Democrat Leesburg Man Seeking District 22 Seat Held By Nisly
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Jennifer [email protected]
Smith made the announcement during Saturday night’s Kosciusko County Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
The primary is in May and the election is in November 2016.
The seat is currently held by Republican Curt Nisly. Smith said he still needs to file a statement of his candidacy.
Smith, 27, is employed by Parker Hannifin, Goshen, as a lab technician.
He is a recent graduate of the Indiana Democratic Party’s Emerging Leaders Program.
He graduated with honors from Warsaw Community High School in 2007, and then Valparaiso University in 2011 with a degree in international economics and cultural affairs.
“I would like to be your next state representative because for far too long millennial issues have been ignored by the GOP supermajority. The supermajority has eliminated the inheritance tax for the one percent, has cut corporate taxes and now wants to eliminate the business personal property tax,” Smith said.
He said he is a middle-class Hoosier with student loan debt. However, instead of cutting taxes for struggling student loan borrowers, he said one of the first acts of the GOP majority in 2010 was to cap the length a person could deduct their student loan interest from their state taxes to just five years.
“I want to be your next state representative because when I’m in Indianapolis, unlike our current extremist representative, I will be a tireless and firm advocate for the orthopedic capital of the world,” Smith said.
He spoke about President Barack Obama’s Affordable care Act and said it is a historic piece of legislation that has provided 11.3 million Americans with affordable healthcare and has pushed the rate of uninsured to an all-time low.
“The 2.3 percent medical device tax has hampered research and development and industry growth. I believe this provision has proven itself unnecessary as the cost of the law has come in billions below expectations,” Smith said.
Smith said bigotry, racial intolerance and homophobia persists in society.
“For this reason Indiana needs to amend its civil rights to protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by adding four simple words: Sexual orientation, gender identity,” Smith said.
He said he wants to take back District 22.
“Let’s end the senseless and breathtaking assault on our public school teachers and our phenomenal superintendent of public instruction. Let’s get ideology out of the classroom. Let’s take our community back from extremists and put common sense ideas that help student loan borrowers, that keep the orthopedic industry strong and make Indiana a welcoming place for all Hoosiers,” Smith said.[[In-content Ad]]
Smith made the announcement during Saturday night’s Kosciusko County Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
The primary is in May and the election is in November 2016.
The seat is currently held by Republican Curt Nisly. Smith said he still needs to file a statement of his candidacy.
Smith, 27, is employed by Parker Hannifin, Goshen, as a lab technician.
He is a recent graduate of the Indiana Democratic Party’s Emerging Leaders Program.
He graduated with honors from Warsaw Community High School in 2007, and then Valparaiso University in 2011 with a degree in international economics and cultural affairs.
“I would like to be your next state representative because for far too long millennial issues have been ignored by the GOP supermajority. The supermajority has eliminated the inheritance tax for the one percent, has cut corporate taxes and now wants to eliminate the business personal property tax,” Smith said.
He said he is a middle-class Hoosier with student loan debt. However, instead of cutting taxes for struggling student loan borrowers, he said one of the first acts of the GOP majority in 2010 was to cap the length a person could deduct their student loan interest from their state taxes to just five years.
“I want to be your next state representative because when I’m in Indianapolis, unlike our current extremist representative, I will be a tireless and firm advocate for the orthopedic capital of the world,” Smith said.
He spoke about President Barack Obama’s Affordable care Act and said it is a historic piece of legislation that has provided 11.3 million Americans with affordable healthcare and has pushed the rate of uninsured to an all-time low.
“The 2.3 percent medical device tax has hampered research and development and industry growth. I believe this provision has proven itself unnecessary as the cost of the law has come in billions below expectations,” Smith said.
Smith said bigotry, racial intolerance and homophobia persists in society.
“For this reason Indiana needs to amend its civil rights to protect the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community by adding four simple words: Sexual orientation, gender identity,” Smith said.
He said he wants to take back District 22.
“Let’s end the senseless and breathtaking assault on our public school teachers and our phenomenal superintendent of public instruction. Let’s get ideology out of the classroom. Let’s take our community back from extremists and put common sense ideas that help student loan borrowers, that keep the orthopedic industry strong and make Indiana a welcoming place for all Hoosiers,” Smith said.[[In-content Ad]]
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