17
Incumbent Zach Adamson advanced from the Democratic primary for Indianapolis City Council District 17 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Zach Adamson | 100.0 | 1,700 |
| Total votes: 1,700 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Denney (D)
Republican primary election
No Republican candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Paula Barnett (R)
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 17, Sally Spiers ran unopposed. In the Democratic primary, Zach Adamson also ran unopposed. Adamson defeated Spiers in the general election. Incumbent Mary Moriarty Adams (D) did not run for re-election.[5]
| Indianapolis City Council District 17, General election, 2015 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Zach Adamson |
84.6% | 4,584 | |
| Republican | Sally Spiers | 15.4% | 834 | |
| Write-in votes | 0% | 0 | ||
| Total Votes | 5,418 | |||
| Source: Indianapolis and Marion County, "2015 Municipal Official Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2019
Zach Adamson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Personal
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Adamson is married to Christian, and they live in the Willard Park neighborhood.[1]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
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Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 City of Indianapolis, "Adamson," accessed January 13, 2015 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ City of Indianapolis website, "District 16, Zach Adamson," 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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| Preceded by - |
Indianapolis City Council District 17 2012-2024 |
Succeeded by Jared Evans (D) |
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