Tom Henry

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35th Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana
Tom Henry
Tom Henry (D-IN)
Incumbent
Assumed office January 1, 2008
Preceded by	Graham Richard
Constituency	City of Fort Wayne

Born	November 8, 1951 Fort Wayne, Indiana
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Cindy Kocks Henry
Profession	Insurance Executive
Religion	Roman Catholic
Second of the 17 children of Marganelle and Jerome Henry.

Tom Henry is an American politician, former Fort Wayne City Councilman, and current Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has a MBA from the University of Saint Francis and is the President and CEO of the Gallant Group, a small insurance company in Fort Wayne. His wife, Cindy, owns The Green Frog, a neighborhood tavern.

1 City Council
2 2007 Mayoral campaign
3 References
4 External links

[edit] City Council

Tom Henry represented the Third District for five terms on the Fort Wayne City Council between 1984 and 2004. He was preceded by Roy Schomburg (R). He narrowly won re-election in 1995 by only 5 votes after the outcome was determined by a recount. He lost a bid for a sixth term in 2003 to Republican Tom Didier.

[edit] 2007 Mayoral campaign

Henry announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for Mayor on 21 February 2007. Henry considered running for Mayor in 1999, but backed out and supported the Democratic challenger that went on to be mayor, Graham Richard.

Henry won the Democratic mayoral primary on 8 May 2007 with 82.4% of the vote against token opposition. He defeated Republican Matt Kelty in the November election with 60 percent of the vote.^[1]