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John Colburn
John Colburn (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 70. He lost in the Republican primary on May 7, 2024.
Colburn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
John Colburn was born in New Albany, Indiana. He earned a bachelor's degree from the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in 1989. His career experience includes owning his own accounting firm. He previously worked as an engineer.[1][2]
Elections
2024
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 70
Incumbent Karen Engleman defeated Sarah Blessing in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 70 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Karen Engleman (R) | 73.4 | 25,765 |
 | Sarah Blessing (D)  | 26.6 | 9,325 | |
| Total votes: 35,090 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70
Incumbent Karen Engleman defeated John Colburn in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Engleman | 68.9 | 6,084 |
 | John Colburn | 31.1 | 2,741 | |
| Total votes: 8,825 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 70
Incumbent Karen Engleman defeated Jason Shemanski in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 70 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Engleman (R) | 75.0 | 18,018 |
| Jason Shemanski (D) | 25.0 | 6,014 | ||
| Total votes: 24,032 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70
Jason Shemanski advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jason Shemanski | 100.0 | 1,632 | |
| Total votes: 1,632 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70
Incumbent Karen Engleman advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 70 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Karen Engleman | 100.0 | 6,333 |
| Total votes: 6,333 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John Colburn (R)
Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Colburn completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Colburn's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My wife, Angie and I have been married for 22 years. We have two children; Garet 17 and Emilia 12. Angie and I have called Sellersburg home for most of the past decade, and have enjoyed raising our children in the friendly confines of a small Southern Indiana community.
Politically, I describe myself as a Constitutional Conservative and a Free Market Capitalist.
Most Republican candidates describe themselves as conservative. However once we get past the political platitudes and obligatory catch phrases, we discover, often too late, many of them are only interested in conserving two things: Their own wealth and their own power.
I am a different kind of conservative: I want to conserve our Constitution. I want to conserve our rights, our liberties, and our freedoms.- I will work with other Constitutional Conservatives to reduce the size, power, and overreach of the Indiana State Government. The last two budgets have been the largest in our state's history. Our state spends too much and creates too large a tax burden on Hoosiers. Every dollar stolen from Hoosiers reduces our liberty. We will work for the elimination of entire categories of taxes, licenses, and fees. First on the chopping block is the elimination of all property taxes on all Hoosiers 65 years old and older. They have done their bit for God and country, and they should not be paying rent on their homes to the state government.
- Education and the dispensation thereof will be returned to its rightful place: Parents and families. Our ultimate goal will be the elimination of the Department of Education and its entire bureaucracy. The curriculum and the decisions of what is worthy of being taught to our children will once again be delegated to parents and teachers. Bureaucrats and unions need not worry about their involvement as there will be none. Common sense, decorum, and civility will be restored within our educational facilities.
- We will strive to reestablish our Free Market Economy: No more Public-Private Partnerships. We are going to work to eliminate the Indiana Economic Development Corp. A pseudo-government agency which doesn't answer to us, The People, but uses our money has no place in our republic.. We are not going to allow the World Economic Forum and their totalitarians to use the Public-Private Partnerships and the IEDC as a backdoor to a planned economy and totalitarianism. Businesses will be allowed to succeed and fail based on their performances as judged by consumers. Corporate welfare, aka government tax credits, will be greatly reduced or even eliminated. Tax credits will no longer be used as a governmental tool to manipulate the electorate.
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2022
John Colburn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 23, 2024
- ↑ 2024 John Colburn campaign website, "About," accessed March 5, 2024
