Fort Wayne: who represents it, and who is running
U.S. general election (federal, state and county offices) votes on 2026-11-03. It elects u.S. Representative for IN-3; Indiana Secretary of State, State Comptroller and Treasurer of State (statewide, not recorded as people); Indiana House seats (city hall HD-82, Kyle Miller unopposed) and some Senate seats (SD-16 not up); Allen County Prosecuting Attorney, Circuit Court Clerk, Auditor, Recorder, Sheriff, Assessor, Commissioners (Districts 2 and 3) and County Council (Districts 1-4); Allen Superior Court judges (retention/non-partisan), township trustees, assessors and boards, school boards (not recorded). No U.S. Senate seat and no Governor race in Indiana in 2026. No City of Fort Wayne offices (next: 2027-11-02)..
Holding office17
the sitting council
On the ballot3
2 sitting members running again
The official candidate list ↗ · What Fort Wayne is like — the /local page
Congressional district (city hall): Indiana's 3rd congressional district (Citizens Square, city hall); IN-3 covers all of Fort Wayne — Marlin A. Stutzman (Republican)
1
Mayor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharon Tucker Elected unofficial | Mayor | Democratic | Wikipedia |
2
City Clerk
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John McGauley Elected unofficial | City Clerk | Republican | city-wide | City of Fort Wayne staff directory (URL seen in search index only; host Cloudflare-blocked, not fetched); corroborated by Journal Gazette report of the 2026-01-17 Allen County Republican caucus |
3
City Councillor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Paddock Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Democratic | District 5 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Martin Bender Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | At-Large | City of Fort Wayne |
| Michelle Chambers Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Democratic | At-Large | City of Fort Wayne |
| Nathan Hartman Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | District 3 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Paul Ensley Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | District 1 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Rohli Booker Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Democratic | District 6 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Russ Jehl Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | District 2 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Scott Myers Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | District 4 | City of Fort Wayne |
| Tom Freistroffer Elected unofficial | City Councillor | Republican | At-Large | City of Fort Wayne |
4
Governor
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Braun Elected | Governor | Republican | Office of the Governor, State of Indiana |
5
State Representative — HD-82
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle Miller Elected acclaimed unofficial | State Representative → Running | Democratic | Wikipedia |
6
State Senator — SD-16
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Busch Elected unofficial | State Senator | Republican | Indiana Senate Republican Caucus |
7
U.S. Senator
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Banks Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned 403 | |
| Todd Young Elected | U.S. Senator | Republican | @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned 403 |
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U.S. Representative — IN-3
| Name | Office | Party / slate | Seat | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin A. Stutzman Elected | U.S. Representative → Running | Republican | U.S. House of Representatives | |
| Kelly Thompson | U.S. Representative Running | Democratic | Indiana Election Division |
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Notes on this record
How the lists were read, and what could not be.
- Candidates: Indiana Election Division 2026 General Election Candidate List (Abbreviated, ALL COUNTIES; file stamped 20260922 01:12 PM) linked from https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/candidate-information/, read 2026-10-22 (still the only general list linked). It prints ballot name, party, office title and filed date only (no addresses). Write-ins excluded: Phillip D. Beachy (Phil), Write-In (Independent), IN-3. IN-3 on the ballot: Kelly Thompson (D), Marlin A. Stutzman (R). HD-82: Kyle Miller (D) only = counts.unopposed 1. No State Senator, District 16 contest.
- Next Fort Wayne municipal election: Mayor, City Clerk and all 9 City Council seats on 2027-11-02 (party primaries May 2027). The 2026 list's MAYOR / CITY CLERK / COMMON COUNCIL categories contain only Attica and Covington.
- Allen County offices on the 2026 list (not recorded as people, outside the brief's scope for a non-consolidated city): Prosecutor Tesa Helge (R, sole candidate); Circuit Court Clerk Keri Roby (D) v Toshua Manuel (R); Auditor Nikole Gillum (D) v Jacquelynn Scheuman (R); Recorder Cheyenne Stoppenhagen (D) v Nicole Keesling (R); Sheriff Troy R Hershberger (R, sole); Assessor Stacey O'Day (R, sole); Commissioner D2 Kate Conner (D) v Ozzie Mitson (R), D3 Jorge Fernandez (D) v Paul Moss (R); County Council D1 Melissa Fisher (D) v Mike Clendenen (R), D2 Mark Hagar (R, sole), D3 Stacey Freeman (D) v Eric (ET) Tippmann (R), D4 Lee Castillo (D) v Don Wyss (R).
- District coverage: Census TIGERweb Fort Wayne place polygon (GEOID 1825000) sampled on a 100x100 grid (4,386 points inside) against TIGERweb Legislative layers 0 (120th Congress), 1 and 2 (2026 state legislative): IN-3 only (all points); Indiana Senate 14, 15, 16, 19 (4 districts); Indiana House 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 (6 districts). Only city hall's SD-16 and HD-82 (Census geocoder) are recorded as people. Slivers under ~0.3 km could be missed.
