Thomas F. Didier
Thomas Didier (Republican Party) was a member of the Fort Wayne City Council in Indiana, representing District 3. He assumed office in 2004. He left office on January 1, 2024.
Didier (Republican Party) ran for election for Mayor of Fort Wayne in Indiana. He lost in the general election on November 7, 2023.
Didier completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Didier was born in Fort Wayne and graduated from Bishop Dwenger High School.[1] He has been a territory manager and salesman for U.S. Foods since 1990. He also has experience as a professional actor and singer.[2]
Elections
2023
See also: Mayoral election in Fort Wayne, Indiana (2023)
General election
General election for Mayor of Fort Wayne
Incumbent Tom Henry defeated Thomas Didier in the general election for Mayor of Fort Wayne on November 7, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tom Henry (D) | 51.9 | 23,947 | |
| Thomas Didier (R) | 48.1 | 22,213 | ||
| Total votes: 46,160 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne
Incumbent Tom Henry defeated Jorge Fernandez in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tom Henry | 78.0 | 5,863 | |
| Jorge Fernandez | 22.0 | 1,654 | ||
| Total votes: 7,517 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne
Thomas Didier defeated Jason Arp, Eddie Ribel, and Jesse Crammer (Unofficially withdrew) in the Republican primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne on May 2, 2023.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Didier | 64.1 | 7,123 | |
| Jason Arp | 33.3 | 3,708 | ||
| Eddie Ribel | 1.5 | 166 | ||
| Jesse Crammer (Unofficially withdrew) | 1.1 | 123 | ||
| Total votes: 11,120 | ||||
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Endorsements
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2019
See also: City elections in Fort Wayne, Indiana (2019)
General election
General election for Fort Wayne City Council District 3
Incumbent Thomas Didier defeated John Henry in the general election for Fort Wayne City Council District 3 on November 5, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Didier (R) | 64.1 | 5,289 | |
| John Henry (D) | 35.9 | 2,964 | ||
| Total votes: 8,253 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Fort Wayne City Council District 3
John Henry defeated Palermo Galindo in the Democratic primary for Fort Wayne City Council District 3 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | John Henry | 55.1 | 484 | |
| Palermo Galindo | 44.9 | 395 | ||
| Total votes: 879 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Fort Wayne City Council District 3
Incumbent Thomas Didier defeated Mike Thomas in the Republican primary for Fort Wayne City Council District 3 on May 7, 2019.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Thomas Didier | 56.3 | 1,485 | |
| Mike Thomas | 43.7 | 1,153 | ||
| Total votes: 2,638 | ||||
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2015
The city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election took place on May 5, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 6, 2015. All nine city council seats were up for election.[3]
In the Republican primary election for District 3, incumbent Thomas F. Didier defeated Mark Stafford. No Democratic or third party candidates filed for District 3. Didier was unopposed in the general election.[4][5]
| Fort Wayne City Council, District 3 Republican Primary, 2015 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
 Thomas F. Didier Incumbent |
73.2% | 1,240 | ||
| Mark Stafford | 26.8% | 455 | ||
| Total Votes | 1,695 | |||
| Source: Allen County, Indiana, "Official primary election results," accessed May 20, 2015 | ||||
Campaign themes
2023
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Didier completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Didier's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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On council I never shied away from making tough decisions and standing behind them, like supporting the once-controversial Harrison Square development that brought Fort Wayne’s TinCaps downtown. I most recently held Mayor Henry accountable to the commitments the city made with the developers of the Electric Works project.
Professionally I was in sales for U.S. Foods for over three decades. I got started cutting meat for my dad, Marshall, at Didier Meats and now help my sister at Tim Didier Meats. Every day he works with small businesses across Fort Wayne helping them meet their needs and keeping the local economy moving.
I am a faithful Catholic and enjoys singing at church. Fort Wayne Komets fans know him from singing our National Anthem at many games. He is married to Mary (Gabet) Didier and has three children, Paul, Paige, and Lauren, and a grandson named Colton.- I want to implement community-oriented policing. I will do this by bringing in a leadership team that understands reorganizing patrol districts. Under my leadership Fort Wayne's police department will place an emphasis on connecting with members of the community they serve and being in a position to address the priorities of their local neighborhoods and will be evaluated on their success.
- Empowering neighborhood leaders is critical to steering future growth and preserving unique community identities. Decisions about public infrastructure investments has gradually become more concentrated downtown over the last 16 years, leaving neighborhoods out of the discussion and stifling the development of new leaders. I will restore CEDIT funds distributed by city council for local projects, implement leadership development curriculum for neighborhood leaders and foster challenge grounds to encourage neighborhoods to partner with business districts to market their community more effectively.
- I wan to reform the existing budget process and move away from the current process which neglect's Fort Wayne's needs. I have fought to reduce our debt and scale back tax increases while serving on city council. I will return every dollar possible to Fort Wayne taxpayers. By moving Fort Wayne to a zero-based budget process every city department will examine what they are doing and why they are doing it. This process provides different options of service levels to help city council members prioritize city services.
U.S. Senator Mike Braun
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2019
Thomas Didier did not complete Ballotpedia's 2019 Candidate Connection survey.
Personal
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Didier and his wife Mary have three children: Paul, Paige and Lauren. He is an active member of the Catholic Church and is also a member of the Hecketts' Ridge Neighborhood Association. In his spare time he enjoys singing; he has sung at various community events, including home games of the Fort Wayne Komets hockey team.[1]
See also
2023 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedbio - ↑ LinkedIn, "Tom Didier Profile," accessed August 27, 2015
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2015 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed January 6, 2015
- ↑ Allen County Board of Elections, "2015 Primary Candidate Filings," accessed February 10, 2015
- ↑ Allen County, "2015 Primary Election Results," accessed May 5, 2015
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| Preceded by - |
Fort Wayne City Council District 3 2004-2024 |
Succeeded by Nathan Hartman (R) |
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