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Greg Knott
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Greg Knott (Republican Party) (also known as No Bull) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 62. He lost in the Republican primary on May 3, 2022.
Biography
Greg Knott was born in Bloomington, Indiana. He earned an undergraduate degree from Indiana University in May 1997. His professional experience includes working as a defense contractor at Crane NWSC, in IT consulting for a contractor serving the state of Indiana, and as an IT admin and CAD tech for a land surveying, civil engineering, and GIS firm. Knott has served as a member of the NRA, Indiana Gun Rights, and Young Americans for Liberty. He has also served as a volunteer for Seven Oaks Classical School and as a court appointed special advocate for Monroe County.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Dave Hall defeated Penny Githens in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Dave Hall (R)  | 50.1 | 13,037 |
 | Penny Githens (D) | 49.9 | 12,963 | |
| Total votes: 26,000 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Penny Githens defeated Brad Swain in the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Penny Githens | 68.2 | 2,892 |
 | Brad Swain | 31.8 | 1,349 | |
| Total votes: 4,241 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Dave Hall defeated Greg Knott in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dave Hall | 56.7 | 2,896 |
 | Greg Knott | 43.3 | 2,212 | |
| Total votes: 5,108 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Myra Kinser (R)
Campaign finance
2020
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Incumbent Jeff Ellington defeated Alyssa Bailey in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jeff Ellington (R) | 60.4 | 19,036 |
 | Alyssa Bailey (D) | 39.6 | 12,468 | |
| Total votes: 31,504 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Alyssa Bailey advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alyssa Bailey | 100.0 | 5,055 |
| Total votes: 5,055 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62
Incumbent Jeff Ellington defeated Greg Knott in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 62 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jeff Ellington | 69.7 | 4,998 |
| Greg Knott | 30.3 | 2,170 | |
| Total votes: 7,168 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Greg Knott did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Greg Knott completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Knott'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've spent my entire life living in Monroe County. I work at a local Land Surveying, Civil Engineering & GIS firm that I have been at since 2000. In 2014, I was the Republican nominee for County Council District 4 campaigning in opposition to the Food & Beverage Tax and the Convention Center Expansion boondoggle. I own rental properties locally and have seen first hand the abuses of local government which make local housing the least affordable in Indiana. In 2003 I was annexed into the City of Bloomington and am painfully aware of how city government abuses it's citizens and needs reigned in by the original sovereign- The State of Indiana. I'm a 1997 graduate of Indiana University, and worked for a defense contractor at Crane NWSC right out of college. I'm intimately familiar with how important the high paying jobs at Crane are to District 62.
- Reform the Local Income Tax approval process from city taxation without county representation to a countywide voter referendum where every voter's voice is heard.
- Enact Constitutional Carry in Indiana like 16 other States have already successfully implemented. Our gun rights should not be subject to red tape permitting process.
- Enact the Protection at Conception Act - it is the fundamental role of limited government to protect Life (as well as Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, otherwise known as property).
I'm passionate about defending our Indiana and US constitutions, especially our 2nd Amendment (the original purpose of our gun rights are a check on tyranny which protects all of our other rights), and our 10th Amendment (all rights not specifically delegated to the federal government are reserved for The States and the People).
My parents and grandparents because they set a good example. I saw the Rev. Billy Graham speak in Indianapolis as a young man and his message impacted my faith. Politically, I look up to Ronald Reagan, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, and Thomas Massie at the national level because they stand on principle and do not cave to political pressure. They do what is right, even when it is the more difficult thing to do politically. On the state level I look up to State Reps. like Nisly, Judy, Wesco and Stutzman because they stand with party leadership when leadership is right, but are not afraid to stand up to party leadership when it is wrong. I also think State Rep. Jim Lucas has provided important leadership on some critical issues.
Paul: Liberty Defined; Friedman: Capitalism & Freedom; Hayek: Constitution of Liberty; Hayek: Road to Serfdom; Mill: On Liberty; von Mises: Human Action; Smith: Wealth of Nations
Good Judgement, independence from party elites and special interests, honoring the oath to uphold our constitutions. Restraint in the face of the "just do something (even if it is the wrong thing)" mob that is constantly pressuring officials to meddle and muck things up. We need to abide by the limits imposed by our constitutional framework, and remember Lincoln's words:
"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves-in their separate, and individual capacities."
"The legitimate object of government, is to do for a community of people, whatever they need to have done, but can not do, at all, or can not, so well do, for themselves-in their separate, and individual capacities."
Principled. Independent. Issue Specific Coalition Builder. Investigative & Intellectually Curious Mind. Ideological rather than Blindly Partisan.
Honor oaths to uphold our constitutions and abide by their limits on government power; exercise legislative restraint; de-centralize everything as much as possible; empower the individual; recognize there are many problems without a government solution; first do no harm; always do the right thing and stick to your principles, especially in the face of political pressure to act otherwise.
To devolve and decentralize power back to the individual in order to empower each person to live a free and prosperous life as they see fit.
I grew up in the 1980's and can remember watching Indiana University and Isiah Thomas winning the NCAA Championship in 1981 (and Ronald Reagan being shot that same weekend- guess which one was the bigger headline in the local newspaper!), watching the 1984 Election results with my family as 49 States lit up for Ronald Reagan...our Elementary School Principal coming into the lunch room and telling us the space shuttle had exploded...the Iran-Contra affair and hearings with Oliver North testifying...Ronald Reagan making a speech for the Berlin Wall to be torn down (which it eventually was)...the environmental disasters of Chernobyl and the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska...the HIV/AIDs epidemic and Hoosier Ryan White being a victim of that epidemic...
Newspaper delivery boy for several years as a teenager.
