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Nan Polk
Nan Polk (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana House of Representatives to represent District 54. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Polk completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2022
See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Indiana House of Representatives District 54
Cory Criswell defeated Nan Polk in the general election for Indiana House of Representatives District 54 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cory Criswell (R)  | 73.7 | 13,886 |
| Nan Polk (D) | 26.3 | 4,955 | ||
| Total votes: 18,841 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 54
Nan Polk advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 54 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Nan Polk | 100.0 | 906 | |
| Total votes: 906 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 54
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for Indiana House of Representatives District 54 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cory Criswell | 39.6 | 3,420 |
 | Betsy Mills | 16.1 | 1,388 | |
| Bobbi Plummer | 11.6 | 1,005 | ||
 | Melissa Meltzer | 11.3 | 977 | |
| Joshua Gillmore | 7.8 | 669 | ||
| Nansi Custer | 6.3 | 543 | ||
 | Heather Carie | 5.3 | 457 | |
 | Gayla Taylor | 1.9 | 168 | |
| Total votes: 8,627 | |||
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Campaign finance
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Nan Polk completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Polk's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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Upon retiring I took advantage of an opportunity to teach parenting at a childcare facility for high school parents, which I did for five years until we closed due to funding issues. I then championed creating affordable quality childcare for our community and have help open four programs. I have served nine years on the New Castle School Board where I served as our legislative liaison. I have also participated on the ISBA legislative committee. Through ISTA and ISBA I have advocated for public schools for over 30 years. I am community activist, I have helped establishing our county's League of Women Voters, and Alternatives to Incarceration. I am a board member of our Healthy Communities, Citizens Embracing Diversity, L;ve Drug coalition, and RDC, to name a few.
I care passionately about children and families and have devoted myself since retiring to helping my community create better opportunities for all people. I hope to go to the Indiana Legislature and continue that work.- Faith is the foundation of my platform. For me this refers to the necessity of treating your neighbor as yourself. Our Declaration of Independence proclaims an equal creation, sadly, we do not embrace the attitude of equality today. Without acknowledging equality we can never live out that commandment.
- Family is my second key focus. We must give everyone the opportunity to adequately provide for their family, through a living wage, affordable housing and healthcare, and quality childcare.
- My third blank concerns the future. Funding and empowering public education is necessary to ensure our future, without a broad education our democracy fails to function. We must address environmental issues as our planet already exhibiting life altering changes.
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See also
2022 Elections
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