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Jasen Lave
Jasen Lave (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 42. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 2, 2020.
Lave completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lave studied at the DeVry University-Addison Campus in Illinois. His professional experience includes working as a performing arts musician and creative writer.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 42
Incumbent Alan Morrison defeated Amy Burke Adams in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 42 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Alan Morrison (R) | 66.8 | 18,945 |
 | Amy Burke Adams (D)  | 33.2 | 9,421 | |
| Total votes: 28,366 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 42
Amy Burke Adams defeated Brandi Cooper Vandivier and Jasen Lave in the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 42 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Amy Burke Adams | 54.9 | 2,412 |
 | Brandi Cooper Vandivier | 38.3 | 1,681 | |
 | Jasen Lave | 6.8 | 299 | |
| Total votes: 4,392 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 42
Incumbent Alan Morrison advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 42 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alan Morrison | 100.0 | 5,379 |
| Total votes: 5,379 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jasen Lave completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lave's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Throughout most of my life, my family (parents and a sibling) have struggled financially. My father was a hard worker and earned enough to obtain Social Security retirement - which my mother now collects as a surviving beneficiary - and my sister has also been working enough at factory jobs to qualify for the same benefits when she reaches retirement age.. But even though the Social Security program is a glimmer of hope for stability in the later years, it is really just enough to get any of us by as survivalists. So in wake of seriously wondering why there are no readily-available career advancement opportunities practically anywhere (despite a saying that America is the "Land of Opportunity"), I decided to research if there is a solution to present-day economic woes in the U.S. Constitution. What I discovered is truly astonishing! ..The Constitution states that Congress reserves the right to coin money - and maintains authority to pass any law it chooses. And, guess who can run for Congress? Anyone can. Our founding fathers arranged this democratic federation to actually be power-driven by it's own citizens! I said, "I'm in! I am running for public office."
And then, here comes a Progressive Justice movement led by Bernie Sanders.
I thought "Yeah, I've got some ideas on how to utilize a federal tax on the wealthy that would benefit residents here in Indiana. NEW SMALL BUSINESSES!"- New Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) - in every county, throughout Indiana
- Industrial Trade Unionization
- Getting all money out of politics!
- Anyone can go to the High School in their county's seat, on Saturdays, and learn to (effectively) start their own new small business
- Government outreach to offer anyone the chance to unionize in the industrial field of their choice
- Implementation of an indexed, industrial credit unions arrangement - for new investment opportunities in specific markets
..Other aspects related to the proficiency of these plans:
Move to fully public-funded elections(Through the Small Business Administration (SBA), Indiana approaches the federal government requesting slightly more progressive tases be imposed on the wealthy so that there may be authorized fundingmade available for those who are determined to significantly benefit from particular training - which helps the startup and operations of our new small businesses)
(Whereby, the office of the Secretary Of State provides candidate information to all voters;
And, everyone is required to vote.),
so that more money will available - and better used - for starting our new small businesses
Tuition-free public colleges &/or specialized vocational training schools
She is the learning skills development book author who profoundly influenced my life into a resoundingly good vision.
After reading Peak Performance - Strategies For Success In College I have become focused, confident, and active in events that really impact people's lives for the betterment of everyone's living standards.
(..Reading through and fully studying that entire book is primarily THE most significant experience of my entire life!)
Someone who's example I would like to follow is definitely Bernie Sanders.
Having been a big fan of Rage Against The Machine as a teenager in High School, I have been waiting for some kind of establishment resistance movement to take place . Inevitably. Sometime in my lifetime - not long after their music and concerts were an hot item.
The reason I would like to follow Sanders' example is because it is based on his astonishing tendency to be a source of keen, virtuous judgement in practically any situation. He is an old wise-man. A grandpa/father figure. Someone who is a real expert in his field. A guide in the profession which I am also interested in.
He understands history, and places himself in the middle of making history.
Instead of only mainstream media/ cable news sources - which have become a corrupt political establishment. Rooted in funding of special interests.
I regularly follow news stories covered from a critical thinking angle toward policy-making, posted on YouTube by users such as:
Bernie Sanders
Inequality media (Robert Reich)
The Young Turks (Cenk Uygur & Ana Kasparian)
The Damage Report (John Iadarola)
Secular Talk (Kyle Kulinski)
The Rational National (David Doel)
The Hill (Krystal Ball)
The Majority Report (Sam Seder & Michael Brooks)
Ring Of Fire (Farron Cousins)
Bryan Tyler Cohen
The Progressive Voice
The media folks listed above, along with like-minded public officials and aspiring candidates, are leaders in a Progressive Economic and Civil Justice Movement - led by the impressive ideals of Bernie Sanders. (Who models his socially-focused plans after Franklin D. Roosevelt. ..Unarguably the most beloved President in U.S. history.)
