Jason Salstrom
Jason Salstrom (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 78. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Salstrom completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
On July 19, 2023, Salstrom notified Ballotpedia that he had changed party affiliation from Democrat to independent.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 78
Incumbent Tim O'Brien defeated Jason Salstrom in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 78 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Tim O'Brien (R) | 62.7 | 13,143 |
Jason Salstrom (D)  | 37.3 | 7,818 | ||
| Total votes: 20,961 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 78
Jason Salstrom advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 78 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Salstrom | 100.0 | 2,022 | |
| Total votes: 2,022 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 78
Incumbent Tim O'Brien defeated Sean Selby in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 78 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Tim O'Brien | 65.9 | 2,228 |
| Sean Selby | 34.1 | 1,151 | ||
| Total votes: 3,379 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jason Salstrom completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Salstrom's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Local control for local prosperity. We need to get back to Indiana and the United States being the laboratory of democracy. We need to get Indianapolis out of our business, out of our schools, and out of our local government, and put power in the hands of local elected officials who know our problems, opportunities, and we can look in the eye and hold accountable.
- Indiana is one of the weakest Home Rule states in the country, meaning that Indianapolis micromanages our business, schools, local government, etc. The results are than Indiana is one of the worst states for new business (45th out of 50), wage growth (46th), for children (50th), etc., while critical industries fell 40% below national average in competitiveness since 2007 – an F. For the facts, see the Indiana Chamber of Commerce, CICP, and America’s Health Rankings. Indiana cannot compete in the 21st century with top-down micromanagement from Indianapolis.
- Forcing minority religious doctrine on Americans is fundamentally anti-American. This year, these so-called Republicans, obsessed with control, passed law to deny women reproductive freedom from the point of fertilization, while also denying women the freedom to get birth control directly from pharmacists, like women have the freedom to do in Arizona, West Virginia, North Carolina, Idaho, etc. My opponent, Tim O’Brien, voted for no exceptions for rape, knowing the real-life case of a 10-year-old, who he would force to carry the child of her rapists – at 10 years old.
Education: The surest investment a state can make is in education, especially teachers. They serve when they know they can make 3 times more in another profession. We must get the toxic politics of the Statehouse out of our schools. Hoosiers can hold our own School Boards accountable. We do not need to be babysat by Indianapolis. Hoosier schools should be the pride of our state.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Jason Salstrom,"July 19, 2023
