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Stan Albaugh
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Stan Albaugh (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 24. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Albaugh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Stan Albaugh was born in Columbus, Ohio. Albaugh earned a B.A. from San Diego State University in August 1978, a master's degree in business management from Central Michigan University, and a degree in correspondence from the Air War College. Albaugh served as a colonel in the United States Air Force. He enlisted in December 1972, commissioned in February 1979, and retired on April 1, 2005. His professional experience also includes owning BSA Construction, LLC and working part-time as a real estate broker. Albaugh has served as a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and as a member of the American Legion.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Indiana State Senate District 24
Incumbent John Crane defeated Stan Albaugh in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 24 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Crane (R) | 65.5 | 50,755 |
 | Stan Albaugh (D)  | 34.5 | 26,681 | |
| Total votes: 77,436 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 24
Stan Albaugh advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Stan Albaugh | 100.0 | 6,572 |
| Total votes: 6,572 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 24
Incumbent John Crane advanced from the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 24 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Crane | 100.0 | 11,735 |
| Total votes: 11,735 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Stan Albaugh completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Albaugh'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 enlisted in the United States Air Force after high school. I earned my bachelors degree and was commissioned in the USAF in 1979 and I have been in service to this great country since. I served over thirty years on active duty and retired and retired as a full colonel. I managed multiple organizations, personnel and contracts, multi-million-dollar budgets and multi-billion-dollar assets. I commanded the largest programmed flight training operations in the air force. I was a division chief at the Pentagon during 9/11 and deployed to Baghdad in 2004. After retiring, I knew my service wasn't complete. I joined the US Department of State and served two more years in Iraq as the Deputy Team Leader of an Embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team in southern Baghdad Province.
When I finally finished in 2010, I came home, obtained my real estate license and founded a construction company.
Seeing the nature of discourse, and the direction taken by the super majority here in Indiana, I feel compelled to serve once again. I know how to guide us back to the middle. I know how to help manage our budget and make it work for everyone. I have decades of experience. I would be even more honored to serve Hoosiers once again, but this time, in the State Senate!- Properly fund public education
- Make Indiana healthcare, affordable and accessible
- Fix the Indiana "brain drain" and bring higher paying jobs to Indiana
Healthcare, public education, and job creation. Our legislative policies and our lack of investment in public education has created an Indiana "brain drain". Our teachers are leaving the classrooms because the legislature refuses to pay them a living wage. The legislative policies have forced our great state universities to prioritize out of state students, which created the Indiana "brain drain", which inhibits higher paying jobs from relocating to Indiana. As a result, the Indiana medium household income is almost $10,000 below the national medium household income. This is compounded by the costs of our healthcare system. We need to expand the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 so more Hoosiers would be eligible for coverage. If we do this in conjunction with a new state-sponsored public option health care plan, we can guarantee that every Hoosier has access to affordable healthcare regardless of their financial situation.
The Pocket Constitution.
I have spend my entire adult life striving emulate the U.S. Air Force core values: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. After my retirement, I modified those core values just a little. Always, integrity first, then service before self, and always strive for excellence. I believe if more of our elected officials lived these core values, we would be a lot better off.
I have spend my entire adult life striving emulate the U.S. Air Force core values: integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do. After my retirement, I modified those core values just a little. Always, integrity first, then service before self, and always strive for excellence. I believe if more of our elected officials lived these core values, we would be a lot better off.
To listen to constituents, understand their concerns, and to advocate for their needs regardless of political party. I would live my core values while representing all my constituents.
I want to close the backdoor the state legislature installed in the 2008 Property Tax Cap Constitutional Amendment. That backdoor encouraged property tax referendums, for the first time, to pay for teacher's salaries. The legislature has significantly underfunded public education and caused 211 school referendums to date. I would like my legacy to show that problem corrected.
The first historical event I recall was the Cuban Missile Crisis, I was eight years old.
My first paid job was a Boy Scout Camp Counselor at Holt Scout Ranch after my freshman and sophomore years of high school. I subsequently earned my Eagle Scout award.
The Pocket Constitution. I swore an oath, at least six times, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, with any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter.
The USAF song.
