1. Joseph Hadden Hogsett was born on November 2,1956 and is an American attorney, prosecutor, and politician who is the 49th mayor of Indianapolis, Indiana.
33 Facts About Joe Hogsett
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Joe Hogsett was the Democratic nominee for the US Senate in 1992, for Indiana's 2nd congressional district in 1994 and for Attorney General of Indiana in 2004.
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Joe Hogsett won reelection to a second term in 2019.
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Joe Hogsett graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
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Joe Hogsett went on to serve as a clerk for the Monroe County Superior Court and many civic and charitable positions.
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In 1986 Joe Hogsett served as campaign manager for Evan Bayh's successful bid for secretary of state of Indiana.
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Bayh tapped Joe Hogsett to serve in the position of deputy secretary of state.
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Joe Hogsett then managed Bayh's successful campaign for Governor of Indiana two years later and was appointed by Bayh to the office of secretary of state that Bayh had vacated.
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Joe Hogsett won election against Indianapolis mayor Bill Hudnut in 1990.
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Joe Hogsett received 775,163 votes and Hudnut received 719,314 votes.
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Joe Hogsett served as Secretary of State until December 1,1994, when he declined to run for re-election.
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In 1992, Joe Hogsett ran for the US Senate against Republican incumbent Dan Coats.
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Joe Hogsett lost to Coats by 900,148 votes to 1,267,972 , carrying 13 of the state's 92 counties.
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In 1994, Joe Hogsett ran to succeed retiring Democratic Congressman Philip Sharp of Indiana's 2nd congressional district.
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Joe Hogsett faced Republican David M McIntosh and lost by 78,241 votes to 93,592, in a year when the Republicans made sweeping gains.
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In February 2003, Joe Hogsett became Chairman of the Indiana Democratic Party after incumbent Chairman, Peter Manous, resigned.
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Joe Hogsett then resigned in June 2004 so that he could run for Attorney General of Indiana.
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Joe Hogsett was replaced by Kip Tew to be party Chairman.
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Carter received 1,389,640 votes, Joe Hogsett received 953,500 votes and Libertarian Aaron Milewski received 45,212 votes.
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In July 2010, President Barack Obama nominated Hogsett to be United States attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, succeeding Timothy M Morris.
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Joe Hogsett went on to be unanimously confirmed by a full vote of the US Senate.
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Joe Hogsett's tenure was marked by an aggressive approach in combating violent crime, public corruption, child exploitation and civil rights violations.
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Joe Hogsett's office set up a Public Corruption Hotline to assist the Working Group, which was reportedly modeled after efforts to combat corruption in northwestern Indiana.
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Joe Hogsett has responded to critics wary of partisan prosecutions by citing his recent prosecution of two Indianapolis city councilmen: one a Republican convicted of taking bribes to grease the wheels for a new strip club; the other a Democrat charged with swindling more than $1 million from an investor.
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On September 19,2013, Jeffrey T Wilson, Craig Ducey, Chad Ducey, Brian Carmichael, Joseph Furando, Evelyn Pattison, Caravan Trading LLC, Cima Green LLC, CIMA Energy Group and Imperial Petroleum were indicted in what Joe Hogsett referred to as "the largest instance of tax and securities fraud in state history".
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On July 14,2014, Joe Hogsett announced that he was resigning his position as United States attorney, effective July 31,2014.
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In July 2014, four years after his nomination as US Attorney, Joe Hogsett announced he would leave the office at the end of the month.
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Joe Hogsett handily defeated Republican nominee Chuck Brewer with 63 percent of the vote, giving the Democrats complete control of city government for only the second time since the formation of Unigov in 1970.
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Joe Hogsett would go on to win reelection in 2019 for a 2nd term against Republican challenger Jim Merritt.
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In November 2022, Joe Hogsett announced he would seek a third and final term as mayor, later winning his party nomination for the office for the 2023 election.
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In 2023, Joe Hogsett's administration passed a set of largely unenforceable gun control measures, known as Proposal 156, through the city-county council, which included an assault weapons ban.
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Joe Hogsett's administration said it reprimanded and disciplined Cook three times, finally resulting in his resignation from city employment in 2020.
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Joe Hogsett has two children, named William and Eden, one each with former wives.