Democrats hold supermajority on Indianapolis City-County Council

The results in Indianapolis’ City-County Council 2023 races played out with few surprises Tuesday night. 

Democrats still hold a majority, and Republicans picked up one seat. There will be 19 Democrats and six Republicans serving on the council in 2024.  

Redistricting impacted all 25 council districts. Democrat Brienne Delaney beat Republican Matt Hills in District 2. She spoke in front of supporters at Kountry Kitchen election night. 

“I’m looking forward to the challenges we have next year and the next four years trying to make Indianapolis the best place in this state,” Delaney said. 

Other new Democrats on the council include Jesse Brown, who will serve in District 13. Andy Nielsen is the newly-elected councilor for District 14, after beating Republican Brenda Bishop-Kyle with about 66 percent of the vote.

New council Republican Derek Cahill beat Ryan Hughey with over 60 percent of the vote in District 23.

Nick Roberts will be the youngest council member at 23. He won a close race against Natalie Goodwin, picking up about 54 percent of the votes in District 4.

“Just an idea I had, but I knew more than anything, what anybody couldn’t do was out-work me,” Roberts said. 

Carlos Perkins is a new Democratic councilor in District 6. He ran an uncontested race, and took the stage with members of the Black Church Coalition. 

“I stand here not by myself, I stand with the community,” Perkins said. 

New council members start in January 2024. 

*Note: these voting numbers reflect totals with 99.46% of vote centers reporting.

Contact WFYI city government and policy reporter Jill Sheridan at jsheridan@wfyi.org.