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Piedmont-Smith wins nomination for District 1 seat

Isabel Piedmont-Smith
Isabel Piedmont-Smith

Incumbent Isabel Piedmont-Smith has won the nomination for the District 1 seat on Bloomington City Council. 

Piedmont-Smith has served three terms on the council and currently represents what used to be District 5. 

She ran on issues including affordable housing, child care, food security and health care initiatives. She said she wants to follow through on plans to address climate action, transparency in city government and strengthening the local social safety net.  

Piedmont-Smith ran against Joe Lee, a longtime Bloomington Herald-Times cartoonist.

Lucas González is a multimedia journalist for Indiana Public Media. He covers Bloomington city government. Lucas is originally from northwest Ohio and is a Midwesterner at heart. Lucas is an alumnus of Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. Before joining Indiana Public Media, Lucas worked at WRTV, The Times of Northwest Indiana, The Salisbury Daily Times, and The Springfield News-Sun.