What is A Better Indiana?

A Better Indiana doesn’t start in the halls of power.
It starts in the break rooms, factory floors, farm shops, classrooms, living rooms, and union halls where working people keep this state running. It starts with Hoosiers who clock in early, raise their kids, care for their aging parents, and still find the energy to help a neighbor in need. It starts with us.

A Better Indiana looks like a cashier who doesn’t have to choose between gas and groceries.
It looks like a factory worker who can afford a doctor’s visit without fear.
It looks like a renter who knows their home is stable, not a roulette wheel of surprise increases.
It looks like a senior who can age with dignity — not counting pills or skipping meals to make ends meet.

We are welders, nurses, educators, line workers, caretakers, farmers, servers, machinists, and small business owners. We grow the food. We build the parts. We assemble the engines. We keep the hospitals running. We make the products that power the world.

The strength of this state has never come from the well-connected — it comes from everyday Hoosiers.

I learned that from my mom. Even when the bills piled up and the car needed repairs and the lights flickered, she still showed up for people around her. She worked long hours, brought home what she could, and if a neighbor needed help, she didn’t ask why — she just helped. When I asked her how she kept going, she’d just smile and tell me, “It’s what we do.” No speeches. No slogans. Just life, lived with grit and care and dignity.

That’s what A Better Indiana looks like.

Not one built on corporate favors or political insiders — but one built on the stubborn kindness and everyday courage of working people. Because the people who make Indiana work should finally have someone who works for them.

This campaign isn’t about left or right — it’s about up.

Up for the folks who’ve been ignored, priced out, talked down to, and told to “just work harder” while everything around them gets more expensive. Up for renters, seniors, caretakers, students, workers, and families who deserve stability instead of stress.

And here’s the hopeful part:
We don’t have to wait for the wealthy to approve it.
We don’t have to beg politicians in Indianapolis to remember us.
We can build it the same way we’ve built everything else in this state — together.
With hard work. With backbone. With neighbors looking out for neighbors.

That’s the Indiana I know.
And it’s the Indiana we’re going to build — one conversation, one household, one working family, one Indiana House Seat at a time.