Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P.,and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001 and again from 2014 to 2023. He served as the mayor of New York City for three terms from 2002 to 2013 and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States. In 2024,Bloomberg received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. He has served as chair of the Defense Innovation Board,an independent advisory board that provides recommendations on artificial intelligence,software,data and digital modernization to the United States Department of Defense,since June 2022.
The mayor of New York City,officially Mayor of the City of New York,is head of the executive branch of the government of New York City and the chief executive of New York City. The mayor's office administers all city services,public property,police and fire protection,most public agencies,and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.
Frank Lewis O'Bannon was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. He is the most recent U.S. Governor to have died in office.
Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and succeeded the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
Mark Joseph Green is an American author,former public official,public interest lawyer,and Democratic politician from New York City. Green was New York City Consumer Affairs Commissioner from 1990 to 1993 and New York City Public Advocate from 1994 to 2002.
Robert John Burck,better known as the Naked Cowboy,is an American street performer,singer,songwriter,and occasional actor. He is best known for singing regularly in New York City's Times Square. Burck is also a regular in the streets of the French Quarter during the New Orleans Mardi Gras season. He wears only cowboy boots,a hat,and white briefs,with a guitar strategically placed to give the illusion of nudity.
The 2009 election for Mayor of New York City took place on Tuesday,November 3. The incumbent Mayor,Michael Bloomberg,an independent who left the Republican Party in 2008,won reelection on the Republican and Independence Party/Jobs &Education lines with 50.7% of the vote over the retiring City Comptroller,Bill Thompson,a Democrat,who won 46.3%. Thompson had won the Democratic primary election on September 15 with 71% of the vote over City Councilman Tony Avella and Roland Rogers. This was the fifth straight mayoral victory by Republican candidates in New York despite the city's strongly Democratic leaning in national and state elections.
Steve Carter is an American politician and businessman who served as the forty-first Attorney General of Indiana from January 1,2001 to January 12,2009.
Katherine L. Davis is an American politician and entrepreneur. She was the 48th lieutenant governor of Indiana,and the first woman to serve in that office.
The mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg began on January 1,2002,when Michael Bloomberg was inaugurated as the 108th mayor of New York City,and ended on December 31,2013.
Karen Marie Freeman-Wilson is an American attorney,former judge,and politician who served as Indiana Attorney General from 2000 to 2001,as well as mayor of Gary,Indiana from 2012 to 2019. She has been President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League since January 2020.
William Colridge Thompson Jr. is an American politician who served as the 42nd Comptroller of New York City;sworn into office on January 1,2002,he was reelected to serve a second term that began on January 1,2006. He did not seek re-election in 2009. Instead he ran for mayor,and he was succeeded as comptroller by John Liu. On June 15,2016,Thompson was appointed by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo as chairman of the board of trustees of The City University of New York;his term ended in June 2022.
The 2000 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2000. Incumbent Governor Frank O'Bannon,a Democrat,was re-elected over Republican David M. McIntosh with 57% of the vote. Libertarian Andrew Horning also ran and received 2% of the vote. O'Bannon's victory was the fourth consecutive election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Indiana,the longest winning streak for that party in the state since 1856. As of 2024,this was the last time a Democrat was elected Governor of Indiana.
Jumaane D. Williams is an American activist and politician who has served as the New York City Public Advocate since 2019. He is a former member of the New York City Council from the 45th district,which includes East Flatbush,Flatbush,Flatlands,Marine Park,and Midwood in Brooklyn.
The 2013 New York City mayoral election occurred on November 5,2013,along with elections for Comptroller,Public Advocate,Borough President,and members of the New York City Council. The incumbent mayor of New York City,Michael Bloomberg,a Republican-turned-Independent,was term-limited and thus unable to seek re-election to a fourth term in office.
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation,formerly known as the Ash Institute,was established in 2003 and is part of the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University in Cambridge,Massachusetts,in the United States.
Joseph Hadden Hogsett is an American attorney,prosecutor,and politician who is the 49th mayor of Indianapolis,Indiana. Prior to being elected,Hogsett served as the Secretary of State of Indiana from 1989 to 1994 and as the Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party from 2003 to 2004. He was the Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1992,for Indiana's 2nd congressional district in 1994 and for Attorney General of Indiana in 2004. He most recently served as the United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana from 2010 to 2014. On November 3,2015,he won the race for Mayor of Indianapolis in the 2015 election. He won reelection to a second term in 2019. In 2023,he won reelection to a third term in office.
The 1996 Indiana gubernatorial Election was held on November 5,1996,alongside the election of both houses of the Indiana General Assembly. Incumbent Governor Evan Bayh,a Democrat,was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits established by the Indiana Constitution. He was succeeded by Lt. Governor Frank O'Bannon,who won election over Republican Stephen Goldsmith with 52% of the vote.
The 1988 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8,1988,in all 92 counties in the state of Indiana. Incumbent Governor Robert D. Orr,a Republican,was ineligible to run for a third consecutive term due to term limits established by the Indiana Constitution. In the general election,the Republican nominee,Lieutenant Governor John Mutz,was defeated by Democrat Indiana Secretary of State Evan Bayh by a margin of six percentage points. Bayh was the first Democrat to be elected Governor of Indiana since Roger D. Branigin's victory during the 1964 Democratic landslides twenty-four years previously.
The Indianapolis mayoral election of 1995 took place on November 7,1995. Incumbent Republican mayor Stephen Goldsmith was reelected. His Democratic opponent,Zilthia Mae Jimison,was the first African-American nominated for mayor of Indianapolis by a major political party.
