Legislators' Twitter Handles

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	Full Name	Chamber	Party	District	Twitter
	Ron Alting	Senate	R	22	@ron_alting
	Lloyd Arnold	House	R	74	@lloydbarnold
	Jim Arnold	Senate	D	8
	Terri Austin	House	D	36	@terrijaustin
	Michael Aylesworth	House	R	11
	Ron Bacon	House	R	75	@ronbacon
	Jim Baird	House	R	44	@ElectJimBaird
	Jim Banks	Senate	R	17	@Jim_Banks
	John Bartlett	House	D	95
	Eric Bassler	Senate	R	39	@basslerINsenate
	Pat Bauer	House	D	6
	Vaneta Becker	Senate	R	50	@SenatorBecker
Ed. Chair	Robert Behning	House	R	91	@rbehning
	Greg Beumer	House	R	33	@RepBeumer33
	Phil Boots	Senate	R	23
	Bruce Borders	House	R	45
Speaker	Brian Bosma	House	R	88	@Brian_Bosma
	Mike Braun	House	R	63
	Rod Bray	Senate	R	37	@SenBray
	Jean Breaux	Senate	D	34	@JeanBreaux
	John Broden	Senate	D	10	@John_Broden
	Charlie Brown	House	D	3
	Tim Brown	House	R	41	@tbrownmdrep
	Liz Brown	Senate	R	15	@LizBrownUS
	Jim Buck	Senate	R	21
	Woody Burton	House	R	58	@woodyburton
	Martin Carbaugh	House	R	81	@martincarbaugh
	Ed Charbonneau	Senate	R	5	@Charbonneau47
	Bob Cherry	House	R	53	@Bobc4111
	Edward Clere	House	R	72	@ClereEd
	Tony Cook	House	R	32	@RepTonyCook
	Casey Cox	House	R	85	@cbcox
	Michael Crider	Senate	R	28	@MikeMcrider700
	Casey Cox	House	R	85	@cbcox
	Michael Crider	Senate	R	28	@MikeMcrider700
	Wes Culver	House	R	49	@CulverCampaign
	Steve Davisson	House	R	73	@DavissonforHD73
	Ed Delaney	House	D	86	@eddelaney86
	Mike Delph	Senate	R	29	@MikeDelph
	Thomas Dermody	House	R	20	@repdermody
	Dale DeVon	House	R	5	@DaleForStateRep
	Ryan Dvorak	House	D	8
	Sean Eberhart	House	R	57	@Sean_Eberhart
	Doug Eckerty	Senate	R	26
	Jeff Ellington	House	R	62	@JeffEllington62
	Sue Errington	House	D	34	@SueinMuncie
	Bill Fine	House	R	12	@fine_bill
	Jon Ford	Senate	R	38	@votejonford
	Dan Forestal	House	D	100	@danforestal
	William Friend	House	R	23
	David Frizzell	House	R	93	@DaveFrizzell
	Randy Frye	House	R	67	@RandyFrye3
	Phil GiaQuinta	House	D	80	@PhilGiaQuinta
	Susan Glick	Senate	R	13
	Terry Goodin	House	D	66	@terry_goodin
	Ron Grooms	Senate	R	46	@SenRonGrooms
	Doug Gutwein	House	R	16
	Christina Hale	House	D	87	@HaleIndy
	Dick Hamm	House	R	56
	Tim Harman	House	R	17
	Donna Harris	House	D	2	@DonnaJHarrisD2
	Randy Head	Senate	R	18	@Randy_Head
	Bob Heaton	House	R	46	@bobheaton
	Brandt Hershman	Senate	R	7	@BrandtHershman
	Travis Holdman	Senate	R	19
	Erin Houchin	Senate	R	47	@Erin_Houchin
	Todd Huston	House	R	37	@tmhuston
	Christopher Judy	House	R	83	@ChrisJudy83
	Mike Karickhoff	House	R	30	@MikeKarickhoff
	Luke Kenley	Senate	R	20	@lukekenley
	Clyde Kersey	House	D	43
	Cindy Kirchhofer	House	R	89	@CindyKirchhofer
	Sheila Klinker	House	D	27	@RepKlinker
	Eric A. Koch	House	R	65
Ed. Chair	Dennis Kruse	Senate	R	14
	Tim Lanane	Senate	D	25	@TimLanane
