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Hollie Payton
Hollie Payton (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 73. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Payton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Hollie Payton was born in Batesville, Indiana. She earned a high school diploma from the Jac-Cen-Del Jr./Sr. High school. Payton graduated from Hoosier Women Forward class 6. She has also served as a board member for Advocates for Children.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 73
Incumbent Jennifer Meltzer defeated Hollie Payton in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 73 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jennifer Meltzer (R) | 76.9 | 20,900 |
 | Hollie Payton (D)  | 23.1 | 6,284 | |
| Total votes: 27,184 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73
Hollie Payton advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Hollie Payton | 100.0 | 814 |
| Total votes: 814 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73
Incumbent Jennifer Meltzer defeated Edward Comstock II in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 73 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jennifer Meltzer | 74.7 | 5,536 |
| Edward Comstock II | 25.3 | 1,871 | ||
| Total votes: 7,407 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Payton in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Hollie Payton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Payton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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In 2022, Hollie became active with her local Democratic party & was elected to the Central Committee as the Vice-Chairperson of the Decatur County Democrats. Hollie also helped initiate the first ever “Giving Tuesday”, which entailed presenting checks to several local non-profit organizations for all of the work they do within the community.
Hollie has been employed as a Program Facilitator at Girls Inc of Shelbyville & Shelby County for the past five years. This non-profit organization really speaks to her heart, as their motto is to inspire all girls to be strong, smart, and bold. She leads an extracurricular program with teen girls called Teen Advocacy- Disability Rights is something that I will fight for. All individuals, regardless of their abilities, should have the right to equality and inclusion in all aspects of life.
- I am passionate about standing up for Women's Rights. This includes being free from domestic violence, having equal pay, and body autonomy. Every human should have the right to their own body and medical decisions.
- I believe that Housing Inequality needs addressed. Indiana’s legislatures should encourage more affordable housing by looking into rent control laws. As of currently, Indiana doesn't have a state-wide rent control law, which is detrimental to low-income households. Without the state-wide rent control law in place, landlords can increase rent by any amount, with the exceptions of retaliation, discrimination, or in the middle of a lease’s term. We need to offer solutions to fix our housing crisis here in Indiana.
•Our Choice Coalition
•Better Indiana
•Stonewall Democrats of South Central Indiana
•ICPE
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 8, 2024
