Brian Howey
CHICAGO — Until last November, Indiana was home to just one Black female mayor, Gary’s Karen Freeman-Wilson, who served two terms before she was defeated in 2019.
Last November, the so-called glass ceiling began cracking and falling away in earnest across Indiana. Democratic Vanderburgh County Councilwoman Stephanie Terry won the open seat in Evansville, the state’s third-largest city, while Democratic Councilwoman Angie Nelson Deuitch defeated Republican Michigan City Mayor Duane Parry with 60% of the vote the same day. In Lawrence, Councilwoman Deb Whitfield topped Republican Deputy Mayor David Hofmann…