Jay Hart

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Jay Hart
Image of Jay Hart
Elections and appointments
Last election

May 7, 2024

Personal
Birthplace
Frankfort, Ind.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Artist
Contact

Jay Hart (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 37. He lost in the Republican primary on May 7, 2024.

Hart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Jay Hart was born in Frankfort, Indiana. His career experience includes working as a artist.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Indiana State Senate District 37

Incumbent Rodric D. Bray defeated Kimberly Schofield in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 37 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rodric D. Bray
Rodric D. Bray (R)
 
75.9
 
50,188
Kimberly Schofield (D)
 
24.1
 
15,938

Total votes: 66,126
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 37

Kimberly Schofield advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 37 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Kimberly Schofield
 
100.0
 
1,771

Total votes: 1,771
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 37

Incumbent Rodric D. Bray defeated Jay Hart in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 37 on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rodric D. Bray
Rodric D. Bray
 
63.0
 
10,453
Image of Jay Hart
Jay Hart Candidate Connection
 
37.0
 
6,146

Total votes: 16,599
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hart in this election.

Pledges

Hart signed the following pledges.

  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform
  • Taxpayer Protection Pledge, Americans for Tax Reform

2020

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 58

Michelle Davis defeated Cynthia Reinert in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 58 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Davis
Michelle Davis (R)
 
67.6
 
22,282
Image of Cynthia Reinert
Cynthia Reinert (D)
 
32.4
 
10,664

Total votes: 32,946
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 58

Cynthia Reinert advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 58 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cynthia Reinert
Cynthia Reinert
 
100.0
 
2,848

Total votes: 2,848
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 58

Michelle Davis defeated Jay Hart, J. David Hopper, Bruce Armstrong, and Heather Bline in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 58 on June 2, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michelle Davis
Michelle Davis
 
42.9
 
2,878
Image of Jay Hart
Jay Hart
 
32.8
 
2,201
J. David Hopper
 
13.2
 
884
Image of Bruce Armstrong
Bruce Armstrong Candidate Connection
 
7.3
 
488
Heather Bline
 
3.7
 
251

Total votes: 6,702
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Jay Hart completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hart's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Jay Hart is a Christian Conservative America First Republican. He studied Economics and Political Science at IUPUI. Jay cut his teeth on Gasoline Alley near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a motorsports designer/fabricator, restoring vintage American motorcycles and early racing cars. He’s a homeschool dad, telecaster guitarist, avid firearms hobbyist and collector of vintage American memorabilia.
  • States can no longer wait for action from the federal government. Indiana, has the ability to care for itself. With proper conservative leadership in our legislative branch, we can relieve the burden of taxation and lower costs for property owners and small businesses across the state.
  • By supporting term limits throughout state government, we can greatly improve the legislative process, reduce the amount of corruption and save our state billions of dollars. This means, term limits for state legislators as well as term limits for committee chair holders.
  • Combating globalism at a state level is key to a healthy future for Hoosiers and our way-of-life. Honest, hard-working people in Indiana cannot and should not be forced to compete with black market labor. We can shut down illegal immigration in Indiana with bold legislation and adherence to our state constitution. Doing so will also shut down the flow of poisonous drugs and human trafficking in our state.
-Economic policy: Corruption within economic development

-Child policy and Education: Increasing the number of great educators, encouraging competition in the industry.
-Welfare: Separating those who can not help themselves from those who will not help themselves. People who truly need assistance, deserve an effective system that operates with efficiency.

-Foreign policy: Geopolitical knowledge and understanding is vastly important when considering Indiana’s approach to economic development.
President. John Adams. His appreciation for the rule of law.
The Bible

The Constitution of the United States
Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Letters of John and Abigail Adams
Honesty, Integrity, Perspective. Ability to listen, reason, convince and negotiate. An excellent understanding of our founding design along with our United States and Indiana Constitutions.
I love people. I love our country. I have a great understanding of our founding design and believe it is brilliant. I am passionate, persistent and detailed.
Elected officials are obligated to understand the people they serve and carry their voices into the office. They are obligated to inform, convince and listen to the public so that each decision made on behalf of constituents is the best representation of their collective will.
I would like people to know that I loved Christ. And for this reason, I loved people and enjoyed serving them.
(Besides the KJV Holy Bible),
How to restore your Harley Davidson by Bruce Palmer
if I could only fly – Merle Haggard
I believe legislators should have the ability to adjust their service to present time in order to best serve their constituents. . Admiration of past legislators is not pertinent when considering the style of service I will offer.
My favorite joke is inappropriate for open audiences.
Term limits for state legislative offices and committees.
Family and Children Services, Education and Career Development , Tax and Fiscal policy, Local Government, Appropriations, School Funding,
Financial systems in this country are far too complex, lead to corruption and assure zero accountability.

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2020

Jay Hart did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Jay Hart campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Indiana State Senate District 37Lost primary$10,696 $8,743
2020Indiana House of Representatives District 58Lost primary$18,060 N/A**
Grand total$28,756 $8,743
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

  1. Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 22, 2024


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