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Joe Hogsett
Mayor of Indianapolis (third term; not seeking re-election)
Democrat
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
0
/ 100
F
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✝ God First
0/ 70
🏛️ Local First
0/ 30
National Rank
#8,532 of 8,966 · bottom 4.8% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Official Profile
Religion: Christian
X / Twitter: @MayorHogsett
Mayor of Indianapolis (third term, since 2016). Announced he will NOT seek re-election. State Senator Andrea Hunley announced bid to replace him. Former US Attorney + IN Secretary of State.
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
FALSE (0)
1 claim
Called Indiana's near-total abortion ban 'terrible policy,' declared 'full access to reproductive healthcare should be a fundamental right,' and directed city staff to analyze options to provide city-county employees with out-of-state abortion access after the ban took effect in August 2023 — rejecting any recognition of personhood from conception.
- ibj.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate (if District Attorney) has committed to prosecuting illegal abortion procedures; (if mayor/council) has supported pro-life city resolutions or refused to declare 'sanctuary city for abortion'
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes embryonic stem-cell research, IVF embryo discard, and chimeric experimentation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, and quality-of-life rationing
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has never accepted Planned Parenthood, NARAL, EMILY's List, or abortion-industry PAC funding
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes all forms of same-sex marriage, civil unions, and domestic partnerships in law
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county trans-affirming policies (bathroom mandates on private businesses, Pride flag raisings at city hall, pronouns-required HR rules)
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports no-fault divorce reform and policies that strengthen the marriage covenant
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes city/county Pride proclamations, Pride flags at city facilities, drag programming in libraries, and LGBT-affirming K-12 curriculum (school-board-relevant)
FALSE (0)
Candidate (school board) opts the district into school-choice transfers + protects homeschool freedom + opposes truancy-based criminal referrals
FALSE (0)
Candidate (school board) requires parental notification before any gender/sexuality counseling of minors; (mayor/council) opposes city programs facilitating minor medical procedures without parents
FALSE (0)
Candidate (school board) has voted to remove CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology materials from district curriculum and library shelves
FALSE (0)
Candidate (mayor/council/library board) supports local enforcement of age-verification + removes sexualized content from library children's sections
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports faith-based adoption/foster agencies and opposes placement of children with same-sex couples
N/A · out of tier
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports conscience exemptions for Christian medical professionals, business owners, adoption agencies, and educators
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county/school board) opposes mandatory pronoun policies for staff + employees + students
FALSE (0)
Candidate (mayor/council) supports city/county Christian displays (Ten Commandments, Nativity scenes), invocation prayer at meetings, Sunday-closure where chosen by community
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes city-funded non-Christian religious displays/programming (Ramadan illumination, etc.) at city facilities
FALSE (0)
Candidate (city/county) opposes city participation in CBDC pilot programs + supports cash-acceptance ordinances for local businesses
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) has voted against deficit-bond issuances for non-capital city expenditures + supports balanced city budgets without service cuts via tax increases on residents
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports usury limits, anti-debt-slavery protections, and tithe-friendly tax structures
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city/county) has voted to remove city pension/treasury investment in ESG-aligned funds + opposes city participation in WEF-aligned sister-city programs
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/county election official) supports hand-counted paper ballots at local precincts where state law permits
FALSE (0)
Candidate (city clerk/election official) enforces state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at local precincts
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports single-day in-person voting with absentee only for verified medical/military exceptions
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes mass mail-in voting, drop boxes, and ballot harvesting
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (city clerk/council) refused acceptance of private election-administration grants ('Zuckerbucks')
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports completed physical border barrier and active military border presence
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (DA/sheriff) cooperates with ICE detainers + transfers; (mayor/council) supports local cooperation with ICE rather than sanctuary policies
FALSE (0)
Candidate (city/county) has voted against local sanctuary-city ordinances + supports city cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports mandatory E-Verify for all employment and benefit eligibility
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes birthright citizenship for children of illegal aliens, tourist births, and opposes foreign ownership of U.S. farmland
N/A · out of tier
Candidate (mayor/council) opposes local gun-registry ordinances + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
FALSE (0)
Candidate (city/council) opposes local-ordinance red-flag/magazine/AWB analogs + local gun-shop zoning restrictions
FALSE (0)
1 claim
In 2023, Hogsett's administration passed city-council ordinances banning semi-automatic assault weapons, raising the firearm purchasing age to 21, requiring handgun licenses, and eliminating concealed carry — even though Indiana's state preemption law rendered the measures largely unenforceable, reflecting his active advocacy for gun restrictions the rubric opposes.
- fox59.comUnclassified
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate supports repeal of the National Firearms Act (NFA), Gun Control Act (GCA), and other federal gun regulations
N/A · out of tier
Candidate supports castle doctrine and stand-your-ground laws with full civil immunity for lawful defense
N/A · out of tier
Candidate opposes ATF overreach, citizen disarmament initiatives, and U.N. small-arms treaty participation
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
FALSE (0)
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
FALSE (0)
Candidate supports victim restitution and proportional punishment of evildoers
FALSE (0)
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
FALSE (0)
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
FALSE (0)
Official has asserted local control against unconstitutional state mandates
FALSE (0)
Official has declined state strings that compel ungodly or unconstitutional local policy
FALSE (0)
Official has protected local citizens from state overreach (lockdowns, mandates, ESG)
FALSE (0)
Official affirms subsidiarity — decisions made at the lowest competent level
FALSE (0)
Official has refused to enforce unconstitutional state directives
FALSE (0)
Sources & Evidence
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