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Douglas Rapp
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

May 3, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University Fort Wayne, 1999

Graduate

Indiana Wesleyan, 2001

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Years of service

1984 - 2016

Personal
Profession
Chief information officer
Contact

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Douglas Rapp (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 25. He lost in the Republican primary on May 3, 2022.

Rapp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Douglas Rapp's professional experience includes working as a chief information officer and vice president of training. Rapp served in the U.S. Army from 1984 to 2016. He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University, Fort Wayne in 1999 and a graduate degree from Indiana Wesleyan in 2001.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 25

Becky Cash defeated Jen Bass-Patino in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 25 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Becky Cash
Becky Cash (R) Candidate Connection
 
52.7
 
12,370
Image of Jen Bass-Patino
Jen Bass-Patino (D) Candidate Connection
 
47.3
 
11,097

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,467
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 25

Becky Cash defeated Kent Abernathy, Matthew Whetstone, and Douglas Rapp in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 25 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Becky Cash
Becky Cash Candidate Connection
 
39.4
 
2,075
Image of Kent Abernathy
Kent Abernathy Candidate Connection
 
27.1
 
1,426
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Matthew Whetstone
 
26.0
 
1,368
Image of Douglas Rapp
Douglas Rapp Candidate Connection
 
7.6
 
399

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 5,268
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Douglas Rapp completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Rapp's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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I am your neighbor. The person living next to you. A product of the public school system and a proud decorated combat Veteran. One of seven children, I joined the military at the age of 17 as a private and rose to the rank of Major. I worked every job under the sun to put myself through school and obtained a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree. I did two tours in active ground combat and had the honor and privilege to lead America's sons and daughters. After leaving the military, I started my own business and worked as the Advisor to the Indiana Secretary of Commerce for Cyber and National Security. I have started, scaled, and pivoted businesses and worked as an entrepreneur-in-residence for Purdue University. I currently work for a company that connects government, academia, and private industry in order to create tomorrow's technology and workforce. I am obtaining my Ph.D. at Purdue University in West Lafayette where I manage and emerging technology lab.
  • We need to return the government to the people. We have ceded our government to special interests and the political industrial complex.
  • Our government is a well established bureaucracy that anyone can learn. Anyone trying to convince you that political expertise is necessary for representing your neighbors has a motive to do so.
  • Extremism alienates the very people that politicians are supposed to represent. Representing the values of only one religion or one point of view is wrong. Politicians represent all of the constituents.
Small government:

- Keeping the State from competing with industry
- Focusing on the core functions of government.: protecting the people and promoting free enterprise. What you do in your bedroom is your business
- You are all grown adults. You are responsible for the risks you take and you should accept the consequences. Government should not create blanket mandates unless they are to protect the citizenry.
Technology:

- Indiana lacks any depth of knowledge at the legislature in technology. Despite having a huge cybersecurity council, the state still struggle with losing tens of millions of dollars due to cybercriminals. Indiana needs to invest in the infrastructure and companies to create the industry and workforce of the future before we are left behind.
I am a good person willing to serve. My family, my resume, and my life are a testament to my qualities.
The only legacy I wish to leave is that I served honorably and left the world better than I found it. My validation comes from those whose lives I have made better.
My first job was washing dishes at Zoli's Restaurant in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I worked a lot of jobs to put myself through college. I worked in restaurants, I worked in the chemical factories in Texas installing liners in chemical tanks, I was an orderly in critical care and the emergency room, I was a hemodialysis technician - anything I had to do to support my family and pay for college. There was nothing that I was too proud to do to acheive a better life.

Those experiences shaped me as a military leader, as an economic development professional, as a cybersecurity professional, and as an entrepreneur. No private schools, no political appointments - just the ability to recognize the potential in people from all walks of life and make effective teams with them.
Because I am a Republican, I'm supposed to say the Bible, right? I love all books but I am currently rereading Siddhartha by Herman Hesse and A Separate Peace by Jonathon Knowles.
London's Burning by the Clash.
Patience with those who live to serve their own interests.
The relationship between the legislature and the executive branch is pretty clear. There will always be tension and there always should be. Functions such as taxation should be kept in the legislature where the people are represented.
The State's biggest challenges over the next decade will be:

- Understanding technology and moving toward technology enabled industries.
- Creating the workforce of the future.

- Staying away from extremism and sensationalism and fulfilling it's responsibility to ALL of the people regardless of religion, race, or orientation.
First, lets stop using big words to make ourselves look smart. A single chambered legislature is not the system we have. With the technology we have these days, we would could make every issue a popular vote if we wanted. But I don't see either of those proposals being hotly debated in the public square.
No. What citizen of legal voting age isn't qualified to participate in our government? Our government is a well establish bureaucracy that anyone can learn. Anyone who is telling you differently has a motive in doing so.
Non-politician commission
Any Dad joke that will make my grandkids laugh.
Absolutely. We ARE the government. The person "sitting across the aisle" is your neighbor. Your kids go to school together. You go to the same church, mosque, or temple. We all want the same things: security, opportunity, happiness. We just have different view on achieving those goal. If one party had it right all of the time, wouldn't we have figured all of theses things out already?

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