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State Senator, 1st District

Scott Houldieson

Candidate for State Senator, 1st District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
Electrician, Ford Chicago Assembly Plant
Lives in
Highland
Campaign website
scott4senate.com

Electrician at Ford's Chicago Assembly Plant, where he joined UAW Local 551 in 1989 and has served as its financial secretary, vice president and chair of the trustees. A Highland resident for 25 years, he co-founded the union reform caucus Unite All Workers for Democracy in 2019.

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Documented positions

Education

  • Supports collective bargaining for teachers over working conditions.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “The ability for teachers to bargain over their working conditions, which are our children's learning conditions.”
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  • Supports fair taxation to fully fund public schools.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Provides fair taxation to fund our public schools.”
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Economy & jobs

  • Supports raising the minimum wage to a family-sustaining level.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Increases the minimum wage to a family sustaining wage.”
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  • Supports repealing Indiana's right-to-work law.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Reverse the law that gives nobody a right to work but is intended to weaken Labor Unions”
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  • Supports restoring prevailing wages on state-funded projects.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Bring back prevailing wage standards for projects funded by the state.”
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Environment & parks

  • Supports local say and community benefits for data centers.

    He calls for public input on land use, community benefit agreements with clawbacks, and project labor agreements.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Gives local communities the ability to decide the best use of land after meaningful public input. … Requires community benefit assurances with claw backs for non compliance.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports restoring child care relief vouchers for working families.

    Issues | Scott For State Senate

    Campaign website · Committee to Elect Scott Houldieson · scott4senate.com

    “Restores childcare relief vouchers which will allow working families to work”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Scott Houldieson on them.

  • Taxes & budgetNo documented position found.
  • Government & transparencyNo documented position found.

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