September 22, 2014

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Debate in district 8 Congressional candidates meet and greet

Monday, September 22, 2014 Indiana State University www.indianastatesman.com Volume 122 Issue 14

(Photo by Gary Macadaeg)

RANDY RICCI Reporter On Sept. 18, two congressional candidates from Indiana’s 8th district came and spoke in the Magna Carta room in Federal Hall. The two candidates went back and forth on several topics including gay marriage, ISIS, the Affordable Care Act, minimum wage and education. Indiana’s 8th congressional district is a congressional district in the state of Indiana. Based in southwest and west central Indiana, the district is anchored in Evansville and also includes Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes and Washington. The room quickly filled up with students, teachers and citizens of Terre Haute ready to watch the candidates

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speak and inform them of their political standpoints. Andrew Horning was one of the candidates scheduled to speak at the event. He is a libertarian from Freedom, Indiana. Horning believes that the Republican and Democratic parties are not doing a well-enough job in Washington and they don’t have the power to fix all the problems they’ve created. “You know the saying, ‘Fool me once, shame on you; Fool me twice, shame on me?’” Horning said. “Well, the people who long ago brought us the Republican and Democratic Party have been fooling us ever since.” The other candidate who was present was Tom Spangler, a Democrat from Jasper, Indiana.

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This is his first time running for congress and he had many ideas to take with him if he were to win. “I am my own man and have my own ideas,” Spangler said. “I will represent the 8th district of Indiana to the best of my ability.” The third candidate, Larry Bueshon, is the incumbent for the 8th district and declined the invitation to come speak at ISU. The two candidates sat in front of the audience and were asked a question and given two minutes to speak about their stance relating to the topic. They went back and forth for an hour and disagreed on almost every question. They stated their stance with every question and why they felt that way. The politicians didn’t skip a beat when it was their turn to speak, showing a wide

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knowledge of the topics at hand. Many students stayed after to ask questions and talk to the politicians. Colt Barker, a junior political science major, was very excited when he heard that potential congress members were coming to speak and he sat in the front row. “It was awesome seeing the candidates come out for the students and the community,” Barker said. “Mr. Horning even said this was one of the best turnouts and that he was happy to see all of us.” The election for the 8th congressional district will take place in November and the candidates will be Larry Beushon, Andrew Horning and Tim Spangle. The politicians at the event encouraged everyone attending the forum to get out and vote and to make a difference.

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