Underdog wins in Fort Wayne

The self-proclaimed underdog won the Republican nomination for Fort Wayne mayor on Tuesday and will face a former City Council member in November to become the new leader of Indiana’s second-largest city.\nMatt Kelty, an architect who has never held public office, received 50 percent of the vote in unofficial returns to defeat Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters, who had about 47 percent. Former City Councilman Tom Henry easily won the Democratic primary in seeking to succeed Mayor Graham Richard.\nKelty ran in the primary campaign focusing on his conservative values and his vision for a city with a smaller, less intrusive government and garnered the support of many anti-abortion and pro-family groups. He said his strategy won’t change come the fall.\n“I’ll work my tail off,” he said. “I look forward to redoubling the work of our campaign.”\nPeters had the backing of nearly all elected Republican officials in Allen County, but Tuesday night urged his supporters to back Kelty’s campaign.\nHenry, the Democratic nominee, said he would run an active campaign against Kelty, who narrowly lost a 2002 bid to unseat Democratic state Rep. Win Moses Jr.