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IBJ reporter Taylor Wooten spent time with both candidates for Indianapolis mayor and talked with supporters and critics for stories meant to help you decide how to vote.
Hogsett is pitching a continuation of his downtown resiliency strategy and pointing to a planned expansion of the Indiana Convention Center. On crime, the incumbent mayor touts record funding for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and funding for new, non-police violence-reduction and crisis strategies.
Shreve has weighed in on many other issues, from downtown development to improving care at the city’s animal shelter, but his crime-fighting ads dominate the airwaves and are where the campaign has pinned its greatest hopes.
The Republican candidate for mayor said on X and Facebook that he would “do everything in my power” to stop a pro-Palestine group from “assembling on property dedicated to Americans who have died for our country.”
The money comes from the city’s allotment of federal COVID-19 relief funds.
The Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce has historically favored incumbents in mayoral elections.
Republican Jefferson Shreve and Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett addressed a range of topics, including charter schools and food insecurity, but issues of policing and gun violence took center stage.
Hogsett will be back out in the community Saturday, city spokesman Mark Bode said in a statement. He will also take part in a debate Sunday with Republican Jefferson Shreve.
Both candidates have jockeyed for endorsements from various interest groups as the Nov. 7 election nears. The FOP decision not to endorse a candidate after it had endorsed Hogsett in his past two runs for mayor could mark a shift in what is likely his most competitive election.
A poll on the Indianapolis mayoral election released by Indy Politics this week showed Democratic Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett with a significant lead over Republican Jefferson Shreve, but 16% of voters are still undecided.
WXIN-TV Channel 59 will host a televised debate Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. on Fox 59 and CBS 4, the stations announced Wednesday.
Jefferson Shreve rolled out a detailed plan Tuesday to improve Indianapolis Animal Care Services, one day after Mayor Joe Hogsett revealed his own agenda for helping the city’s crowded, understaffed animal shelter.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican challenger Jefferson Shreve released negative campaign commercials over the past week that make more pointed accusations. IBJ examines the claims.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican opponent Jefferson Shreve shared a stage Thursday for the first time in the campaign, sparring most pointedly over how to address violent crime in the city.
Shreve said his priorities for downtown would include addressing vacant office space, preserving the Indianapolis Downtown Heliport, reducing aggressive panhandling and increasing beautification efforts.
The purchase consists of three parcels and was made in partnership with Indianapolis-based not-for-profit Rdoor Housing Corp. (formerly Merchants Affordable Housing Corp.), an affordable housing developer.
The three-phased move is intended to create a dense grouping of professionals in the core of downtown and save taxpayer dollars, the city said Monday.
A new state law allows the council to create an economic enhancement district board that could impose a fee on property owners in the Mile Square.
The group has used Placer.ai, an artificial-intelligence-based software system that partners with a wide range of mobile apps companies to measure movement using anonymous phone-tracking software.
