Indiana State Senate District 21 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Indiana State Senate District 21 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 21
Incumbent James Buck defeated Josh Lowry in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 21 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | James Buck (R) | 64.0 | 28,675 |
 | Josh Lowry (D)  | 36.0 | 16,148 | |
| Total votes: 44,823 | |||
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Josh Lowry (D)
Legislators should write laws to serve and protect the people – not corporations. My opponent, State Senator Jim Buck, is a prominent member of ALEC. ALEC is an organization of state legislators that meets with corporations to draft laws that legislators take back to their states. That’s right: corporations write the laws that regulate them. I believe corporations should not write their own laws. Legislators should write laws for the people – not for corporations.
During the pandemic, we all rightfully praised our teachers for getting our kids through the toughest of circumstances. Republicans in the Indiana State Senate want to attack teachers and schools to score political points with their biggest supporters. During the 2022 legislative session, the Republicans in the State Senate attempted to pass a bill that would allow parents to sue teachers if the parent disagreed with what was taught. And the Republicans in the State Senate wanted to pass a bill that would prevent teachers from teaching students that Nazi’s were bad (!!!). I believe that we should do everything we can to support our teachers and make it easier for them to provide our children with a quality education.
Josh Lowry (D)
Elected officials should vote for the well-being of the people – not their political party. The Republicans in the General Assembly refuse to repeal the gas tax because they believe high gas prices will benefit them in the upcoming elections. I believe that elected officials should always do what is best for the voters, whether it hurts their future re-election chances or not. Elected officials serve the people, not themselves.
We believe in the American dream – that if you work hard and play by the rules you can improve your lot in life. Americans have been left behind the last several decades as middle-class jobs have been replaced by minimum wage jobs. These problems are fixable – we can raise wages by supporting unions and increasing investment in our workers. We just need to make it a priority as a State – and that’s what I will do as the State Senator for District 21.
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