Tom Henry
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| Tom Henry | |
| Image:T Henry-1.jpg Tom Henry | |
| In office 2008 - 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Graham Richard (D) |
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| Constituency | City of Fort Wayne |
| Born | November 8, 1951 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Cindy Kocks Henry |
| Children | Two |
| Residence | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Religion | Catholic |
Tom Henry is an American politician, former Fort Wayne City Councilman and the Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has a MBA from the University of St. 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.
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[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.[1]
On November 6th, 2007, Henry won the election with 60% of the vote versus Kelty's 40% .