I grew up poor, the neighbors buying us groceries poor. My father had one of his lungs removed when I was in the 5th grade and died my senior year of high school. Mom mostly took care of dad and somehow, we scraped by. Mom would give us kids a Jolly Ranger candy 20 minutes prior to dinner. I didn't know, it was so that the 4 of us kids wouldn't come to the dinner table really hungry and realize there wasn't enough food to eat. I enlisted in the USAF security police after high school and I found myself guarding nuclear loaded B-52s in Glasgow Montana and the temp fell to 72 degrees below zero (wind chill) and at 65 degrees below zero they took the dogs in and left me outside. It was pretty depressing when you realize where you are on the food chain, below the canine. Well, I was lucky that my parents had emphasized the importance of education, even though I didn't listen while I was growing up. I knew the only way I could fix my situation was to educate myself out of it. I went to night school and graduated from a state university, then I went back into the USAF as a commissioned officer and I flew B-52s, B-1s, and E-3s. I was fortunate enough to retire as a full colonel with over 30 years of active duty service because of public education.
It may be beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics. But, one could also make an equally compelling argument career politicians. I do however believe that leadership experience is a beneficial quality. And that is one of the reasons I believe that my 30 plus years of active duty military service, retiring at the rank of colonel, make me an excellent candidate for the Indiana State Senate in District 24.
The greatest challenges Indiana faces over the next decade are multi-faceted. We need to restore a sense of balance and compromise to our state government by breaking the decade long super-majority. We need to improve our access to healthcare. We need to restore funding for public education. We need to attract better and higher paying jobs. Fixing these four things will significantly improve the quality of live Hoosiers.
I believe in balance and compromise to avoid group think. I don't want to be pulled to far to the right or to far to the left. I believe in bipartisanship solutions and working together for the betterment of Hoosiers.
No, I am focused on fixing the problems currently facing Indiana.
When COVID-19 hit Indiana, my campaign did a wellness check with several thousand residents in the district. I spoke with an disabled elderly veteran that lived on a very small fixed income and it broke my heart to hear about his situation. He was very grateful that we were able to provide some assistance, answer his questions and able to refer him to services. I am personally offended how we treat our veterans.
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on May 20, 2020
Current members of the Indiana State Senate
Leadership
Majority Leader:Chris Garten
Senators
District 1
Dan Dernulc (R)
District 2
Lonnie Randolph (D)
District 3
Mark Spencer (D)
District 4
Rodney Pol (D)
District 5
Ed Charbonneau (R)
District 6
Rick Niemeyer (R)
District 7
Brian Buchanan (R)
District 8
Mike Bohacek (R)
District 9
Ryan Mishler (R)
District 10
David Niezgodski (D)
District 11
Linda Rogers (R)
District 12
Blake Doriot (R)
District 13
Susan Glick (R)
District 14
Tyler Johnson (R)
District 15
Liz Brown (R)
District 16
Justin Busch (R)
District 17
Andy Zay (R)
District 18
Stacey Donato (R)
District 19
Travis Holdman (R)
District 20
Scott Baldwin (R)
District 21
James Buck (R)
District 22
Ronnie Alting (R)
District 23
Spencer Deery (R)
District 24
Brett Clark (R)
District 25
Mike Gaskill (R)
District 26
Scott Alexander (R)
District 27
Jeff Raatz (R)
District 28
Michael Crider (R)
District 29
J.D. Ford (D)
District 30
Fady Qaddoura (D)
District 31
Kyle Walker (R)
District 32
Aaron Freeman (R)
District 33
Greg Taylor (D)
District 34
District 35
Michael Young (R)
District 36
Cyndi Carrasco (R)
District 37
Rodric Bray (R)
District 38
Greg Goode (R)
District 39
Eric Bassler (R)
District 40
Shelli Yoder (D)
District 41
Greg Walker (R)
District 42
Jean Leising (R)
District 43
Randy Maxwell (R)
District 44
Eric Koch (R)
District 45
Chris Garten (R)
District 46
Andrea Hunley (D)
District 47
Gary Byrne (R)
District 48
Daryl Schmitt (R)
District 49
Jim Tomes (R)
District 50
Vaneta Becker (R)
Republican Party (40)
Democratic Party (10)