	Linda Lawson	House	D	1
	Don Lehe	House	R	25
	Matt Lehman	House	R	79	@mjlehman23
	Jean Leising	Senate	R	42
	Dan Leonard	House	R	50
Pres.Pro	David Long	Senate	R	16	@davidlongsenate @sendavidlong
	Jim Lucas	House	R	69
	Randy Lyness	House	R	68
	Karlee Macer	House	D	92	@KarleeMacer
	Kevin Mahan	House	R	31	@mahan_kevin
	Peggy Mayfield	House	R	60	@MayfieldHouse60
	Wendy McNamara	House	R	76	@RepWendyMac
	Jim Merritt	Senate	R	31	@Jim_Merritt
	Mark Messmer	Senate	R	48	@messmer_m
	Doug Miller	House	R	48	@dougmillerIN
	Patricia Miller	Senate	R	32
	Pete Miller	Senate	R	24	@Sen_PeteMiller
	Ryan Mishler	Senate	R	9	@RyanMishler
	Justin Moed	House	D	97
	Robert Morris	House	R	84
	Alan Morrison	House	R	42
	Chuck Moseley	House	D	10
	Frank Mrvan	Senate	D	1	@frankmrvan
	Sharon Negele	House	R	13
	Rick Niemeyer	Senate	R	6
	David Niezgodski	House	D	7	@DNiezgodski
	Curt Nisly	House	R	22	@curtnisly
	David Ober	House	R	82	@DaveOber
	Julie Olthoff	House	R	19
	Scott Pelath	House	D	9	@ScottDPelath
	Chip Perfect	Senate	R	43
	Matt Pierce	House	D	61
	Greg Porter	House	D	96
	John Price	House	R	47	@jlprice1333
	Cherrish Pryor	House	D	94	@CherrishPryor
	Jeff Raatz	Senate	R	27	@jsraatz
	Lonnie Randloph	Senate	D	2
	Rhonda Rhoads	House	R	70	@RhondaRhoads
	Kathy Richardson	House	R	29	@repkathykr
	Gail Riecken	House	D	77	@GailRiecken
	Earline Rodgers	Senate	D	3	@EarlineRogers
	Thomas Saunders	House	R	54	@TomTopcat13
	Donna Schaibley	House	R	24
	Scott Schneider	Senate	R	30	@Sen_Schneider
	Robin Shackleford	House	D	98	@RCShackleford
	Hal Slager	House	R	15
	Ben Smaltz	House	R	52	@BenSmaltz
	Vernon Smith	House	D	14
	Milo Smith	House	R	59
	Jim Smith	Senate	R	45	@SenatorJimSmith
	Edmond Soliday	House	R	4	@EdSoliday
	Mike Speedy	House	R	90	@Speedy4StateRep
	Brent Steele	Senate	R	44
	Steven Stemler	House	D	71	@ElectStemler
	Greg Steurewald	House	R	40
	Mark Stoops	Senate	D	40
	Holli Sullivan	House	R	78	@RepSullivanHD78
	Vanessa Summers	House	D	99
	Karen Tallian	Senate	D	4	@KarenTallian
	Greg Taylor	Senate	D	33	@GregTaylor_33
	Jeff Thompson	House	R	28
	JIm Tomes	Senate	R	49	@SenJimTomes
	Jerry Torr	House	R	39	@TorrJer
	Randy Truitt	House	R	26	@TruittTicker
	Heath VanNatter	House	R	38
	Greg Walker	Senate	R	41
	Brent Waltz	Senate	R	36	@Brent_Waltz
	Thomas Washburne	House	R	64
	Tim Wesco	House	R	21	@RepWesco
	David Wolkins	House	R	18
	Melanie Wright	House	D	35	@melaniemwright
	Carlin Yoder	Senate	R	12	@carlinyoder
	R. Michael Young	Senate	R	35
	Joe Zakas	Senate	R	11
	Dennis Zent	House	R	51
	Cindy Ziemke	House	R	55	@CindyZiemke
	Indiana House Republicans				@INHouseGOP
	Indiana House Democrats				@inhsedems
	Indiana Senate Republicans				@INSenateGOP
	Indiana Senate Democrats				@INSenDems
	Indiana Republican Party				@indgop
	Indiana Democratic Party				@INDems