The Bible is a favorite for obvious reasons, but that answers sounds too much like a typical political pandering answer. I read a lot, but honestly do not read many books. I really enjoyed the novel Angels and Demons (in the DaVinci Code series) but that was many years ago. When I do read books, it's general non-fiction - history, politics, etc. while on vacation.
William Wallace - he is a historical person, but the myths surrounding him are probably fictional...
The Baby Shark song...not in a good way, but grandkids love it.
This campaign. Low information voters. If you are reading this, then you are not who I am struggling against now.
House districts are half the size as Senate districts and much more representative of voter sentiment. Senate districts are so large that they tend to represent special interest more than voter sentiment. The legislators I align with most on values and issues are all in the House. It's telling that the signatories on the letter standing up to Governor Holcomb's unconstitutional executive orders were all from the House, and none were State Senators.
No. I'm an outsider and I think outsiders are typically better than those with government experience, but there are exceptions to every rule like that.
Reigning in the federal overreach and abuse of power with the 10th Amendment power of Nullification. There's a reason why every elected official takes an oath of office to their State constitution and to the US Constitution rather than to the Governor or to the President or to the leader of their political party, or any other individual. Our challenge is to take our oath seriously and to stand up to unconstitutional abuses, even when it is hard (like when that abuse is perpetrated by members of our own party).
Checks and balances where each exercises the authority granted to it in the Indiana Constitution and not more. Gridlock can be a great tool for blocking bad ideas, but there also needs to be cooperation to enact good ideas as well. The Governor should not run roughshod over the legislature or our constitutions as has been the case recently.
Absolutely, politics is all about personal relationships and the art of forming coalitions around individual issues with folks who disagree on a lot of other issues. There's a balance, and certainly honest disagreement and respect among colleagues are not mutually exclusive. We have to practice both in concert in the legislature.
The status quo of politicians selecting their own voters is a problem. A computer algorithm based on objective criteria focused on making as many compact and competitive districts as possible by splitting as few township boundaries as possible is my first choice. An independent commission using the same criteria would be my second choice.
Appropriations Committee, Education and Career Development Committee, Health and Provider Services Committee, and Utilities & Technology Committee are my top choices.
Absolutely, the higher in leadership the more effective I can be in advancing the individual liberty bills that benefit all Hoosiers.
State Reps. Nisly, Judy, Wesco, Stutzman and Lucas are the ones I am looking forward to working with the most and align with on the issues the most. They are the most principled legislators serving currently.
The typical politician answer is "no" or "I have no plans to run for anything else". My answer is that I will consider other offices if people want me to run, but I cannot imagine having a bigger impact for liberty in any office other than State Rep. Our constitutional framework reserves most government authority for the 50 States, and I cannot imagine a better opportunity to serve the cause of individual liberty than as a Republican State Rep. in a deep red State like Indiana.
Yes, I hear from people every day that have touching stories about unaffordable healthcare, rent and home ownership costs being out of reach, lack of schooling alternatives, a family member or friend battling addiction to drugs or alcohol. We have so many people experiencing pain in their lives, and yet too often our Indiana government is making their pain worse rather than helping.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 28, 2020
Current members of the Indiana House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Todd Huston
Majority Leader:Matthew Lehman
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Carolyn Jackson (D)
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Ragen Hatcher (D)
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Edmond Soliday (R)
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Dale DeVon (R)
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Maureen Bauer (D)
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Jake Teshka (R)
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Ryan Dvorak (D)
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Patricia Boy (D)
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Charles Moseley (D)
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Mike Andrade (D)
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Matt Commons (R)
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Vernon Smith (D)
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Harold Slager (R)
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Kendell Culp (R)
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Jack Jordan (R)
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David Abbott (R)
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Julie Olthoff (R)
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Jim Pressel (R)
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Timothy Wesco (R)
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Craig Snow (R)
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Ethan Manning (R)
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Hunter Smith (R)
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Becky Cash (R)
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Chris Campbell (D)
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Sheila Klinker (D)
District 28
Jeffrey Thompson (R)
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Lori Goss-Reaves (R)
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District 33
John Prescott (R)
District 34
Sue Errington (D)
District 35
Elizabeth Rowray (R)
District 36
Kyle Pierce (R)
District 37
Todd Huston (R)
District 38
Heath VanNatter (R)
District 39
Daniel Lopez (R)
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Mark Genda (R)
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Tim Yocum (R)
District 43
Tonya Pfaff (D)
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Beau Baird (R)
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Bruce Borders (R)
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Bob Heaton (R)
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Robb Greene (R)
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Doug Miller (R)
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Joanna King (R)
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Lorissa Sweet (R)
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Tony Isa (R)
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Ben Smaltz (R)
District 53
Ethan Lawson (R)
District 54
Cory Criswell (R)
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Bradford Barrett (R)
District 57
Craig Haggard (R)
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Michelle Davis (R)
District 59
Ryan Lauer (R)
District 60
Peggy Mayfield (R)
District 61
Matt Pierce (D)
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Dave Hall (R)
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Shane Lindauer (R)
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Matt Hostettler (R)
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Christopher May (R)
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Zach Payne (R)
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Alex Zimmerman (R)
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Garrett Bascom (R)
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Jim Lucas (R)
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Karen Engleman (R)
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Edward Clere (R)
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Jennifer Meltzer (R)
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Steve Bartels (R)
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Cindy Ledbetter (R)
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Alex Burton (D)
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Tim O'Brien (R)
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Matthew Lehman (R)
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Phil GiaQuinta (D)
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Martin Carbaugh (R)
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Kyle Miller (D)
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Christopher Judy (R)
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Bob Morris (R)
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David Heine (R)
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Edward DeLaney (D)
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Chris Jeter (R)
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Mitch Gore (D)
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Andrew Ireland (R)
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