Porter County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of 2020,the population was 173,215,making it the 10th most populous county in Indiana. The county seat is Valparaiso. The county is part of Northwest Indiana,as well as the Chicago metropolitan area. Porter County is the site of much of the Indiana Dunes,an area of ecological significance. The Hour Glass Museum in Ogden Dunes documents the region's ecological significance.
Julia May Carson was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for Indiana's 7th congressional district from 1997 until she died in 2007. Carson was the first woman and first African American to represent Indianapolis in the U.S. Congress. She was also the second African American woman elected to Congress from Indiana,after Katie Hall,and her grandson AndréCarson succeeded to her seat following her death.
Earl Fredrick Landgrebe was an American politician and businessman who served as a Republican senator in the Indiana Senate and member of the United States House of Representatives. During the Watergate scandal he defended President Richard Nixon,which cost him his seat in the 1974 congressional election.
H. Jonathon Costas is an American singer,musician and politician serving as mayor of Valparaiso,Indiana. He is a member of the Indiana Commission for Higher Education,an elder law attorney,and a small business owner. He was first elected mayor in 2003 and served until 2020,before being re-elected in 2023.
B. Patrick Bauer is an American politician who served as Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005 and 2007 to 2011. A Democratic member of the Indiana House of Representatives,he has represented the 6th House District since 1970. His district consists primarily of the city of South Bend in St. Joseph County in northern Indiana. On January 28,2020,Bauer announced that he would not be running for reelection.
Karen Rae Tallian is an American politician and attorney who served as a member of the Indiana Senate for the 4th district from December 2005 through October 2021. She was re-elected in 2006,2010 and 2014. While serving in the Senate,Tallian,a progressive,has supported medicinal prescription and the decriminalization of marijuana,and has authored bills in its favor. In 2015,she announced her candidacy for governor of Indiana but dropped out that same year,well before the primary season. Tallian was also a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for Indiana Attorney General in 2020,but lost the nomination to Jonathan Weinzapfel.
Gene D. DiGirolamo served as a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 18th District from 1995 to 2020. He serves as the Bucks County Commissioner after being sworn in on January 6,2020. A special election to fill the remainder of the term was held on March 17 and won by Republican K.C. Tomlinson,whose father,State Senator Tommy Tomlinson,previously held this house seat from 1991 to 1994.
Marlin Andrew Stutzman is an American politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Indiana's 3rd congressional district,from 2010 to 2017. A Republican,Stutzman previously served as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008,representing district 52,and as a member of the Indiana Senate,representing the 13th district,from 2009 to 2010.
Peter Beck is a former Republican member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 54th District from 2009 to 2014.
Bob Peterson is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Ohio Senate from the 17th District,where served as President Pro Tempore. From 2011 to 2012,he served as a member of the Ohio House of Representatives,representing the 85th district. Before being elected to the Ohio House of Representatives,he was Fayette County Commissioner for 14 years. He was first elected as a state representative in November 2010.
Shelli Renee Yoder is an American politician serving in the Indiana Senate for Monroe County,Indiana from Senate District 40. A former Miss Indiana and a Miss America 1993 contestant,Yoder has held positions at a number of nonprofit organizations. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in 2012 and 2016. However,she was defeated both times by Republicans:first by Todd Young and then by Trey Hollingsworth. In June 2020,she won the Democratic primary for Indiana state senate district 40. She was elected on November 3,2020. She was sworn in on November 17,2020.
Sue Ellspermann is an American academic administrator and politician who served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Indiana,from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party,Ellspermann served in the Indiana House of Representatives from the 74th District from 2010 to 2012,representing Warrick,Spencer,and parts of Dubois,and Perry County,Indiana. She resigned as lieutenant governor on March 2,2016,to become the president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana,a position she has held since July 1,2016.
Josh Harms is a former member of the Illinois House of Representatives as a representative for the 106th district from January 2013 to January 2015. This district includes all of Iroquois County and Ford County as well as parts of Vermillion,Livingston and Woodford counties in Central Illinois.
Christina Hale is an American politician and former State Representative of the 87th District in the Indiana House of Representatives,serving from 2012 to 2016. She previously worked as an executive at Kiwanis. In 2020,she was the Democratic nominee for U.S. Representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district,losing to Victoria Spartz by around 4 points.
Rodric D. "Rod" Bray is an American politician from Indiana. A member of the Republican Party,Bray has been a member of the Indiana State Senate since 2012,representing the 37th state Senate district,which comprises all of Morgan County and a portion of Johnson,Owen and Putnam counties.
Joseph Albert "Trey" Hollingsworth III is an American businessman and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Indiana's 9th congressional district from 2017 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party,Hollingsworth served on the House of Representatives Financial Services Committee. Hollingsworth was the vice ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Investor Protection,Entrepreneurship,and Capital Markets and a member of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Diversity and Inclusion.
The 2020 Indiana Attorney General election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Attorney General of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Democratic primary convention was scheduled for June 13,2020. The Republican primary convention was scheduled with a live stream on June 18,2020,followed by mail-in voting between June 22 and July 9.
The 2022 elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place on Tuesday November 8,2022,to elect representatives from all 100 districts in the Indiana House of Representatives. The primary election took place on Tuesday May 3,2022. The Republican Party had held a House majority since 2011.
Daniel Elliott is an American politician from Indiana. A member of the Republican Party,Elliott has served as the Indiana State Treasurer since 2023.
The 2024 elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place on Tuesday November 5,2024,to elect representatives from all 100 Representative districts in the Indiana House of Representatives. The primary elections took place on May 7,2024. The Republican Party has held a House majority since 2011.
