Luke Bohm
Luke Bohm (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 5. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Bohm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Luke Bohm was born in Madison, Indiana. He pursued his undergraduate education at Southside Virginia Community College and Columbia Southern University. His career experience includes owning a small business and working for various nonprofit organizations.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 5
Incumbent Ed Charbonneau defeated Luke Bohm in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ed Charbonneau (R) | 65.8 | 43,664 |
 | Luke Bohm (D)  | 34.2 | 22,740 | |
| Total votes: 66,404 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 5
Luke Bohm advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Luke Bohm | 100.0 | 10,286 |
| Total votes: 10,286 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 5
Incumbent Ed Charbonneau advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ed Charbonneau | 100.0 | 12,078 |
| Total votes: 12,078 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Luke Bohm completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bohm'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 will represent everyone in the district, not just the highest bidder
- We must move our state forward for all citizens,
- Indiana must start supporting jobs, public education, and infastructure
We are in the year 2020, renewable energy is the way of the future. That means jobs. Wind turbines, solar panels, fossil fuel to renewable adapters, all need to be produced. We must keep those jobs in America, and bring them to Indiana. I want to expand our access to good paying jobs, becoming a hub for renewable energy jobs is the way to do that, it can be done with leaders looking to the future.
Our state is home to some of the most passionate and high quality public educators in the nation, we must start paying them a fair wage. We can not keep losing these teachers to other states, and we must stop funneling public funds to charter schools that only hurts the education of our children. Teachers working three jobs, and paying for their own classroom supplies is unacceptable, we must do better.
Another person who I like to use for inspiration is our 34th President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. He was a leader that understood the needs our country faced, and worked every day to better our nation, and society. President Eisenhower also understood that just because someone belonged to the opposite political party, it did not mean you should not work together.
"The Audacity of Hope" by Barack Obama
Although it is not the most heart wrenching stuggle, it did show me how quickly life can change and the difficulties faced by so many people in our society.
The answer for our government it to be run by the people, and for the people. More lawyers and wealthy private sector candidates is not the answer.
We currently have a Governer and state legislature that cares only about taking care of themselves and their allies. They are not looking for the future of our state.
However, there is a fine line between being friendly, and manipulation. That line does not even exist with this Governer and State Legislature.
I have heard more stories than I can recall. One that is particularly touching would be from meeting with a woman in Monterey, IN. She told me that all three of her children had to leave the state due to the lack of jobs being created, the issues her and her husband have faced with the shuttering of medical facilities, and the closing of grocery stores. Speaking to them and hearing the daily struggles they face is incredible. Her husband is a 30 year military veteran, and she was a public educator for 37 years. These folks are some of the greatest members of our society, they should not be facing these issues, not in America, not in the state of Indiana. Those are the people that make me want to work even harder to move us forward, we owe it to every citizen of our district, and every citizen of our state.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 23, 2020
