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United States House Representative, Seventh District

The U.S. House of Representatives is one of Congress’s two chambers (the other is the U.S. Senate), and part of the federal government’s legislative branch. Among other duties, representatives introduce bills and resolutions, offer amendments, and serve on committees. The House has several powers assigned exclusively to it, including the power to initiate revenue bills, impeach federal officials, and elect the President in the case of an Electoral College tie.

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    André Carson
    (DEM)

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    George Hornedo
    (DEM)

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    Denise Paul Hatch
    (DEM)

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    Destiny Wells
    (DEM)

Biographical Information

What role should Congress and federal offices play in advancing policies that promote social and racial justice in local communities?

What, if anything, should the federal government do to reduce growing income and wealth inequality in the United States?

What role should the federal government play in promoting social and racial justice at the local level?

What do you see as the nation’s most important foreign policy issues, and how will you address them as a member of Congress?

In what ways should the federal government provide leadership to both state/local governments and international partners to address global climate change?

I support protecting a woman’s right to access birth control, emergency contraception, and to travel for safe, legal abortion care.

I support legalizing and responsibly regulating marijuana for adult use in Indiana.

What measures do you support to improve election security?

How important is it for the federal government to ensure that healthcare is both affordable and accessible for all residents?

Who would you accept campaign contributions from, and are there any sources you would decline?

What else would you like voters to know about your legislative priorities?

