The numbers are in and Republicans will continue to hold all Fishers City offices for the next four years. There was only one contested race in the general election. All three Republican incumbents were winners. The lone Democrat in the at-large council race, Greg Purvis, received 2,057 votes, or just under 17%.
For the winning Republican at-large slate….Todd Zimmerman tallied 3,495 votes (28.32%), Cecilia Coble garnered 3573 votes (28.95%) & Rich Block received 3,218 (26.07%).
That means Zimmerman, Coble & Block will begin four-year council terms in 2016. All three incumbents are serving one-year terms due to Fishers’ transition from a town to a city. All other city office candidates were unopposed, all are Republicans. That includes Mayor Scott Fadness.
It should be noted that Greg Purvis had a better showing than many expected. Whether that translates into more Democrat candidates for city offices in Fishers four years from now is an open question.