Statewide
Andrea Hunley to run for Indianapolis mayor
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By
Benjamin Thorp
Published April 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM EDT
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Speculation has been swirling about whether Hunley would run for mayor after she announced she wouldn’t seek reelection in the Senate earlier this year.
Andrea Hunley will officially run for mayor of Indianapolis, according to reporting from
the Indianapolis Star
.
Speculation has been swirling about whether Hunley would run for mayor after she announced she wouldn’t seek reelection in the Senate earlier
this year
.
Current Mayor Joe Hogsett has said he would not run again after his third term. The Indianapolis Star
has also reported
that Hogsett continues to raise a lot of money, with his campaign finance reports showing over $1-million in January of this year.
City-County Councilor Vop Osili announced he would run for Indianapolis mayor
earlier this year
, after deciding
not to seek reelection
as City-County Council president.
Hunley represented
Senate District 46
, covering downtown Indianapolis and surrounding neighborhoods. She was elected to the Indiana General Assembly in 2022.
Three democrats are
currently vying
for her empty Senate seat: Sam Glynn, Alissa Impink, and Clif Marsiglio.
Contact Government Reporter Benjamin Thorp at
[email protected]