LEAP DAY "TWITTER STORM"

This is another "Twitter Storm", maybe the most vital of this legislative session, to support Indiana's PUBLIC schools, teachers, and students.  Throughout this event, we ask participants to post urging legislators to vote NO on SB10 and SB334.  Both bills are currently in the Indiana House of Representatives.  Contact House Education Committee members and ALL House members urging them to VOTE "no" on both of these volatile and damaging bills.  Follow the event page, and this blog, for post, tweet, and hashtag suggestions.

Join and share the event by going to the event's page on Facebook by clicking the link below the big blue Twitter bird.

Click HERE to go to Facebook event

Here are the most recently updated committee times for February 29

Ways & Means is at 8:30 - SB334 (Voucher Expansion)
House Education is at 10:30 - SB10 (Teacher Salaries)

SUGGESTED TWEETS 

No misunderstanding, No more harm VOTE #NoSB10  VOTE #NoSB334  

No more sneaky tactics or misleading language VOTE #NoSB10 #NoSB334

KILL THE BILLS Save our schools and teachers #RespectOurVoice 

GOP tell ALEC no more bad bills VOTE #NoSB10 #NoSB334

Time to #BootBehning and his ALEC agenda #INpublicED #RespectOurVoice

1.3M Elected @Ritz4Ed same will #BootBehning VOTE #NoSB10 #NoSB334 #Vote2016

POSSIBLE TWEET TARGETS

Along with your specific legislators here are most notable for these bills
@INSenateGOP 

@INHouseGOP 

@rbehning

@Brian_Bosma

@INGOP

@sendavidlong

@GovPenceIN
@davidlongsenate

POSSIBLE HASHTAGS

#RespectOurVoice 

#NoSB10 

#NoSB334

#INpublicED

#Vote2016

#byebyebob

#NoMoreINVouchers

#NoMoreINCharters
#BootBehning

#underfundedmandate
#spendthriftsenators
#badfiscalpolicy

Indiana's PUBLIC School Teachers "Snubbed" by Governor Pence?

Was there an intentional "snub" of Hoosier educators tonight?

Did any one notice the "snub" of 40 thousand plus educators tonight as ISTA appeared absent during Governor Pence's State of the State Address? Hoosier Voices for Public Education founder, Philip Arnold, did. He posed the following question to ISTA President, Teresa Meredith, after the address.

"Where was ISTA tonight, didn't the Governor invite the leaders of the mass majority of Indiana's educators?"

President Meredith replied, "I was not invited, however ISTA and its members are committed to making sure our voices are heard this session, on behalf of our colleagues and all of the students we serve every day."

With so much emphasis coming out early in the new session regarding teachers, attacks on PUBLIC schools, increased high-stakes testing, further expanding vouchers, funneling more tax payer monies to charters, and the attempts to dismantle the DOE by removing powers of elected Superintendent Glenda Ritz, shouldn't educators have been at the table? Shouldn’t the ones who are in the trenches daily have been represented in this process. Was this an intentional snub by the Governor to appease the Koch brothers, the tea party, and wealthy campaign contribtors to pad the coffers for the 2016 bid for the White House?

It is time Hoosiers raise their voices as they did in 2012 and prove the value of our PUBLIC schools by standing up and being counted once again. It is time to call legislators non-stop and demand our teachers, their representatives, and those who support our PUBLIC school children be invited back to the table and given a role in making realistic efforts to see our children into a successful future.

