Bart Peterson: I Wanted to Do Something That Mattered

He was a political novice who knew full well that Indianapolis had not elected a Democrat mayor in more than three decades. But Bart Peterson says he was driven to run by the belief that he could do a good job if given the chance to lead his hometown. He talks about his two terms in office, lessons learned from a stunning upset loss in 2007 and his obsession with dishwashers in a wide-ranging conversation.