Campaign Twitter Handle @Andre4Congress
Campaign Phone 3172269400
Campaign Mailing Address PO Box 1863
Indianapolis, IN 46206
ZIP Code 46206
Congress must play an active role in addressing systemic inequities that disproportionately impact women and particularly women of color -- like healthcare, economic opportunity, and public safety. This includes enforcing civil rights laws, addressing maternal health disparities, expanding access to affordable childcare, and ensuring federal investments reach communities that have historically been overlooked.
The federal government must take bold action to reduce income and wealth inequality, including the gender pay gap, lack of affordable childcare, and barriers to workforce participation. I support raising wages, paid family leave, expanding childcare access, and ensuring economic policies reflect the realities working mothers and caregivers face.
The federal government should set strong national standards and provide the resources needed to address disparities in healthcare, maternal outcomes, education, housing, and economic opportunity.
The United States faces significant global challenges, including ongoing conflicts, humanitarian crises, climate change, and threats to democratic institutions. I continue to prioritize diplomacy, human rights, and stability, while ensuring strong congressional oversight of foreign policy decisions. Our global leadership must reflect our values, including protecting vulnerable populations and promoting equity and human dignity worldwide.
The federal government must lead with urgency by investing in clean energy, strengthening infrastructure, and supporting climate resilience efforts—especially in communities most vulnerable to environmental harm. We must also work closely with international partners to meet global climate commitments and accelerate the transition to a sustainable economy, while ensuring these efforts create jobs and reduce costs for families.
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I support strengthening election security through safeguarding election infrastructure, and providing states with the resources needed to administer secure and efficient elections. At the same time, we must ensure that election security efforts do not create barriers to voting and that every eligible voter can participate with confidence.
This is critically important. Access to affordable healthcare is essential for all families, particularly for women who face unique and often higher healthcare needs, including maternal and reproductive care. The federal government must work to lower costs, expand coverage, and address disparities in care so that no one is forced to choose between their health and financial stability.
I am committed to transparency and integrity in campaign finance. I accept contributions from individuals and organizations that support my work on behalf of working families. I have never allowed anything to impact the way I vote other than the people of Indiana's 7th Congressional District.
I'm focused on lowering costs for families, protecting reproductive rights, addressing maternal health disparities, reducing gun violence, and expanding economic opportunity. I am committed to advancing policies that support women, families, and caregivers, and to ensuring that every person has a fair opportunity to succeed.
Campaign Email George@GeorgeHornedo.com
Campaign Twitter Handle @https://x.com/GeorgeHornedo
Campaign YouTube URL
Campaign Phone 317-354-7073
Campaign Mailing Address PO Box 30068
Indianapolis, IN 46230
ZIP Code 46220
Congress should ensure that federal dollars, programs, and policies actually reach the communities they're intended to serve and that systemic barriers preventing equal access to opportunity are dismantled, not just acknowledged. That means accountability in how federal funding flows to housing, healthcare, education, and economic development, and ensuring Indianapolis neighborhoods that have been historically underinvested receive their fair share. Justice is both a value and a delivery problem. Congress has to own that.
The federal government must make work pay again. That means expanding access to affordable healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, investing in workforce development, and ensuring tax policy doesn't reward wealth accumulation over work. It also means holding corporations and special interests accountable when they extract value from communities without reinvesting in them. The gap between what people earn and what they can afford is a policy failure and it requires policy solutions.
The federal government sets floors, not ceilings. Congress should ensure civil rights protections are enforced, that federal programs are implemented equitably, and that communities have the resources to address entrenched disparities in housing, health, education, and economic opportunity. In Indianapolis, that means being a partner—not a passive observer—in closing gaps that have existed for generations.
Americans are worried about being pulled into conflicts abroad while problems go unaddressed at home. I support strong, smart diplomacy, not endless military commitments. In Congress, I'll demand accountability for how we engage internationally, oppose reckless escalation, and ensure foreign policy reflects the values and interests of working families, not defense contractors.
The federal government must restore its role as a credible climate leader by rejoining international frameworks, setting enforceable emissions standards, and funding the transition to clean energy in a way that creates jobs rather than eliminating them. For Indiana, that means investing in energy infrastructure that lowers utility costs while reducing emissions as well as ensuring communities most affected by pollution have a seat at the table. Climate action and economic relief are the same fight.
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Secure elections require both technical integrity and accessible participation. I support paper ballot backups, auditable voting systems, updated election infrastructure funding, and nonpartisan administration of elections. I also support automatic voter registration, expanded early voting, and robust protections against voter suppression. Election security requires ensuring every eligible voter can cast a ballot and that every ballot is counted accurately.
It's among the most important responsibilities Congress has. Healthcare shouldn't be a luxury. It's the foundation on which everything else in a person's life is built. I support expanding coverage, lowering prescription drug costs, protecting people with pre-existing conditions, and ensuring community health infrastructure is funded at the level our district needs. No one in Indianapolis should be forced to choose between a doctor's visit and paying rent.
This campaign is built on grassroots support, individual donors who believe Indianapolis deserves better representation. I don't accept contributions from corporate PACs or special interest groups whose financial interests conflict with the needs of working families. Money in politics is one of the defining corruption problems of our era and I intend to model the alternative.
Indianapolis is a city of enormous potential being held back by systems that no longer work including rising costs, neglected infrastructure, a healthcare system that leaves too many behind, and a Congress captured by donors instead of constituents. I bring a record of delivering results across government, advocacy, and the private sector, and I'm running because this moment demands urgency, not incumbency. My focus will be on making government work again for the people who need it most, not for the people who fund campaigns.
Secondary Phone 8046158082
Campaign Email denise4indy@gmail.com
Campaign Facebook URL http://www.facebook.com/denise4indy
Campaign Twitter Handle @denisepaulhatch
Campaign Phone 3176228076
Campaign Mailing Address 1018 N Parker Ave
Indianapolis, IN 46201
ZIP Code 46201
It is crucial for Congress to pass legislation to advance and promote social and racial justice in our local community.
Congress needs to change the tax bracket incomes for the rich to increase taxes for the wealthy.
Congress needs to direct funds in promoting social and racial justice at the local level.
Stop the war with Iran, limit the Presidents war powers, stabilize the gas prices and increase access of National Security to members of Congress.
Congress needs to direct funds to the State and Local Governments to address global climate change.
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Congress needs to secure funding to support and improve election security.
As a Democrat, I believe ensuring that medicaid is both affordable and accessible for all residents is not just important—it's one of the most fundamental moral and economic imperatives facing our nation today.
I will deny all donations from AIPAC and Big Corporations.
As a proud Democrat for Congress from Indianapolis, my top priorities are making healthcare affordable and accessible for all Hoosiers by strengthening the ACA, lowering drug prices, and fighting for a public option. I will also create good-paying jobs through infrastructure and green energy, fully fund public education with free community college, protect reproductive rights, pass common-sense gun safety, and defend voting rights. Healthcare is my deepest passion, but these priorities will build a fairer, stronger Indiana for working families.
Campaign Facebook URL http://facebook.com/wellsforindiana
Campaign Twitter Handle @@TheDestinyWells
Campaign Instagram URL http://instagram.com/wellsforindiana
Campaign Mailing Address 2014 Alvord Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Congress sets the rules—and right now, too many communities are still getting left behind. The federal government should ensure that civil rights laws are actually enforced and that federal dollars are spent where they’re supposed to be.