- Municipal roster: cityoffortwayne.org redirects to cityoffortwayne.in.gov, which (CivicPlus) answers a Cloudflare 'Sorry, you have been blocked' page even to robots.txt; allencounty.in.gov (Election Board) the same. Recorded as blocked; no retry with another agent or tool. Mayor Sharon Tucker from Wikipedia's Fort Wayne page (Government, last edited 2026-10-06); the 9 councillors from Wikipedia's Fort Wayne City Council members table (last edited 2026-07-07): 6 Republican, 3 Democratic; President Russ Jehl, Vice President Martin Bender per the table (2026 officer elections not confirmed). City Clerk John McGauley (R) from search-index results (city directory URL, Journal Gazette) — chosen by Republican caucus 2026-01-17 after Lana Keesling resigned. All marked unofficial:true; re-verify on the city site when reachable.
- Federal: Marlin A. Stutzman (IN-3, R) from https://www.house.gov/representatives, retrieved 2026-10-22. Senators Todd Young (term to 2029-01-03) and Jim Banks (to 2031-01-03) from the CC0 @unitedstates legislators-current.json (senate.gov 403 on robots.txt). No federal photos linked.
- State: Governor Mike Braun from https://www.in.gov/gov/. SD-16 Justin Busch from the Indiana Senate Republican Caucus senators page (robots 'Disallow:' empty; photo linked, terms none stated). HD-82 Kyle Miller from Wikipedia's Indiana House member table (last edited 2026-10-04) — indianahousedemocrats.org disallows AI agents per earlier notes, iga.in.gov is a JS app; both unofficial:true.
- Robots/terms: in.gov (User-agent * no Disallow), geocoding.geo.census.gov (robots 404), tigerweb.geo.census.gov (robots request 'Request Rejected'; queries answered), cityoffortwayne.in.gov and allencounty.in.gov (Cloudflare block), fwcitycouncil.com (does not resolve), enr.indianavoters.in.gov (no robots file; home page 301 via Cloudflare, not pursued), house.gov (/representatives allowed), senate.gov (403), unitedstates.github.io (robots 404), indianasenaterepublicans.com (allows all), en.wikipedia.org (/wiki/ only; CC BY-SA 4.0). No home addresses, phones or personal emails recorded; standsFor null for everyone.
- Council confirmed 2026-10-31: www.cityoffortwayne.in.gov still Cloudflare-blocks robots.txt (403, not bypassed). The search-index text of the City Council staff directory (Directory.aspx?DID=9 and member pages EID=23-27, 31) lists the same nine members as before: At-Large Martin Bender, Michelle Chambers, Tom Freistroffer; D1 Paul Ensley, D2 Russ Jehl, D3 Nathan Hartman, D4 Dr. Scott Myers, D5 Geoff Paddock, D6 Rohli Booker. Rows now cite the city directory (still unofficial:true, not fetched). Officer correction: Jehl resigned as President in Nov 2025 (Paddock interim to end of 2025); for 2026 the council elected Marty Bender President and Paul Ensley Vice President (Ensley's directory profile; Journal Gazette 2026 report corroborates) — the earlier 'President Jehl, VP Bender' from Wikipedia was out of date. Indiana ENR (enr.indianavoters.in.gov) now shows only the 2026 general; 2023 municipal results not read.
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-31. Nomination papers are never opened: they carry home addresses. After voting day a candidate list becomes a result; these rows are reconciled, not deleted.
- City of Fort Wayne — City Council staff directory (DID=9; seen in search index 2026-10-31, host Cloudflare-blocked, not fetched); earlier: Wikipedia — Fort Wayne City Council (members table, last edited 2026-07-07); official council page Cloudflare-blocked 9
- @unitedstates congress-legislators (legislators-current.json); senate.gov returned 403 2
- City of Fort Wayne staff directory (URL seen in search index only; host Cloudflare-blocked, not fetched); corroborated by Journal Gazette report of the 2026-01-17 Allen County Republican caucus 1
- Indiana Senate Republican Caucus — Senators (iga.in.gov is a JavaScript app) 1
- Office of the Governor, State of Indiana 1
- Wikipedia — Fort Wayne, Indiana (Government section, last edited 2026-10-06); cityoffortwayne.in.gov Cloudflare-blocked 1
- Wikipedia — Indiana House of Representatives (members table, last edited 2026-10-04); candidacy from the Election Division 2026 general list 1
- U.S. House of Representatives — Directory of Representatives (Indiana, 3rd); on the Election Division 2026 general list 1
- Indiana Election Division — 2026 General Election Candidate List (Abbreviated, all counties), dated 2026-09-22 1