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Karl Knable

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Karl Knable
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Independent

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Purdue University, 1978

Personal
Birthplace
Cincinnati, Ohio
Religion
Roman Catholic
Profession
Retired
Contact

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Karl Knable (independent) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 93. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Knable completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Karl Knable was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Knable earned a bachelor's degree from Purdue University in 1978. His career experience includes working as an actuary in the life and health insurance industry.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 93

Julie McGuire defeated Andy Miller and Karl Knable in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 93 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Julie McGuire
Julie McGuire (R) Candidate Connection
 
57.7
 
7,959
Image of Andy Miller
Andy Miller (D)
 
36.0
 
4,965
Image of Karl Knable
Karl Knable (Independent) Candidate Connection
 
6.3
 
875

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 13,799
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 93

Andy Miller advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 93 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Andy Miller
Andy Miller
 
100.0
 
1,684

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 1,684
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 93

Julie McGuire defeated incumbent John Jacob in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 93 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Julie McGuire
Julie McGuire Candidate Connection
 
61.1
 
2,291
Image of John Jacob
John Jacob
 
38.9
 
1,461

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 3,752
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Karl Knable completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Knable's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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This is my first time running for any office. I have recently retired from the Department of Insurance for Indiana where I served as the Chief Actuary. My wife and I have been married for 40 years and have 2 grown children and 5 grandchildren. I have lived in Indianapolis for 42 years and 39 of those on the southside. I grew up in Floyd Knobs in southern Indiana. I am a graduate of Purdue University. I have worked in a number of charitable organizations over the years with most of my time spent at St. Vincent DePaul. We are members of St. Jude Catholic Church. My work career was spent in the insurance industry with the last 10 years at the Department of Insurance where I worked with our team in all areas of health, life and disability insurance with most of our time spent on implementation of the Affordable Care Act. I worked closely with a number of regulators and am sure that I can bring a lot of value to the legislature.
  • Over the years, I have worked hard to ensure that Hoosiers have the best insurance available at the best prices. This has always been somewhat of a juggling game. We worked closely with the federal government, our own FSSA and Department of Health in trying to make sure all coverage was the best possible for Indiana. Currently, Indianapolis has about 100,000 uninsured residents. It is imperative that we work harder at a state level to get everyone covered in some manner as this is needed to make Indianapolis and Indiana the best it can be.
  • We need to really emphasize our schools and keep the best teachers and resources for our children. Over the years with SVDP, i saw directly how education, or lack of, resulted in more citizens living in poverty and their children being raised in situations that were not at all conducive to learning ora timely graduation. Indiana employers, year after year, struggle to find employees that have adequate education for the jobs available. We need to make sure that we support the system that will ensure all 18 year olds are ready for either work, technical training or college. We should not have anyone falling in the cracks.
  • We need to ensure that our communities have safety standards that do that, keep everyone safe. There have been a number of events that cause concern at many levels. We have had many ideas over the years that obviously have not worked. We need to look internally to our own states efforts to at least try to find something that works. I grew up in rural Indiana where we all hunted and used guns, t do not agree with banning guns. However, I do think we need to consider options to make people safe. This may involve more funding for local police, or training of gun owners. This is something that needs some extensive review. I don't have answers but clearly, our current situation does NOT work.
I am passionate about the health of our residents. Whether through insurance or more general health care, there is no reason I can find why Indiana always ranks towards the bottom when we look at health outcomes. The fact that our costs are near the top end of the country does not make sense. I think with the proper committes or reviews, we should be able to reduce premiums, reduce medical costs, reduce pharmacy costs and have better outcomes for our residents.
My father. He was always compassionate with other people and tried to help everyone he could. He was someone that many of my cousins seemed to turn to and trust with their own issues. He had a heart that would be there for everyone in need.
A book I recently completed is Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein. There are many good ideas in this book on how to enact public policy around many things from health care to retirement issues to education. I will be using this as a reference source the rest of my life.
I think that an elected official needs to have a good macro understanding of the issues that directly impact their own district. This would range from health care to transportation to education to a number of other issues. All this needs to be done while keeping the fiscal side of things in mind.
I am a good listener and problem solver. I can look at complex issues and break them down into understandable blocks for my self or explaining ot others.
First to do no harm. Do not try to establish laws or introduce bills that hurt anyone in the district or state. Second, be available to all constituents. A legislator can often direct services or break down the roadblocks that are constantly there for people. Third, they need to be transparent with all they do.
As an independent, I was able to make a first step to improving our two party system.
A railroad trip with my grandmother to Salt Lake City Utah to visit an aunt and uncle. I was about 4 years old.
My first paying job was baling hay at my grandmothers farm. I only did this during high school. My first professional job was as an actuarial assistant at Capital Holding in Louisville. I only had this for about 1 1/2 years but worked as an actuary for the next 43 years.
How to deal with the poverty around us and how to improve life for those trapped in poverty. Where do we start, jobs, education, health care, housing. We can't stop and need to continue to find a way.
I believe that they both have important roles in doing what is best for Indiana. The legislature does have more responsibility to their own local community while the governor needs to be more concerned of state-wide issues.
I think our greatest challeng is going to be educating our youth and creating an environment that will keep those graduates here in Indiana, creating businesses and growing our economy.
I think that the benefits would be the ability to act quickly and decisively. Drawbacks would be too much concentration of power in a small group. I think the Indiana approach works well.
It is only minimally beneficial. I think that some experience with how the legislature works can help someone jump into the fray much more quickly. The more experience, the hope would be that there would be less dependence on lobbiests and special interest groups for understanding the process.
Yes, I do. Every bill introduced needs a few sponsors and these would generally come from the relationships with others in the house. There also needs to be relationships across the hall with the senate side.
As more of a mathematician, I think we should strive for more balanced geometrical divisions of districts. Excessive gerrymandering is not good for anyone.
With my background, I would like to be on the financial institutions and insurance committee, education and public health.
no
I do believe compromise is necessary. We have not seen that in Indiana as we basically have had a one party system here. We need new views and ideas.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 26, 2022


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