Preceded by Jonathan Weinzapfel Name Lloyd Winnecke Children Danielle Winnecke Religion Roman Catholic Party Republican Party | Occupation Businessman Spouse Carolyn McClintock Political party Republican Role Mayor of Evansville | |
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Born June 6, 1960 (age 63)
Evansville, Indiana ( 1960-06-06 ) Alma mater University of Evansville (B.S.) Residence Evansville, Indiana, United States Office Mayor of Evansville since 2012 Education University of Evansville, Evansville Central High School | ||
Lloyd winnecke candidate for mayor of evansville indiana
Lloyd Winnecke (born June 6, 1960) is the 34th and current mayor of Evansville, Indiana. He was elected in November 2011 and his four-year term began January 1, 2012. In November 2015 Winnecke was re-elected for a second term.
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- Lloyd winnecke candidate for mayor of evansville indiana
- Evansville ind mayor lloyd winnecke s 2015 state of the city speech part 2
- Personal
- County government
- Mayor of Evansville
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Evansville ind mayor lloyd winnecke s 2015 state of the city speech part 2
Personal
Lloyd Winnecke was born in Evansville to Ralph and Shirley, who were lab technicians at Mead Johnson. Winnecke graduated from Central High School in 1978 and attended the University of Evansville where he received a Bachelor's degree in communications. For thirteen years prior to running for mayor, he worked as Senior Vice President and Marketing Director for Fifth Third Bank. Prior to joining the bank, Lloyd spent 17 years in television news, most recently as News Director at WEHT News 25. Winnecke lives in downtown Evansville. He is married to Carolyn McClintock and has one daughter, Danielle. A Roman Catholic, Winnecke attends St. Mary's Catholic Church in Evansville.
County government
Winnecke has held office continuously since shortly after the 1999 city campaign, when he was selected in a GOP caucus to succeed then-newly elected Mayor Russ Lloyd Jr., on the Vanderburgh County Council. In 2002, in a County Council re-election campaign, Winnecke defeated Democrat Chris Walsh by 61-39 percent. Winnecke had a GOP primary opponent in his 2006 council campaign but no Democratic opponent. As a county councilman he spent three years as president and one year as finance chairman.
In 2008 Winnecke sought a County Commissioners seat and was unopposed. He went on to serve as President of that body. As a county official on both the council and the commissioners he balanced budgets for 11 straight years and held per capita spending to 43% below the state average.
Mayor of Evansville
Winnecke's first term as Evansville Mayor began on January 1, 2012. He is only the third Republican to head the City of Evansville since 1955. In his first year in office he fought for, and secured, a state-funded full cloverleaf at one of the city's busiest intersections at the Lloyd Expressway and U.S. Route 41.
Winnecke sought to improve city hall's responsiveness through the use of a smartphone app that gives Evansville residents a way to report non-emergency issues to city government.
In an effort to boost downtown development and conventions Winnecke spearheaded a number of related projects. He successfully championed a downtown location for a new interdisciplinary academic health science education and research campus affiliated with the Indiana University School of Medicine - Evansville. In 2013 he also proposed a new 253 room convention hotel adjacent to the Ford Center and Old National Events Plaza. The project included a $7 million subsidy for the hotel and an additional $13 million in public funds for a new parking garage, bridges connecting the hotel, Old National Events Plaza and the Ford Center, and improvements to the Events Plaza. However, in December 2014 Old National withdrew from the project and it was delayed until a revised plan with 240 rooms was approved in 2015.
Winnecke opposed the state's proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage and expressed concern over Indiana Senate Bill 101, also known as the Indiana "religious objections" bill, as sending the "wrong message" about the state.