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2024 VOTER GUIDE GET TO KNOW YOUR BALLOT U.S. SENATE
PRESIDENTIAL KAMALA HARRIS
VALERIE MCCRAY
Harris served as California’s attorney general and U.S. Senator before becoming vice president under Joe Biden. She received the Democratic nomination in August after Biden dropped out of the race.
McCray is looking to become Indiana’s first Democratic Senator since Joe Donnelly left office in 2019. She is from Indianapolis and earned a doctorate from the University of Michigan in psychology. She’s held a variety of positions in clinical psychology, including working with military, prison and youth programs.
Democrat
Democrat
DONALD TRUMP Republican
JIM BANKS
Trump was elected president in 2016 against Democrat Hillary Clinton, working in business and TV beforehand. He lost his bid for reelection in 2020 to Joe Biden.
Republican
Banks is looking to take over Mike Braun’s senate seat, after serving as a representative for seven years. He’s from Columbia City and graduated from IU with a degree in political science. After that, he worked in the state senate from 2010-16.
GOVERNOR JENNIFER MCCORMICK
ANDY HORNING
Democrat
Libertarian
McCormick is running for governor as a Democrat, hoping to flip the office from Republican control. Once Indiana’s Republican superintendent of public instruction, winning would make her Indiana’s first Democratic governor in nearly two decades.
Horning is running for senator as a Libertarian. In 2004, he unsuccessfully ran to represent Indiana’s 7th congressional district as a Republican. Before entering politics, he worked in a mostly clinical background.
MIKE BRAUN Republican
INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL DESTINY WELLS
Braun is now one of Indiana’s U.S. senators and is running for governor as a Republican. He’s from Jasper, where he was a small business owner. He later worked in the state house until he ran for Senate in 2018, beating incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly.
Democrat
Wells is running for Attorney General in hopes to become the first Democrat serving in the position since 2001. Wells enlisted in the Army National Guard at 19, after which she served in the military for two decades. She worked as Indiana deputy attorney general from 2018-19. She ran unsuccessfully for Indiana secretary of state in 2022.
DONALD RAINWATER Libertarian
Rainwater is running for governor as a Libertarian. His bid in 2020 was unusually successful, in which he got 11% of the vote. Rainwater is from Indianapolis and spent eight years in the U.S. Navy. He spent much of his time afterward in management positions and in software engineering.
TODD ROKITA Republican
Editor’s note: This section references instances of sexual assault.
Rokita is seeking reelection as attorney general, a position he’s held since 2021. Rokita is from Munster and graduated from Wabash College. He’s seen a fairly controversial term. At one point, he was reprimanded by The Disciplinary Commission of the Indiana Supreme Court for comments he made about Caitlin Bernard, a gynecologist who went public about her experience performing an abortion on a 10-year-old rape victim.
IN SENATE - DISTRICT 40 SHELLI YODER Democrat
Shelli Yoder is running for Indiana’s 40th State Senate District, where she’s been since 2020. She lives in Bloomington and earned two master’s degrees in counseling and human services and divinity from IU South Bend and Vanderbilt University respectively. She’s a senior lecturer at the Kelley School of Business.
U.S. HOUSE - IN-9 TIM PECK Democrat
Peck, a registered independent until last year, is running for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District as a Democrat. Before entering politics, he worked in telemedicine and as an emergency physician. The district hasn’t seen a Democrat represent it since 2010.
IN HOUSE - DISTRICT 61 MATT PIERCE Democrat
Matt Pierce is seeking reelection for Indiana’s 61st State House District, a position he’s held for more than two decades. He previously served on Bloomington City Council and teaches at IU’s Media School.
ERIN HOUCHIN Republican
Erin Houchin, a Republican, is looking to retain her seat in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District, which she’s represented since 2023. She’s from Salem and studied psychology at IU, before serving as a state senator from 2014 to 2022. She won her 2022 house race by a 30% margin.
IN HOUSE - DISTRICT 62 THOMAS HORROCKS Democrat
RUSSELL BROOKSBANK Libertarian
Horrocks is running as a Democrat in what’s expected to be one of the Indiana legislature’s most contested seats. He’s worked as a pastor for nearly eight years and previously served in the Indiana Army National Guard.
Russell Brooksbank is running to represent Indiana’s 9th Congressional District as a Libertarian. He’s originally from Cincinnati but moved to Indiana in 1996, after which he worked as a concrete truck driver.
DAVE HALL Republican
Hall, a Republican, is looking to retain his seat in what is expected to be one of Indiana’s closest races — he won in 2022 by less than 100 votes. He owns a crop insurance company and previously served in several government positions in Jackson County.
MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 2 JULIE THOMAS Democrat
MONROE COUNTY COUNCIL Voters can select up to three
CHERYL MUNSON Democrat
TRENT DECKARD Democrat
DAVID HENRY Democrat
MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONER - DISTRICT 3 JODY MADEIRA Democrat
JOE VANDEVENTER Republican