Russell Stwalley
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Russell Stwalley (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.
Stwalley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Russell Stwalley was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1984.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Victoria Spartz defeated Christina Hale and Ken Tucker in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Spartz (R) | 50.0 | 208,212 |
 | Christina Hale (D) | 45.9 | 191,226 | |
 | Ken Tucker (L)  | 4.0 | 16,788 | |
| Total votes: 416,226 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vernon Moore (Independent)
- Ellen Kizik (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Christina Hale defeated Dee Thornton, Jennifer Christie, Andy Jacobs, and Ralph Spelbring in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christina Hale | 40.8 | 30,123 |
 | Dee Thornton | 27.1 | 20,049 | |
 | Jennifer Christie | 18.1 | 13,345 | |
 | Andy Jacobs | 13.3 | 9,817 | |
| Ralph Spelbring | 0.8 | 575 | |
| Total votes: 73,909 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Spartz | 39.7 | 34,526 |
 | Beth Henderson | 17.6 | 15,343 | |
 | Micah Beckwith | 12.7 | 11,063 | |
 | Carl Brizzi | 6.5 | 5,619 | |
 | Kent Abernathy | 5.6 | 4,901 | |
 | Kelly Mitchell | 5.3 | 4,643 | |
 | Chuck Dietzen | 4.7 | 4,071 | |
 | Matthew Hook | 2.5 | 2,147 | |
 | Andrew Bales | 1.5 | 1,329 | |
 | Mark Small | 1.2 | 1,057 | |
 | Danny Niederberger | 0.8 | 675 | |
 | Victor Wakley | 0.5 | 465 | |
 | Allen Davidson | 0.5 | 411 | |
 | Russell Stwalley | 0.4 | 379 | |
 | Matthew Hullinger | 0.4 | 333 | |
| Total votes: 86,962 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Jay (R)
- Steve Braun (R)
- Jeremy Miner (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Ken Tucker advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Tucker (L) |
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Russell Stwalley completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Stwalley'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 grew up on a family farm in central Indiana. I love history and reading about the founders and what made them do what they did has inspired me my entire life. We are nothing if we are not free. And we aren't. Our government has been corrupted by money and ideology that would have made our founders gag. Most of our problems can be fixed if we look back to the founders and follow their path. This will not be easy. The things that matter never are. After I graduated from college I bought some hiking gear and walked from Indiana to Florida. This was not easy and I could have given up at any point. But I didn't. The drive and determination it took to achieve that goal have been with me always. My life has not been about achieving financial success, fame and glory or anything like that at all. My life has been about understanding who I am and my place in the world. The first time I ran for Congress, in 1996, to replace John T. Myers, America was not quite ready for me. I finished 13th out of 14. But I had the campaign experience under my belt. This time around there is a new format involved. It's called "The Internet." I pretty much despise technology but I'll be doing my best to get my message out through various electronic means.
- Put up or shut up.
- Keep your story straight by sticking to the truth.
- If you can't do the first two there are consequences.
Draining the swamp and fixing the problem so it doesn't EVER come back. You do this first by exposing the swamp creatures, prosecuting them and finally by eliminating their financing.
Ending endless wars. Bring our troops and equipment home. Cut the military budget. If you have a problem with cutting the military budget you are not even remotely serious about the next item. Cease and desist with the aid to foreign countries.
Deal with our Debt. We can't raise taxes enough to ever seriously deal with the debt as long as we keep spending. So we eliminate financing the swamp creatures, cut the military budget and raise taxes on the super-wealthy.
Term limits. Consider making them retroactive as well.
Protecting the Constitution as the founders intended.
I look up to the founders... well... most of them. I despise Hamilton. Aaron Burr is probably my favorite. You can probably figure out why from the person I mentioned just before him.
Honesty. The scene from Excalibur comes to mind on this. Arthur asks Merlin what is the most important quality of knighthood. Merlin at first gives him some non-sense about how they blend together but Arthur presses him for just one. And Merlin replies, "Truth, yes, that's it, it must be truth above all others. When a man lies he murders some part of the world."
A strong foundation for the future.
I struggle with your definition of "historical" event. I remember the Bobby Kennedy assassination. That would be when I was five. But I remember plenty of things before that as well, which are historic to me. My first memory is of being in the crib at night listening to the sounds of the brickyard which was across the street. We moved out of that house shortly after I turned three.
Working on a farm. I had it until I left home for college. If you mean working for someone other than family... that would be de-tasseling. It lasted until we pulled all the tassels.
The Crippled God, Steven Erickson. It is the culmination of a ten book series that will emotionally rip you to shreds. After nine books of 600 pages or so, you are kind of heavily invested in these characters.
Absolutely not. It's thoughts like that that keep good, quality people from running. People with political experience tend to be the ones that get elected and then stay there. Unless ambition moves them on to another elected position. Then they will stay there. Unless they think they have a shot at being president. Thinking that representatives should have previous government experience is just wrong. Let's say you hold a state office and an incumbent for Congress decides not to run for re-election. You leap into the fray because you've had the experience, you've got the backing, you've got the money, you've even got a bit of name recognition. It absolutely doesn't mean you are the best qualified. Not that anyone comes to mind.....
Having seen the Intelligence Committee in action recently and realizing that intelligence isn't a requisite... well, I'd be a perfect fit. The Ethics committee, too, would be a good fit for the opposite reason. I actually have those.
The founders did, and that is enough for me. They considered term limits, too but ultimately decided against it. The idea of career politicians hadn't caught on at that time. Boy, it has now. And then some! So not only do we need to put term limits in place, we need to consider making them retroactive.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ ’’Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 24, 2020’’
