It was one of those election nights for all Fishers incumbent candidates – they all won their spots on the Republican ticket.  Since only a few face Democratic challengers in the fall, many were essentially re-elected in the primary election (Democratic officials can appoint candidates later this summer if the party so chooses).

Fishers Mayor Scott Fadness solidly won another four-year term in the mayor’s second-floor corner office inside City Hall, if no Democrat is appointed to oppose him in the general election. Fadness ended up with more than 67% of the vote, compared to his opponent Logan Day’s 32.69% of the votes cast.

“It was very humbling and re-affirming to have so many residents come out and say that the work that my team’s been doing over the last 5 years, and the vision that we have is the right vision for our community,” said Fadness at his election night celebration.

As to what happens next, the mayor promised more of the same.  “I think out past actions will predict future performance,” Fadness said.  “You can expect our team to put our heads down tomorrow, go back to work, and will continue to try to serve the residents and create a vision that’s very compelling for current residents and, hopefully, future residents.”

His campaign’s decision to run television advertising in the Indianapolis market has fueled speculation that the mayor has higher political aspirations, but Fadness maintains it was all tied to this election and supporting his city council allies.

“There were a lot of people in Fishers really not paying attention to this (election), so we thought that by going on TV, not only would it help myself, but the team I was running with, to remind people there was an election,” said the mayor.  “People can speculate, as they always do, about political life and political aspirations, but in all honesty, there was a strategy to remind people that there was an election coming up.”

Challenger Gurinder Singh was not shy about spending money on his campaign for City Council At-Large, but the three incumbent council members all won renomination.  Cecilia Coble and Todd Zimmerman led the way in the at-large vote count.  Rich Block had roughly 25% of the vote compared to Singh’s 19.35% of votes tallied, gaining Block a spot on the fall ballot.  There were four candidates and the top three appear on the November ballot.  Democrat Jocelyn Vare will be a candidate in the fall for city council at-large.

Incumbent City Councilman Pete Peterson easily defeated opponent Paula Hughel.  Peterson received more than 71% of the vote in the Southeast Council District.

Another incumbent, Northeast District Councilman Brad DeReamer, easily defeated challenger Tom Grinslade.

In the race for Fishers City Clerk, Jennifer Kehl received nearly 66% of the votes cast in defeating challenger Jackie Bowen

Pete Peterson was at the Fadness election night party, after he won another primary election forFishers City Council