Made up of 50 members, the Indiana State Senate is the upper chamber in the Indiana General Assembly. Each senator represents a district of about 130,000 residents, and is elected to four year terms not subject to term limits; senators in 25 districts are on the ballot this year. The lieutenant governor of Indiana presides over the Senate as the president of the Senate. Primary responsibilities of a senator include writing and voting on legislation, overseeing programs enacted by the executive branch, holding hearings on proposed laws and policies, and redistricting in collaboration with other senators and the House of Representatives.
Campaign Phone (Include area code)
7657607463
Education (degree/year/where)
BS 1990 Ball State University AS Vincennes University 1988
Occupation
Executive Coach
Experience and qualifications
Andrew’s civic interests are focused on organizational leadership, strategic and accessible municipal governance, endeavors that reduce poverty and increase seniors to stay in their homes, and the positive expansion of economic vitality for communities. Andrew is co-founder and director emeritus of the Shafer Leadership Academy, chairperson of the Delaware County Democratic Party and serves as president of the Muncie Fire Merit Commission and as a board member of the Whitely Community Council.
Community involvements
Early in Andrew’s career he served by appointment as the director of Community Development for the City of Muncie and as director of Community Affairs and Economic Development for the City of York, Pennsylvania. In addition to his current community services activities, he previously served in volunteer board positions that include organizations like LifeStream Services, IU Health BMH Foundation, the YMCA of Muncie, Masterworks Chorale, the Muncie Industrial Revolving Loan Fund and the Muncie Redevelopment Commission.
Incumbent?
No
Previously sought/Held offices
Mayor of Muncie, Indiana 2019
All of the above are vitally important efforts to restore our public education system in Indiana so that Indiana's best future can be attained in the coming years. Clearly, items #2 and #4 are lead dominos to make much of what is listed happen successfully; repairs to the 2025 property tax reform bill (SEA-1) would go a long way as well. But, there are other non-monetary efforts that should be undertaken, such as the lessening of duplicative state reporting measures, making efforts by the Indiana State Legislature to dissolve and consolidate Indiana school corporations something that needs to be undertaken in the light of day rather than buried in funding bills, and return school board elections to be non-partisan rather than partisan.
#6 Abortion should be a decision left entirely to a woman and her physician.
1. Data center development in Indiana is a reality for our future but I believe policy needs created and adopted which recognizes the real and tangible and proactive benefit of energy renewables in Indiana over the expansion of data centers. Without technological advances in how data centers consume water and electrical power we cannot support both renewables and data center development in Indiana. Indiana's farmland, given its geographic location, over the next 25, 50 and 75 years will prove to be ever more valuable for our nation and world's wellbeing as climate change will impact our way of life. It's critical that we make prescient decisions today which will benefit future generations of Hoosiers and the people of our country and world.
4. This is not a theory based proposition but rather a question answered in practice; it's demonstrable in East Central Indiana. Randolph County, which is wholly part of Indiana Senate District 26, is leader in Indiana for wind and solar renewables. Other surrounding counties are also making real headway in developing renewable infrastructures which are good for our environment, pocket books and public institutions as they come off abatement schedules; key beneficiaries being our local units of government and school corporations, not to mention farmers and property owners.
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4. I fully support wind energy-ready community standards in Indiana and, specifically, Delaware and Randolph counties, which make up Indiana Senate District 26.
4. People should not have to explain why they're submitting an absentee ballot.
4. I fully support giving the responsibility for redistricting to a citizen commission that includes equal representation of Democrat, Republican, and Independent voters. Furthermore, I believe redistricting should only be addressed and passed within eighteen months after decennial census data is released.
4. I fully support ranked choice voting.
4. I support closed primaries.
