The new Fishers Democratic Committee recently celebrated its first year, after a core group of active members decided in August 2024 to reorganize the remnants of the Fishers Democratic Club into an official committee of the Hamilton County Democratic Party.

Since then, committee members have participated in events like the Spark!Fishers festival, letting the community know the group exists and inviting people to join. Fishers Committee Chair Deetta Steinmetz said the committee now averages 100 people or more at its monthly meetings, and she hopes to increase that participation leading up to the 2026 midterm election.

Steinmetz said Democrats in Fishers had been loosely organized as a social club for years until the COVID-19 pandemic, which unraveled most of that loose structure. However

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