This week we're previewing races for the May 3 Indiana primary election.
U.S. House of Representatives: District 4 (R)
Republican Kevin Grant is a retired military officer, decorated combat veteran, and college professor. His goals, if elected, include balancing the federal budget, defeating terrorist groups, keeping God in the public sphere, promoting job growth and more. Grant is married with one son. Grant says incumbent Todd Rokita has lost touch with voters, and that he is a "yes-man" to the Republican leadership in Washington D.C.
Republican Todd Rokita (I) is serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's District 4. He was first elected in 2010, and previously served as Indiana's Secretary of State from 2003 to 2010. Rokita serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee. Rokita is married and has two children. Rokita is also Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Democrat John Dale is running uncontested in the primary election for the District Four seat.
U.S. House of Representatives: District 5 (D)
Democrat Allen Davidson is a highway engineer at the Indiana Department of Transportation and has previously worked with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University. Davidson previously sought the Democratic nomination for this seat in 2014, but was defeated in the primary election by Shawn Denney.
Democrat Angela Demaree is a sixth generation Hoosier, a veterinarian and a veteran. She currently serves as a Major in the Army Reserves and was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2012. She is a graduate of Purdue University and has worked as the Equine Medical Director of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission and in private practice.
U.S. House of Representatives: District 5 (R)
Republican Susan Brooks (I) is serving as the representative for Indiana's District Five, first elected in 2012. Brooks is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Indiana University and Marian University. She is married with two children. Brooks has previously served as Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana and a criminal defense attorney.
Republican Stephen MacKenzie is an executive business consultant in the franchise industry and a new business development director in the architectural graphics industry. MacKenzie is a graduate of Baptist Bible College and Drexel University. He is a veteran, having served nearly two decades in the Air Force Reserve. He has served two tours of duty. MacKenzie is married and has three children.
Republican Mike Campbell has previously run for this office in 2014. Prior to that, he ran for the Republican nomination in District Four in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and in District Two in 2000.
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Republican Kevin Grant is a retired military officer, decorated combat veteran, and college professor. His goals, if elected, include balancing the federal budget, defeating terrorist groups, keeping God in the public sphere, promoting job growth and more. Grant is married with one son. Grant says incumbent Todd Rokita has lost touch with voters, and that he is a "yes-man" to the Republican leadership in Washington D.C.
Republican Todd Rokita (I) is serving as the U.S. representative for Indiana's District 4. He was first elected in 2010, and previously served as Indiana's Secretary of State from 2003 to 2010. Rokita serves as the Vice Chairman of the House Budget Committee. Rokita is married and has two children. Rokita is also Chairman of the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Democrat Allen Davidson is a highway engineer at the Indiana Department of Transportation and has previously worked with the Indiana Department of Environmental Management. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University. Davidson previously sought the Democratic nomination for this seat in 2014, but was defeated in the primary election by Shawn Denney.
Democrat Angela Demaree is a sixth generation Hoosier, a veterinarian and a veteran. She currently serves as a Major in the Army Reserves and was deployed as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2012. She is a graduate of Purdue University and has worked as the Equine Medical Director of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission and in private practice.
Republican Susan Brooks (I) is serving as the representative for Indiana's District Five, first elected in 2012. Brooks is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Indiana University and Marian University. She is married with two children. Brooks has previously served as Deputy Mayor of Indianapolis, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana and a criminal defense attorney.
Republican Stephen MacKenzie is an executive business consultant in the franchise industry and a new business development director in the architectural graphics industry. MacKenzie is a graduate of Baptist Bible College and Drexel University. He is a veteran, having served nearly two decades in the Air Force Reserve. He has served two tours of duty. MacKenzie is married and has three children.
Republican Mike Campbell has previously run for this office in 2014. Prior to that, he ran for the Republican nomination in District Four in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2010, and in District Two in 2000.