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Krista Henery
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) - Come November, a Republican state senator will have a Democratic challenger.
Area Democrats held a caucus Saturday afternoon to choose a Democrat to take on Brandt Hershman in the race for state senate district 7.
Democrats voted on Brad Thompson of Carrol County to fill the vacancy.
Thompson has been a union president at Tate and Lyle for the 12 years.
He said two major issues he wants to work on if he is elected in November would be jobs and education.
"We want good paying jobs in the state and public education. They've practically gutted public education and have cut funds and I believe we need to re-store funding and take care of our children," Democrat Candidate for State Senate, District 7,
Brad Thompson said.
Since redistricting last year, District 7 is made up of parts of Jasper, White, Carroll, Tippecanoe, Clinton, and Boone Counties.
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Why I'm qualified to be your State Senator
Why do I know I'm qualified to be your 7th district State Senator? First, I'm a born and raised in Indiana native, so I have deep roots in this state which translates to a love for everything Hoosier. I understand Hoosier values and expectations.
What we have been experiencing since we elected an outsider Mitch Daniels is a loss of Hoosier values and expectations. Mitch came to Indiana and apparently didn't approve of our time zone, our public education, or our place in the industrial rust belt that was home to good paying union jobs. He seemed to want us to be more in line with impoverish states like Mississippi and Alabama, where poor education and low paying jobs are the accepted norm.
My opponent Brandt Hershman must have agreed because along with fellow Republicans have went out of their way to eliminate the middle class in Indiana. (See my blog post Brandt Hershman: Politics that hurt). The problem is that Mitch Daniels and his Republican party are being led by the money thrown at them by out of state interest that have no concern about the well being of Indiana citizens..http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
After making several trips to Indianapolis over the A.L.E.C. led Right to Work Law and meeting some of our elected officials I came away with a clear picture that the Statehouse was full of arrogant , self serving Representatives that had no concern over the real problems facing Indiana.
After talking with several knowledgeable people, I decided that I would run for state wide office to help bring the concept of a citizen Legislature back to Indiana and rid ourselves of career self serving politicians like Brandt Hershman .
I am a 54 year old life long Indiana native.I have worked in the agriculture field most of my life starting out employed by a farmer building grain bins and working his farm. I also spent 16 years working for Ralston Purina and Cargill. At Cargill, I was elected president of the Federation of Grain Millers local union 702.
I then went to work at A.E. Staleys now called Tate & Lyle where I have been president on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1070 http://teamsters1070.org/ for 15 of the last 17 years . I believe this experience of leading two Unions and successfully representing workers interests and dealing with 2 multi- billion dollar corporations will help me represent the citizens of the 7th district as their Senator.
My ability to work with the Company and provide a safe profitable working environment for both Company and union members will go a long way in the hostile Indiana Legislature where only the strong survive. Regardless of ideology, both parties have to work together for the good of all citizens. As with the union and company, sometimes it takes someone to pull sides together to get goals accomplished but also be strong willed enough to not cave into the special interests and money.
My belief is Brandt Hershman is a follower who is not representing Indiana 7th district residents but is following directives from Republican leaders who in turn are representing out of state interests that do not have the best interests of Indiana at heart. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians
This is why I know I'm qualified to be Indiana 7th district State Senator because I will look out for the best interest of the citizens. I am the one and only working class candidate.
Thank You,
ELECT BRAD THOMPSON
FOR 7th DISTRICT STATE SENATE
What we have been experiencing since we elected an outsider Mitch Daniels is a loss of Hoosier values and expectations. Mitch came to Indiana and apparently didn't approve of our time zone, our public education, or our place in the industrial rust belt that was home to good paying union jobs. He seemed to want us to be more in line with impoverish states like Mississippi and Alabama, where poor education and low paying jobs are the accepted norm.
My opponent Brandt Hershman must have agreed because along with fellow Republicans have went out of their way to eliminate the middle class in Indiana. (See my blog post Brandt Hershman: Politics that hurt). The problem is that Mitch Daniels and his Republican party are being led by the money thrown at them by out of state interest that have no concern about the well being of Indiana citizens..http://alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
After making several trips to Indianapolis over the A.L.E.C. led Right to Work Law and meeting some of our elected officials I came away with a clear picture that the Statehouse was full of arrogant , self serving Representatives that had no concern over the real problems facing Indiana.
After talking with several knowledgeable people, I decided that I would run for state wide office to help bring the concept of a citizen Legislature back to Indiana and rid ourselves of career self serving politicians like Brandt Hershman .
I am a 54 year old life long Indiana native.I have worked in the agriculture field most of my life starting out employed by a farmer building grain bins and working his farm. I also spent 16 years working for Ralston Purina and Cargill. At Cargill, I was elected president of the Federation of Grain Millers local union 702.
