Ed Coleman (politician)
Ed Coleman is an American politician from Indianapolis, Indiana. He was first elected as an Indianapolis City-County Council member at-large on November 6, 2007, finishing 4th overall in at-large voting (11%). On February 17, Indianapolis city councilmember Edward Coleman publicly announced that he had left the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party 12. Coleman is now arguably the nations highest ranking Libertarian in public office, and the only one in a major city.
Coleman was born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana and is a graduate of Warren Central High School (Indiana). He graduated from the Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana in 2006 with a degree in Nursing. Coleman served in the United States Navy from 1995-1998 where he served as a member of the HS-4 helicopter squadron. While with HS-4 he served on the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72). He then served as a member of the Indiana National Guard from 1999-2006 in the 38th Infantry Division (United States) HHC/MMC Discom.