We now know all the candidates for the upcoming May 7th Republican primary city election in Fishers. Some Democrats have filed, but there are only primary races on the GOP side.
There are many contests I will be writing about in the coming weeks before election day, and plan to invite candidates in all contested races to record a podcast. However, in this article, I want to highlight two people running in this year’s municipal election…one is a Republican and one is a Democrat.
First, the Republican. All three incumbent city council members at large – Rich Block, Cecilia Coble and Todd Zimmerman – are running for re-election. A new face has emerged to challenge these three – Gurinder Singh.
Mr. Singh heads up a political action committee formed by those practicing the Sikh religious faith in Indiana. As a person at the top of a political organization, he knows something about Indiana politics. Mr. Singh also knows something about running a political campaign, and based on what I know about him, Gurinder Singh plans to work hard at campaigning for office.
Bottom line, Gurinder Singh will be a candidate to be reckoned with in this Republican primary election.
Then, there is the Democrat. She is Jocelyn Vare. I first became acquainted with Ms. Vare in her volunteer work with arts organizations in the area. She owns a firm in Fishers, Propeller Marketing. Each year, her company donates resources to a local non-profit group at no charge to get their marketing strategy started.
Jocelyn Vare brings her talents and know-how to communicate her messages in the campaign. That will prove very useful in her fall general election contest for city council at-large. She owns her own business and will be able to take the time she needs to campaign.
Bottom line, she will be a candidate that can make some noise in this year’s election.
This is not to denigrate any of the other candidates, but these two people bring something different to the table in elections coming up this year. It is worth keeping an eye on both of them.