Andrew Dale
Andrew Dale (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 26. Dale is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026.[source]
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Biography
Andrew Dale graduated from Burris Laboratory School. Dale earned an associate degree from Vincennes University in 1988 and a bachelor's degree from Ball State University in 1990. Dale's career experience includes working as a business consultant.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
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Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 26
Andrew Dale (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 26 on May 5, 2026.
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Republican primary
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Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 26
Incumbent Scott Alexander (R) and Katherine Nunley-Kritsch (R) are running in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 26 on May 5, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Andrew is married to The Reverend Ramona Dale, a Presbyterian minister, and has four children.
Andrew’s civic interests are focused on organizational leadership, strategic and accessible municipal governance, endeavors that reduce poverty and increase seniors to stay in their homes, and the positive expansion of economic vitality for communities.
Andrew is co-founder and director emeritus of the Shafer Leadership Academy, chairperson of the Delaware County Democratic Party and serves as president of the Muncie Fire Merit Commission and as a board member of the Whitely Community Council. He attends Saint Andrew Presbyterian Church and serves as an elder and deacon.
Early in Andrew’s career he served by appointment as the director of Community Development for the City of Muncie and as director of Community Affairs and Economic Development for the City of York, Pennsylvania. He also managed and owned his family’s business, David Dale Designs.- Utility costs are too high. It’s time our state legislature got out of the backseat with utility interests and into the driver’s seat when it comes to regulating ever-ascending utility costs.
Childcare needs to be recognized as an economic issue that needs fixed, once and for all.
Housing is an issue on several fronts, from affordability to availability and condition and safety, to the hardship that’s created by Indiana’s flat-footed approach to how tax sale properties are handled. And, it’s time that our state legislature takes a far more comprehensive approach to issues of homelessness by approaching the issue as an opportunity rather than a criminal matter.
Healthcare, especially rural healthcare, needs to be preserved and strength. - The prohibition of unlawful dissolutions of Indiana school corporations must be drafted and set into law. There’s a movement being pursued by Indiana’s Governor and Republican legislators to dissolve smaller school corporations which is disproportionately damaging to rural counties like Delaware and Randolph County. Randolph County is currently experiencing this through the dissolution of Union School Corporation. Indiana’s educational voucher system bleeds Indiana’s public schools both financially and structurally in the short- and moderate-term, and in the long-term limits the promise of public education which has received historic investment. It’s time to make a course correction on how and where our public education dollars are spent.
- I’m an advocate for evenhanded approaches to achieve responsible growth. This means courting less data center development in exchange for incentivizing renewables, such as wind and solar. Randolph County is a leader on this front and has had tremendous success in its pursuit of balancing farmland usage and energy productivity. Delaware County can be as well. It’s a no-brainer. I’m a believer that Delaware County could very well grow a much larger portion of its economy around the education industry, which is well within our reach. In the case of Randolph County, we must protect our farming community, rural health and identify how key industry growth can be supported and attained over the coming decades.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 5, 2026
