State Sen. Spencer Deery, after prevailing in an extended recount in the May Republican primary, faces a rematch with Democrat David Sanders, along with independent candidate Joshua Brant in Senate District 23.
State Sen. Spencer Deery, after prevailing in an extended recount in the May Republican primary, faces a rematch with Democrat David Sanders, along with independent candidate Joshua Brant in Senate District 23.
Deery, in his first four-year term in the Indiana Senate, won by three votes over Republican challenger Paula Copenhaver, in a recount that wound up before the Indiana Supreme Court. Sanders, who teaches biology at Purdue and is a West Lafayette City Council member, was the Democratic candidate in Deery’s first run for the Indiana Senate in 2022. Brant is a veteran and small business consultant in Lafayette.
Indiana Senate District 23 includes six counties, spreading from West Lafayette to Vermillion County to the southwest.
Here, candidates answer questions about their approach.
For more: Find bios of each candidate, along with information about where and when to vote, at the end of this article. Watch in the coming days for more candidate Q&As in other races on Tippecanoe County ballots.