 

ELECTION 2014 - HOOSIER VOICES ENDORSES PRO-PUBLIC EDUCATION CANDIDATES

 

 

If you are keeping up with this years election posts, you have seen many posts supporting candidates from both major political parties, you have read the many reasons why you should or should not support a particular candidate, and you have seen the contributions swell for those who carry their "party's banner" proudly.  Here at Hoosier Voices we put the party affiliations aside as we list endorsements of PRO-PUBLIC Education candidates from across the state.  These candidates are those who we see supporting Hoosier school children by ever means possible if elected to serve in the capacity they have chosen to candidate for.  Please read, research, and VOTE for those in your district or statewide who you see supporting PUBLIC Education and Children on the large scale.  When you vote do so with an informed knowledge that you are electing the best for OUR children. 

 

This is a list of those candidates deemed pro-public education.  We have researched and determined they rise above their opponents in the area of public education support.  Some of these candidates are educators(e) or former educators(fe).  If you have not yet cast your ballot, we encourage you to cast in favor of public education in your district and statewide by voting for these candidates and showing your support for Hoosier children.

 

 

INDIANA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

HD 1:          Linda Lawson

HD 2:          Earl Harris

HD 3:          Charlie Brown

HD 4:   (e)   Deb Porter

HD 6:  (fe)   B. Patrick Bauer

HD 7:          David Niezgodski

HD 8:          Ryan Dvorak

HD 9:          Scott Pelath

HD 10:        Charles “Chuck” Moseley

HD 11:        James Metro

HD 12:        Mara Candelaria Reardon

HD 14: (fe)  Vernon G. Smith

HD 15:        Jim Wieser

HD 16:        Rich Ludington
HD 19:        Shelli VanDenburgh

HD 21:  (e)  Jodi Buoscio     

HD 26:        Randy Truitt     

HD 27: (fe)  Sheila Klinker     

HD 29: (e)   Joe Marcum     

HD 30:        Chuck Sosbe     

HD 32:        Bob Ashley

HD 33: (e)   Shon Byrum

HD 34: (fe)  Sue Errington

HD 35: (e)   Melanie Wright

HD 36: (fe)  Terri Austin

HD 39:        David Russ

HD 42:        Mark Spelbring    

HD 43: (fe)  Clyde Kersey   

HD 45:        Bionca Gambill  

HD 46: (e)   Jim Mann II     

HD 52:        Charles Odier    

HD 54:        Tom Saunders 

HD 56:        Phil Pflum

HD 60: (e)   Daymon Brodhacker

HD 61:        Matt Pierce     

HD 62: (e)   Jeff Sparks     

HD 63:        Mike Braun

HD 66:(fe)   Terry Goodin     

HD 70: (e)   Heidi Sellers     

HD 71:        Steve Stemler     

HD 72:(e)    Kevin Sue Bailey    

HD 73:        Douglas Leatherbury

HD 74:        Christopher Coyle    

HD 75:        Steve Spinks     

HD 76:        Tony Goben     

HD 77:        Gail Riecken     

HD 78:        Stephen Melcher
HD 80:        Phil GiaQuinta     

HD 81:        Thad Geradot  

HD 82:        Mike Wilber    

HD 84:        Fred Haigh     

HD 86:        Ed Delaney     

HD 87:        Christina Hale     

HD 91:        Patrick Lockhart

HD 92:        Karlee Macer     

HD 94:        Cherrish Pryor     

HD 95:        John Bartlett     

HD 96:        Gregory Porter     

HD 97:        Justin Moed     

HD 98:        Robin Shackleford
HD 99:        Vanessa Summers
HD 100:      Dan Forestal     

 

INDIANA SENATE

 

SD 1:             Frank Mrvan     

SD 4:             Karen Tallian     

SD 6:             Roxanna Hanford
SD 15:           Jack E. Morris     

SD 22:           Ron Alting

SD 29:           JD Ford     

SD 38: (e)      Tim Skinner     

SD 39:           Steve Lindsey
SD 43:           Rudy Howard  

SD 45:           Julie Berry     

SD 46:  (e)     Chuck Freiberger
SD 47:           Richard Young
SD 48:           Larry Vollmer     

 

INDIANA STATE OFFICE HOLDERS

 

Secretary of State      Beth White
State Auditor             Mike Claytor
State Treasurer          Michael Boland     

 

US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 

CD 1:                 Peter Visclosky

CD 2:                 Joe Bock

CD 7:                 Andre Carson
CD 8:                 Tom Spangler