NASW PACE Committee - 2020 Endorsements

NASW PACE endorses and financially contributes to candidates from any party who support NASW’s policy agenda. The national PACE Board of Trustees endorses and contributes to federal candidates, and the NASW-IN Chapter PACE endorses and contributes to local and state level races.

NASW-IN PACE encourages our members to support and vote for the endorsed candidates in your district. If you have the time, we also encourage you to actively campaign for these candidates. If rd you are not sure of the location of your polling place or who is on your ballot for the November 3 election, check online at www.indianavoters.in.gov.

The NASW Indiana PACE committee spent time this summer reviewing voting records for incumbent candidates, reviewing responses to a questionnaire that the committee created, and discussing individual candidate positions on topics that are important to NASW, our members and the clients our members serve. In particular, the committee discussed systemic racism and included potential action steps in our questionnaire of candidates, so that the committee could ascertain their position.

It is the Committee’s belief that the endorsed legislators will continue to support the values and ethics that we as social workers hold dear.

Office Candidate first name Party Attorney General Johnathan Weinzapfel D

Indiana Senate Endorsements 2020 (*Non-Incumbent)

Senate 2 D Senate 28 R Senate 3 D Senate 33 D Senate 7 Tabitha Bartley* D Senate 34 D Senate 8 Mike Bohacek R Senate 32 Belinda Drake* D Senate 10 David Niezgodski D Senate 35 Pete Cowden D Senate 16 Juli Dominguez* D Senate 36 Ashley Eason* D Senate 18 Laura Fred-Smith* D Senate 40 Shelli Yoder* D Senate 20 Ronald Saunders* D Senate 50 R

Indiana House of Representative Endorsements 2020 (*Non-Incumbent)

House 1 Carolyn Jackson D House 41 Gregory Woods* D House 2 D House 43 Tonya Pfaff D House 3 D House 49 Amanda Qualls* D House 4 Debora Porter D House 61 D House 6 Maureen Bauer* D House 30 Dylan McHenry* D House 7 Ross Deal D House 60 Tiffany Grant D Indiana House of Representative Endorsements 2020 (*Non-Incumbent) Continued House 8 D House 65 Paula Staley* D House 9 Patricia Boy D House 71 Rita Fleming D House 11 Keegan Damron D House 77 D House 14 Vernon Smith D House 80 Phil GiaQuinta D House 15 Chris Chyung D House 81 Kyle Miller* D House 16 Michael Lovely* D House 83 Michael Bienz* D House 20 Tim Gust* D House 85 Pablo Hurtado* D House 21 Ryan Liedtky* D House 86 Edward DeLaney D House 25 Alex Sabol* D House 87 D House 26 Chris Campbell D House 88 Pam Dechert* D House 27 D House 94 D House 34 D House 95 John Bartlett D House 35 Melanie Wright D House 96 Gregory Porter D House 36 D House 97 D House 37 Amiee Rivera-Cole* D House 98 D House 39 Ashley Klein* D House 99 D House 40 Kevin Short* D

The NASW Code of Ethics standard states: Social workers should facilitate informed participation by the public in shaping social policies and institutions.

NASW National PACE Endorsements

For the 2020 General Election, NASW National PACE Board of Trustees is endorsing:

• – Candidate, Indiana House District 1 --- https://mrvanforcongress.com/ • Chip Coldiron – Candidate, Indiana House District 3 --- https://www.coldiron4congress.com/ • Joe Mackey – Candidate, Indiana House District 4 --- https://www.joe4hoosiers.com/ • Jeannine Lee Lake – Candidate, Indiana House District 6 --- https://jeannineleelakeforcongress.com/ • Andre Carson – Incumbent, Indiana House District 7 --- http://andrecarson.com/ “It’s easier to spend a few months and money electing the right people than to spend years and a lot of money trying to get the wrong people to do the right things.” - Senator Debbie Stabenow, MSW

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