We progressives have realized there is a dire need for a shift in power back to the working class.
(After all, it is undeniably the working class that drives the economy onward.)
Middle/working class people have been struggling as work loads increase but pay has not. And the profits from all their hard work has been going to management personnel and company owners.
As Republicans in authority allot even more tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.
As well as money continuing to pour into politics - effectively making government huge!
Which is turning our government/economic structure into an oligarchy. Wherein the rich men rule.
There is no longer right v. left, but it is actually populism v. establishment..
(Trump is a fake populist.)
My "Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) In Every Indiana County Initiative" involves government outreach to unionize specifically-targeted industries in need of development, concentrate investments into these industries (guaranteeing safe returns through utilization of indexed monitoring), and enable working class folks to attend easily accessible new small business development facilities.
If we transitionally improved our economy to include government outreach, getting money out of politics (whereby, Secretary Of State offices provide candidate information to all voters, and everyone is required to vote), and collected an increase of revenues through slightly more progressive taxation - to properly fund new small business development - the economy would begin to flourish in an abundance of infrastructure growth and proficiency. ..As a fully-efficient and ideally active economy becomes ever more prevalent!
I remember following along in the text book as our teacher read "Politics is influencing people to believe in the same things you believe in."
I raised my head and looked around as everyone else was kinda just sitting there. And I had the realization that if I should come to understand something that is easily recognized to others as an appealing thing because it was honorable (virtuous), they would readily accept my ideas and I would be one of those "good/ trustworthy politicians".
Another incredibly life-changing event that influenced me to inevitably pursue political/public office happened when I went to my first rock concert in Indianapolis - while in High School.
I watched Primus open for Rush. And the experience absolutely blew my mind!
I had found my life's ambition.
But I have since realized that it is unnecessarily difficult (these days) to effectively put together a business - which in my case would be a band/ performing arts entity - involving friends and important new acquaintances, because there is no location to go to and consult with others also interested in our industrial field(s) of choice.
I saved-up some money working there for a little over a year. And them moved to Addison, IL to attend DeVry Technical Institute - with some friends I met after graduating from Covington High School in 1994.
While learning electronics/ circuit analysis at DeVry, I obtained a Strategies For Success learning skills building book which totally changed my entire life afterward!
I wish I had acquired such a vital component much earlier in life.
..And I have learned that (nowadays) there are learning skills development books available for students of all ages and not only those seeking to develop self help skills through college.
Confidence obtaining the best mental health humanity can provide. (As of the early 21st Century.)
Conservative (Republicans) have had, and will quite possibly maintain, significant influence over an economic arrangement that has been locked-in since the time of Ronald Reagan's inception of a "trickle down" system..
Which is contrary to the Franklin D. Roosevelt democratic social structure - that got us out of the Great Depression.
If Indiana and America would re-enact an economic system based on democratic social values - away from tendencies of monopolistic capitalism - our economies would become incredibly proficient and appealing.
However, the difficulties we face in making the necessary changes are immense. Because there is not very much support for making alterations. But instead, fear of full economic collapse from having even faintly tinkered with the current system. It is that fear of politicians making inept decisions affecting the established free markets which has resulted in a default condition of conservative Republicans obtaining virtually all public office positions. And this situation has become so familiar that even if there would be a competent politician arrive on-scene who fully understands what changes should be made in order to tweak this capitalistic function so that the entire thing begins to absolutely roar, that person or group of people will soon become bombarded with a tantamount of opposition. And their movement will be dangerously at high risk of stalling or becoming null. ..Which, ironically, is only injurious to the entire country/ state as a whole - as systematic oppression takes hold otherwise.
So the difficulty I accept as a learned politician is the responsibility of resoundingly defeating lame politicians. Those who must not be getting in the way of progress, but actually support making the necessary changes.
Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development;
Employment, Labor and Pensions;
Government and Regulatory Reform
My Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) initiative is primarily based on opening accessible SBDC locations statewide, enacting a new industrial trade unions co-operative, and getting money out of politics by moving to fully public-funded elections (Whereby, the Secretary Of State's office provides candidate information to all voters; And everyone is required to vote. An important aspect of steering money toward asset investments in our newly-formed businesses.).
Other affiliated House Committees:
Agriculture and Rural Development;
Education;
Elections and Apportionment;
Financial Institutions;
Public Policy;
Select Committee on Government Reduction;
My SBDCs In Every County Initiative must be implemented nationwide!
I plan on writing bills in the Indiana State House that are designed to provide a full process of economic stimulation through government outreach - enabling career advancement of the working class. Upon enactment.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 9, 2020.
