Vanderburgh County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020,the population was 180,136. The county seat is in Evansville. While Vanderburgh County was the eighth-largest county in 2020 population in Indiana,it is also the eighth-smallest county in area and the smallest in southwestern Indiana,covering only 236 square miles (610 km2). Vanderburgh County forms the core of the Evansville metropolitan statistical area.
Evansville is a city in and the county seat of Vanderburgh County,Indiana,United States. With a population of 118,414 at the 2020 census,it is Indiana's third-most populous city after Indianapolis and Fort Wayne,the most populous city in Southern Indiana,and the 249th-most populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Evansville metropolitan area,a hub of commercial,medical,and cultural activity of southwestern Indiana and the Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area,which is home to over 911,000 people. The 38th parallel north crosses the north side of the city and is marked on Interstate 69 immediately north of its junction with Indiana 62 within the city's east side.
Rupert Vance Hartke was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States Senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke won election to the Senate after serving as the mayor of Evansville,Indiana. In the Senate,he supported the Great Society and became a prominent opponent of the Vietnam War. Hartke ran for president in the 1972 Democratic primaries but withdrew after the first set of primaries. He left the Senate after being defeated in his 1976 re-election campaign by Richard Lugar.
Suzanne Crouch is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana from 2014 to 2017. In 2024 she ran for governor of Indiana,losing the primary election to U.S. Senator Mike Braun.
Jonathan David Weinzapfel is an American politician,attorney,businessman,and Democratic nominee for Indiana Attorney General in the 2020 election. Weinzapfel formerly served as the 33rd mayor of Evansville,Indiana. He was elected in November 2003 and again in 2007. He did not run for a third term in office,and was succeeded by Lloyd Winnecke. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He most previously served as the Chancellor of Ivy Tech Community College's Southwest campus,a position he held from 2014 to 2019.
John Bradley Ellsworth is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district from 2007 to 2011. In 2010,he was the Democratic candidate for a seat in the United States Senate,but he was defeated by Dan Coats,a former Senator,by 55% to 40%.
John Nathan Hostettler is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives for 12 years,representing Indiana's 8th congressional district as a Republican. He lost his reelection bid for a seventh term to Democratic challenger Brad Ellsworth in the 2006 midterm election by a landslide.
Indiana's 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in southwest and west central Indiana,the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper,Princeton,Terre Haute,Vincennes,and Washington.
The Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) is a public school corporation serving Evansville,Indiana and Vanderburgh County;its boundary includes the entire county. It is the third largest school district in the state of Indiana,behind Indianapolis Public Schools and Fort Wayne Community Schools and the largest in Southern Indiana. The headquarters are located on Walnut Street in downtown Evansville. The school district serves nearly 23,000 students educated by more than 1,600 teachers.
The 2008 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 4,2008,and was part of the 2008 United States presidential election. Voters chose 11 representatives,or electors to the Electoral College,who voted for president and vice president.
This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Vanderburgh County,Indiana.
Larry Dean Bucshon is an American politician and physician who has been the U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district since 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election,in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Indiana voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and his running mate,Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney and Ryan carried Indiana with 54.13% of the popular vote to the Democratic ticket's 43.93%,thus winning the state's 11 electoral votes.
The 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election was won by incumbent Republican Eric Holcomb on November 3,2020. The election was held concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Ryan David Hatfield is an American attorney and politician serving as the State Representative for Indiana House District 77. Hatfield is the Assistant Democratic Whip for the Indiana House Democrats. He serves as Ranking Democrat of the Indiana House Judiciary Committee as well as the Indiana House Employment,Labor and Pensions Committee. Hatfield is also a member of the Indiana House Public Health Committee and the Indiana House Utilities,Energy and Telecommunications Committee.
General elections took place on November 8,2022,throughout the US state of Indiana.
Elections are held in Evansville,Indiana to elect the city's mayor. Currently,such elections are regularly scheduled to be held every four years,in the year immediately preceding that of United States presidential elections.
The 2022 Indiana Secretary of State election took place on November 8,2022,to elect the next secretary of state of Indiana. Holli Sullivan,a Republican who was appointed to replace Connie Lawson as Secretary of State in 2021,ran for a full term in office but was defeated in the Republican primary by Diego Morales. The Democratic,Republican,and Libertarian parties chose their nominees for Secretary of State at a party convention on June 18,2022.
Tim O'Brien is an American politician and businessman serving as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 78th district. He assumed office on March 30,2021.
Diego Morales is a Guatemalan-American politician from Indiana. A Republican,he is the Secretary of State of Indiana.
