Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County,Indiana,United States. Located in northeastern Indiana,the city is 18 miles (29 km) west of the Ohio border and 50 miles (80 km) south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 census,making it the second-most populous city in Indiana after Indianapolis,and the 83rd-most populous city in the United States. It is the principal city of the Fort Wayne metropolitan area,consisting of Allen and Whitley counties which had an estimated population of 423,038 as of 2021. Fort Wayne is the cultural and economic center of northeastern Indiana.
Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census,the population was 385,410,making it the third-most populous county in Indiana. The county seat and largest city is Fort Wayne,the second largest city in Indiana.
New Haven is a city in Adams,Jefferson,and St. Joseph townships,Allen County,Indiana,United States. It sits immediately east of the city of Fort Wayne,the second largest city in Indiana,and is situated mostly along the southern banks of the Maumee River. The population was 15,843 as of 2022.
Walter Paul Helmke,Jr. is an American politician,and the former president of the Washington,DC–based Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. He held this position from July 2006 to July 10,2011. He is a former mayor of Fort Wayne,Indiana and a former president of The United States Conference of Mayors. As of 2023,he is the last Republican to hold the office of mayor.
Karen Ruth Bass is an American politician,social worker and former physician assistant who has served as the 43rd mayor of Los Angeles since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party,Bass previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2022 and in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2010,serving as speaker during her final Assembly term.
Thomas Christopher Henry was an American businessman and politician who was the 35th Mayor of Fort Wayne,Indiana,from 2008 until his death in 2024. A member of the Democratic Party,Henry served five terms on Fort Wayne City Council from 1984 to 2004,representing the 3rd District. Afterwards,he ran for and won the Democratic mayoral primary in 2007,before defeating Republican Matt Kelty in the 2007 Fort Wayne mayoral election. Henry served as mayor of Fort Wayne for five terms,becoming the city's longest-serving mayor.
Brenda Lawrence is an American retired politician who served as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 14th congressional district from 2015 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Lawrence served as mayor of Southfield,Michigan,from 2001 to 2015,and was the party's nominee for Oakland County executive in 2008 and for lieutenant governor in 2010. Her congressional district covered most of eastern Detroit,including downtown,and stretched west to take in portions of Oakland County,including Farmington Hills,Pontiac,and Lawrence's home in Southfield.
Phil GiaQuinta is a Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives,representing the House District 80,which contains much of southern Ft. Wayne,since November 8,2006. He currently serves as House Minority Leader for the Democratic caucus of the Indiana House.
Robert E Armstrong was an American politician who served as mayor of Fort Wayne,Indiana,former councilman of Allen County,Indiana,and former athletic director of Snider High School.
Marlin Andrew Stutzman is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district,from 2010 to 2017. A Republican,Stutzman previously served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008,representing district 52,and as a member of the Indiana Senate,representing the 13th district,from 2009 to 2010.
The 2010 United States House of Representatives special election for Indiana's Third congressional district occurred on November 2,2010,to elect the successor to Mark Souder (R) who resigned upon admitting to an extramarital affair. This election coincided with the regularly scheduled election.
The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party,a political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership. The first convention was held when Alex W. Matheson sought reelection as leader in 1961.
Laurie A. Cumbo is an American politician and Commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. A Democrat,she served in the New York City Council for the 35th district from 2014 to 2021,which includes the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Fort Greene,Clinton Hill,and Prospect Heights,portions of Bedford-Stuyvesant,Crown Heights,Downtown Brooklyn,the Brooklyn Navy Yard,and Vinegar Hill. She is the founder and first executive director of the Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on November 3,2020,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Indiana,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.
Leirion Gaylor Baird is an American politician. Since the 2019 election,she has been the mayor of Lincoln,Nebraska,where she previously served as a city councilwoman.
Shontel Monique Brown is an American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party,Brown previously served as a member of the Cuyahoga County Council,representing the 9th district. She won her congressional seat in a special election on November 2,2021,after Marcia Fudge resigned to become Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President Joe Biden.
Elections are held in Fort Wayne,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.
Henry Carl Berghoff was an American politician,lawyer,and businessman who co-founded the Herman Berghoff Brewing Company in 1887 and served as the 19th Mayor of Fort Wayne,Indiana from 1901 to 1906.
Mildred C. Crump was a councilperson on the Municipal Council of Newark from 1994-1998 and again from 2006-2021,and is the first Black woman to serve on the city's governing body. She was the first African American Braille teacher in New Jersey. InsiderNJ called her "legendary". Former Mayor Luis A. Quintana said of her “I see her as someone who was a pioneer as an African-American female".
