Grant and Madison Counties
District 31
Your community deserves a representative who actually shows up for you.
Here's what neighbors in District 31 are telling us they care most about — and how the votes at the Statehouse have been stacking up against them.
What District 31 Cares About
🏡 Affordable Housing
Renting in Marion shouldn't cost as much as a mortgage. Families deserve safe, stable housing they can actually afford.
🏥 Accessible Healthcare
Too many neighbors are uninsured or underinsured. Healthcare decisions should be made by patients and doctors — not insurance companies.
⚡️Lower Utility Cost
Bills keep going up while utility companies pocket the profits. Hoosiers deserve relief — not rate hike after rate hike.
📝 Fully Funded Public Schools
Strong schools make strong communities. Our kids deserve fully funded classrooms and teachers who are paid what they're worth.
🤱🏽 Working Families First
If you work hard, you should be able to afford groceries, housing, and healthcare. That's not too much to ask.
🫱🏼🫲🏽 Social Safety Nets
Programs like SNAP and Medicaid are a hand up — not a handout. Many Grant County families depend on them to get by.
How Your Current Representative Votes
SCHOOLS & EDUCATION
Universal private school vouchers (2025 HEA 1001)
Expanded taxpayer-funded coupons for private religious schools to families at any income level. Since 2011, Indiana has redirected nearly $4 billion from public schools to private schools. Marion Community Schools have lost over $12.6 million to vouchers since 2017.
Voted YES
Partisan school board elections (2025 SEA 287)
Made school board races partisan, injecting political party politics into local education decisions that should center on kids.
Voted YES
Cuts to special education & On My Way Pre-K (2025 HEA 1001 budget)
The same budget cut On My Way Pre-K eligibility by 15%, slashed special education funds, eliminated PBS funding, and completely cut Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program.
Voted YES
YOUR HEALTH & YOUR HOME
Property tax "relief" that hurt schools (2025 SEA 1)
Promised real tax relief but delivered a max $300 credit — while Indiana public schools are estimated to lose $744 million and local governments $756 million in revenue. Marion Community Schools will lose over $3 million in the next 3 years alone.
Voted YES
Stricter Medicaid eligibility checks (2025 SEA 2 & 2026 SEA 1)
Added more hoops for students, low-income families, the elderly, and immigrants to jump through to keep their coverage — while actual fraud by insurers and hospital systems goes largely unaddressed.
Voted YES
Voted against utility bill relief — three times
Voted against making utility bills tax-free (a 7% reduction), against capping rate hikes at 3%, and against preventing private corporations like BlackRock from taking over Indiana utilities.
Voted YES
(against amendment)
WORKERS & FAMILIES
Eliminate child labor tracking (2026 HB 1302)
Voted to end Indiana's tracking of child labor — removing a basic protection for young workers in our state.
Voted YES
Schools & local governments must cooperate with ICE (2026 SEA 76)
Mandated that Indiana schools and local governments comply and cooperate with federal immigration enforcement — creating fear in classrooms and communities.
Voted YES
Gut environmental & nuclear oversight (2026 SEA 277)
Voted to weaken environmental protections and nuclear plant oversight in Indiana.