Emily Styron Mayor of Zionsville

YOU’RE A DEMOCRAT. WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO RUN FOR OFFICE IN ZIONSVILLE, WHICH HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN CONSERVATIVE?

I believe we get better government when we have contested elections. It raises the bar for whoever ultimately wins because it raises the community’s awareness of what that particular politician does. I’m a Democrat, so I ran as a Democrat. A number of people I spoke to beforehand strongly encouraged me to run as an Independent because we are such a strong Republican community. But for me, it really wasn’t about winning the election. The whole point of