Take housing. We know cities like Indianapolis are dealing with high eviction rates, and at the same time, federal dollars meant to stabilize housing don’t always make it out the door or reach the people who need them most. That’s a failure of oversight. Congress should be asking where that money is, why it’s not being used, and tying future funding to real outcomes.

If we’re investing in communities, people should be able to see and feel the difference in their day-to-day lives.
Right now, people feel like they’re doing everything right and still falling behind—and they’re not wrong. Costs keep rising, wages don’t keep pace, and too many decisions are made to benefit the top rather than the people doing the work.

We have to start by closing the loopholes that let the wealthiest pay less while everyone else carries the load. Beyond tax reform, we need to take on corporate consolidation that drives up prices and rein in private equity firms that buy up housing, jack up rents, and strip value from communities.

At the same time, we should invest directly in people—housing, job training, and small businesses—so folks have a real shot at getting ahead and staying there.
Where you live—and who you are—still shapes what opportunities you have and how systems treat you. That’s not accidental. It’s the result of policies and decisions that built inequity into housing, education, and access to resources over time.

The federal government must confront that directly. That means enforcing civil rights laws, strengthening fair housing protections, and making sure federal dollars are targeted to communities that have been historically underinvested in.
Right now, the biggest issue is credibility—both at home and abroad. We say we stand for abiding by the laws of war and promoting human rights, but too often, Congress steps back and lets military action move forward without any real debate or accountability.

I’ve spent over two decades in military uniform and been deployed to a combat theater. I’ve seen what’s at stake, and I don’t take it lightly. That’s exactly why I believe Congress needs to step up and ask the hard questions.
We’re already seeing the effects of climate change—on infrastructure, on energy costs, on communities that get hit first and hardest. The federal government should be helping fix what’s in front of us: strengthening our grid, investing in projects that actually get built, and making sure those jobs stay here. And when we work with states and local communities, it should be a real partnership—not a top-down mandate.

We also can’t sit on the sidelines globally. I would push the administration to rejoin and lead in international climate agreements—because if we’re not at the table, we’re not setting the terms. If we do this right, it will lower costs here at home and put us back in a position to lead.
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People want to know their vote counts. That means ballots you can verify, post-election audits, and securing systems against outside interference.

At the same time, people need to be able to vote with ease. Early voting, secure vote-by-mail, same-day registration, and clear rules make a difference. When the process is straightforward and transparent, people feel more confident in it.

I don’t support the SAVE Act because it risks making it harder for eligible voters to cast a ballot without meaningfully improving security. We can protect the integrity of our elections without putting up new barriers.

We build trust by running elections that are transparent, secure, and accessible from start to finish.
It’s fundamental. People shouldn’t have to sit at the kitchen table deciding whether they can afford to go to the doctor or fill a prescription. I hear it all the time—folks skipping care, cutting pills in half, hoping nothing gets worse because they can’t afford it.

We have to bring costs down—especially prescription drugs—and make sure people can actually get care when they need it, including mental health. And we should be moving toward a universal healthcare model, where access isn’t tied to your job or your income.

Because, at the end of the day, this determines whether someone can stay healthy, keep working, and take care of their family.
Our campaign is overwhelmingly funded by grassroots, small-dollar donors—and that’s intentional. I don’t take corporate PAC money, especially from defense contractors, utilities, or industries that depend on federal decisions, because I don’t think you can take that money and then claim independence when it matters most.

I’m running to represent constituents, not donors. That means accepting support from people who want accountable leadership—not influence.

We’ve seen what happens when campaigns are funded by the same interests they’re supposed to regulate—decisions get made in back rooms, and people get left out. I’m not interested in carrying those conflicts into Congress.
I want the government to actually show up for people—and that starts with who it’s working for. Right now, too many decisions are being shaped by those already in the room—you don’t just feel it, you see it. Costs go up, accountability is thin, and communities are left to deal with it.

I want to shift how we bring federal dollars back to this district—toward housing stability, mental health infrastructure, and neighborhood-level investment that people can actually see. Not just who has access, but who benefits.

And I’ll be present. This job is about showing up, asking hard questions, and following through—so people here feel the impact in their daily lives, not just during election season.