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Mayor of Fort Wayne
On the record
Seated by Democratic party caucus to complete Tom Henry’s term after his death in office; she had served on City Council, holding the District 3 seat.
Seated by caucus from City Council; incumbent.
Tucker is a Fort Wayne native and a graduate of Indiana Tech, where she earned two Bachelor of Science degrees, in Management and Human Resources. She was executive director of Vincent Village, the Fort Wayne nonprofit serving homeless families, while holding elected office. In 2012 she founded the Women in Politics Forum, an annual event for engaging women in politics, and in 2021 she founded Project Activate SouthEast Fort Wayne (P.A.S.E.).
Her path to the mayor's office ran through two councils. Elected to the Allen County Council's 1st District seat in 2014 and re-elected in 2018, she was the first Black woman to hold that seat; in 2019 she won Fort Wayne City Council's 6th District seat, again the first Black woman to hold it, and served from 2020 to 2024. When Mayor Tom Henry died in office in March 2024, an Allen County Democratic caucus chose Tucker on 20 April 2024 to succeed him, and she was sworn in on 23 April 2024 as the city's 37th mayor — the first Black mayor in Fort Wayne's history and the second woman to hold the office. She serves the remainder of Henry's term, through 31 December 2027.
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- § 04 — government today
- § 06 — people of the record
Roster cross-checked between the City of Fort Wayne’s official mayors page and the full dated list — sources printed under the roster in § 04; City of Fort Wayne staff directory (cityoffortwayne.in.gov); Wikipedia, "Sharon Tucker"; Indiana University Fort Wayne advisory-board biography.