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State Senator District 19

The Indiana Senate has broad powers to pass laws that affect the daily lives of Indiana citizens. It decides the type of taxes and rates that will be levied on citizens and businesses for State purposes. It can create and abolish agencies of state government. It determines how much will be spent for each of the many government services. It sets the rules for operation of Indiana’s local governments. It determines the amount of state collected tax funds to be distributed to the units of local government for schools, highways and other purposes and designates the basis on which these funds are to be distributed. The 50 Senators are elected to four-year terms but only half our elected every two years. It dictates the procedures for the election of state and local government officials including drawing the voting districts.

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    Blake Fiechter
    (Rep)

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    Travis Holdman
    (Rep)

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    Timothy C. Murphy
    (Dem)

Biographical Information

Are there specific programs or expenditures removed during prior budget sessions that you believe should be restored, and why?

Indiana consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of States for lowest voter turnout. What changes do you champion to improve Indiana’s voter turnout?

How can the state better support families to ensure children have safe, healthy, and stable living conditions?

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Education B.A. - Centre College, M.Div. - Eden Theological Seminary, Ph.D. in Religion - Claremont School of Theology
Current Employment Senior Pastor and Teacher at Plymouth Congregational Church of Fort Wayne
Political Experience first-time candidate, long-time activist
Mailing Address PO Box 9026
Fort Wayne, IN 46899
Website http://murphyfor19.com
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61579964528553
Campaign Email murphyfor19@gmail.com
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I support citizen-led ballot initiatives. Given the unrepresentative nature of Indiana's legislature, even popular policies aren't given a chance to pass into law. However, if there were citizen-led ballot initiatives, issues with a popular majority would have a real chance of passage and would motivate more people to vote.

Even more idealistically, I would eliminate single-member districts won by first-past-the-post pluralities and replace them with a more proportional system so every person's vote mattered regardless of the district you live in.
It can make child care universally available in the state in every county through either subsidies or a state-run system. It can provide paid parental leave, starting at a floor of 13 weeks. It can provide sick pay starting 5 days. It can raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation, and it can eliminate unnecessary administrative paperwork for people to receive state benefits they are otherwise eligible for.
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