I then went to work at A.E. Staleys now called Tate & Lyle where I have been president on the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 1070 http://teamsters1070.org/ for 15 of the last 17 years . I believe this experience of leading two Unions and successfully representing workers interests and dealing with 2 multi- billion dollar corporations will help me represent the citizens of the 7th district as their Senator.
My ability to work with the Company and provide a safe profitable working environment for both Company and union members will go a long way in the hostile Indiana Legislature where only the strong survive. Regardless of ideology, both parties have to work together for the good of all citizens. As with the union and company, sometimes it takes someone to pull sides together to get goals accomplished but also be strong willed enough to not cave into the special interests and money.
My belief is Brandt Hershman is a follower who is not representing Indiana 7th district residents but is following directives from Republican leaders who in turn are representing out of state interests that do not have the best interests of Indiana at heart. http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=ALEC_Politicians
This is why I know I'm qualified to be Indiana 7th district State Senator because I will look out for the best interest of the citizens. I am the one and only working class candidate.
Thank You,
ELECT BRAD THOMPSON
FOR 7th DISTRICT STATE SENATE
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Unbelievable !!!!!!!!!!!!
What was your first thought when you heard that Education funding had been cut by over 320 million dollars? My thoughts were this is the worst thing that could happen to the children of Indiana. My second thought was how can this be justified? The Republican Legislature would have had to weigh every possible option before hurting our children. After all, education is the key to our children' s success. Every possible stone had to have been turned over to do this!
Well I was wrong!! Amazingly our State came up with $320 plus million they had misplaced. How could this be possible? Only an inept poorly lead government could lose $320 plus million especially after cutting the same amount in Education funding for our children. Now you would think coincidentally that with such a happening the Republican lead Legislature would have immediately restored these devastating cuts. Wrong again. Apparently our Republican lead leaders don't find our children's education as important as you and I.
So, right when we as taxpayers and voters in Indiana had thought they had heard it all, our Republican Government found another $200 plus million laying around. Of course, this was owed to different counties and will be released to them. So, in total, our inept, poorly managed Republican government misplaced over 500 million dollars. Another way to say that is they misplaced a half Billion dollars!! While our public education and children suffered. I can only describe this as ...what word am I looking for... oh yeah UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Please elect Brad Thompson to look out for the best interest of our children. Brandt Hershman has failed them.
Well I was wrong!! Amazingly our State came up with $320 plus million they had misplaced. How could this be possible? Only an inept poorly lead government could lose $320 plus million especially after cutting the same amount in Education funding for our children. Now you would think coincidentally that with such a happening the Republican lead Legislature would have immediately restored these devastating cuts. Wrong again. Apparently our Republican lead leaders don't find our children's education as important as you and I.
So, right when we as taxpayers and voters in Indiana had thought they had heard it all, our Republican Government found another $200 plus million laying around. Of course, this was owed to different counties and will be released to them. So, in total, our inept, poorly managed Republican government misplaced over 500 million dollars. Another way to say that is they misplaced a half Billion dollars!! While our public education and children suffered. I can only describe this as ...what word am I looking for... oh yeah UNBELIEVABLE!!!
Please elect Brad Thompson to look out for the best interest of our children. Brandt Hershman has failed them.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Brandt Hershman; Politics that hurt
Senator Hershman voted for Mitch Daniels across the board budget that cut public education funding by $300 plus million. Increased classroom sizes and lack of teaching tools make it harder for our children to get a quality education. Quality education is fundamental for the success of our children.
Senator Hershman voted for the Right to Work Law driving down wages and benefits for all workers,union and non-union. RTW won't create jobs it hasn't in other states. Indiana was one of the top states in creating jobs before the RTW Law.http://www.badforindiana.org/
Brandt Hershman voted to do away with federal funding of medicaid and medicare. Supposedly, Indiana taxpayers will take on the burden of providing their citizens with these programs. The Republicans call this State compact. I call it a disaster for both recipients and taxpayers.
So, to summarize Brandt Hershman's voting record it has hurt the children, the elderly, the working middle class, the poor, minorities and practicably all citizens of Indiana.
Can we the citizens of the 7th district survive another Brandt Hershman term?
Senator Hershman voted for the Right to Work Law driving down wages and benefits for all workers,union and non-union. RTW won't create jobs it hasn't in other states. Indiana was one of the top states in creating jobs before the RTW Law.http://www.badforindiana.org/
Brandt Hershman voted to do away with federal funding of medicaid and medicare. Supposedly, Indiana taxpayers will take on the burden of providing their citizens with these programs. The Republicans call this State compact. I call it a disaster for both recipients and taxpayers.
So, to summarize Brandt Hershman's voting record it has hurt the children, the elderly, the working middle class, the poor, minorities and practicably all citizens of Indiana.
Can we the citizens of the 7th district survive another Brandt Hershman term?
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