2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election

The 2019 Evansville, Indiana mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019 and saw the reelection of Republican Lloyd Winnecke to a third term.

Evansville, Indiana mayoral election, 2019

November 5, 2019[1]

Candidate Lloyd Winnecke Steve Ary Party Republican Independent Popular vote 11,711 2,119 Percentage 80.75% 14.61%

Mayor before election Lloyd Winnecke Republican Elected Mayor Lloyd Winnecke Republican

Nominations

Primaries were held May 7.[2]

Democratic primary

No candidate ran for the Democratic Party nomination.

For the first time in at least 85 years, the Democratic Party failed to field a candidate in an Evansville mayoral election.[3]

Declined to run

• Ryan Hatfield, state representative[3]
• Ben Shoulders, Vanderburgh County Commissioner[3]
• Jonathan Weaver, City Councilman[3]

Libertarian nomination

Bart Gadau was nominated by the Libertarian Party.

Republican primary

Republican primary results[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lloyd Winnecke (incumbent)	1,938	88.05
	Republican	Connie L. Whitman	263	11.95
Total votes			2,201	100

Independent candidates

Steve Ary ran as an independent candidate.

General election

During the general election, turnout in Vanderburgh County, in which Evansville is located, was 19.94%.[1]

Winnecke became the fifth mayor of Evansville elected to a third term, and only the second since 1900 to do so.[4]

General election results[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lloyd Winnecke (incumbent)	11,711	80.75
	Independent	Steve Ary	2,119	14.61
	Libertarian	Bart Gadau	672	4.63
Total votes			14,502	100

References

1. "SUMMARY REPORT MUNICIPAL GENERAL ELECTION VANDERBURGH COUNTY, IN NOVEMBER 5, 2019 UNOFFICIAL TOTALS". Vanderburgh County. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
2. "Indiana Election Results May 7, 2019". Indiana Election Division9. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
3. Langhorne, Thomas B. (30 June 2019). "Evansville mayoral race is in uncharted territory". Evansville Courrier & Press. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
4. Doyle, Abbey (5 November 2019). "Lloyd Winnecke's re-election puts him in select group of Evansville mayors". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved 6 November 2019.