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Katie Forte

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Katie Forte
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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Indiana University Southeast, 2001

Graduate

University of Louisville, 2004

Personal
Birthplace
Indianapolis, Ind.
Religion
Christian
Profession
Realtor
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Katie Forte (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 47. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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

Biography

Katie Forte was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. She earned a bachelor's degree from the Indiana University Southeast in 2001 and a graduate degree from the University of Louisville in 2004. Her career experience includes working as a realtor.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana State Senate District 47

Incumbent Gary Byrne defeated Katie Forte in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 47 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Gary Byrne (R)
 
66.8
 
28,959
Image of Katie Forte
Katie Forte (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.2
 
14,404

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

Total votes: 43,363
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 47

Incumbent Gary Byrne defeated incumbent Kevin Boehnlein in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 47 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Gary Byrne
Gary Byrne
 
54.0
 
7,125
Image of Kevin Boehnlein
Kevin Boehnlein
 
46.0
 
6,061

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

Total votes: 13,186
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2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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

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I believe our government in Indiana should be empowering our working families with the tools they need to live their best lives, like making sure all working families have access to affordable childcare, well-funded public schools, and access to high-speed, affordable, broadband internet.

Before I got into the race, the Republican candidates were running unopposed. I entered the race so that ALL voters will have a choice and a voice in the fall.

My life experiences have prepared me for service in the Indiana State Senate.

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked as a line cook, waitress, bartender, mental health worker, church musician, public school teacher, and realtor to support my family. I’ve also been a single parent, a parent of a child with learning disabilities, and the board president of a local nonprofit.

Working families, small businesses, and family farms are the backbone of the economy here in Southern Indiana. I get it, and I will work to empower the working families of Southern Indiana with the tools they need to thrive.

  • When working families are doing well, that trickles out into the economy… An empowered workforce is able to be healthy and strong, workers are able to work more, provide better for their families, and feed the economy through their spending.
  • When working families have access to affordable, high quality childcare, and when working families have access to a high-quality education within the public schools system, both parents can afford to work and feel confident that their children are safe and their minds are being nurtured.
  • When working families have access to affordable, high quality broadband, they can keep working and learning, even from home.
I am passionate about working on public policy in Indiana that empowers the working families, small businesses, and family farms of Southern Indiana. I'm an Indiana native that grew up in a household with two Republican parents. Back then, being a Republican was about being fiscally conservative and encouraging personal responsibility, but my parents also understood that they needed the state government well-funding things like our public schools, so that everyone would have their fairest shot at the American dream. I think most people agree that we need to get back to this. We need to restore RESPECT for our laborers, our educators, health care workers, and law enforcement workers. As a mom, a former teacher, and now a small business owner, I get it. Southern Indiana families are tired of the extremism and are ready to elect someone who gets that they work for the people and not for a particular political party or special interest group. I'm ready to get to work for YOU.
The core responsibility of people elected to office is to represent the concerns and interests of ALL of the people of the district they were elected to represent.
The attack on 9/11 was the first historical event that I remember. I remember standing in long lines that afternoon at the American Red Cross in Louisville to donate blood along with others who just wanted be able to do something to try to help.
The ideal relationship between the governor and the state legislature is one in which the state legislature works to enact laws or change laws to protect and promote the well-being of ALL of the people in the state. The governor's role would be to make sure that the laws are followed and that the "business" of the state government gets done according to the demonstrated will of the public through their elected representatives.
Over the next decade, the biggest challenge to our state is going to be investing wisely in our human and physical infrastructure so that Indiana can attract and keep employers who are looking to locate in states in which they are able to access a healthy and well-educated work force.
The benefit of a unicameral state legislature would be more efficient lawmaking. The drawback would also be more efficient lawmaking. It's appropriate that change happens slowly in government in order to allow all sides of an issue to be properly evaluated and heard from.
A state legislator must be able to listen, study the information, and make decisions that will protect and promote the well-being of the ALL of the people in their district.
It is important for legislators to build relationships with other legislators. Building relationships with other legislators makes it easier to reach pragmatic solutions that will best serve the people they are representing.
I would favor redistricting by a non-partisan commission.
Education and Career Development, Family and Children Services, Commerce and Technology, Agriculture
The legislature should oversee the use of emergency powers.
Compromise is necessary and desirable when it comes to policy making. The extremists want to distract us from the real issues at hand. It's much easier to get people mad and afraid of those who are different. than it is to convince people to set their differences aside in order to find the common ground. We need politicians who understand that one's own religious beliefs have no business being dividing lines on common ground that's needed to keep moving forward.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 22, 2022


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