Urban Indiana

New city-county councilors eager to tackle Indy's challenges

When Dan Boots, an incumbent Democratic councilor who had just been reelected to District 3, took the stage on election night, he called 23-year-old District 4 councilor-elect Nick Roberts the future of the Democratic Party.

"I had a terrible time keeping up with him. He out-raised me, he out-campaigned me," Boots told an audience at Democratic Mayor Joe Hogsett's Kountry Kitchen victory party in November.

Roberts, a rookie candidate, was the second-biggest spender among City-County Council candidates in the 2023 election cycle, just behind President Vop Osili.

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https://www.ibj.com/articles/new-city-county-councilors-eager-to-tackle-indys-challenges

Ali Brown elected vice president of Indianapolis City-County Council

Ali Brown, a Democratic councilor since 2019, was elected by fellow members of the City-County Council on Monday to become the vice president of Indianapolis' legislative body.

Brown's elevation to the role was among several house-keeping agenda items for the council's first meeting of 2024, which included the formal introduction of seven new councilors—one Republican and six Democrats.

Brown, who represents District 10 in the northeast corner of Marion County, replaces Zach Adamson in the role of second in command. Adamson, the former representative of District 17, was ousted in the 2023 Democratic primary.

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https://www.ibj.com/articles/ali-brown-elected-vice-president-of-indianapolis-city-county-council