State

State Representative, 56th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Indiana laws and the state budget in the Indiana House of Representatives.

Candidates Compare by issue

Randy Retter

Republican

Former Wayne County sheriff · Wayne County

The gist

Pledges to strengthen school safety protocols.
Supports data-driven efforts to reduce recidivism.
Pledges rural communities keep their share of infrastructure funding.
Supports expanding mental health and addiction treatment partnerships.
Supports lowering health care costs in rural communities.
Supports cutting red tape for small businesses and farms.

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Pledges to strengthen school safety protocols.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Strengthen school safety protocols to protect our children.”
Supports data-driven efforts to reduce recidivism.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Implement data-driven initiatives to reduce recidivism and keep violent offenders off the streets.”
Pledges rural communities keep their share of infrastructure funding.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Ensuring our rural communities keep their fair share of infrastructure funding.”
Supports expanding mental health and addiction treatment partnerships.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Expanding partnerships for mental health and addiction treatment.”
Supports lowering health care costs in rural communities.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Supporting policies that lower healthcare costs and protect access in rural communities”
Supports cutting red tape for small businesses and farms.
Issues - Randy Retter for State Representative
Campaign website · Committee to Elect Randy Retter · randyretter.com
“Reducing red tape for small businesses and family farms and bringing jobs and opportunity to eastern Indiana”

Thomas Scott Rockwell

Democratic

Quaker minister · Richmond

The gist

Supports raising the minimum wage.
Supports workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively.
Supports building more high-quality affordable housing.
Supports fully funding public schools and raising teacher pay.
Supports expanding health coverage as a human right.
Supports an independent, politically neutral redistricting commission.
Opposes state preemption of local decision-making.

More about Thomas

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Supports raising the minimum wage.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Raise the minimum wage so full-time workers are not living in poverty.”
Supports workers' rights to organize and bargain collectively.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Protect workers' rights to organise and bargain collectively.”
Supports building more high-quality affordable housing.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Build more high-quality affordable housing.”
Supports fully funding public schools and raising teacher pay.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Fully fund public schools. … Raise teacher pay and support school staff.”
Supports expanding health coverage as a human right.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Expand healthcare coverage.”
Supports an independent, politically neutral redistricting commission.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Create a politically neutral redistricting commission.”
Opposes state preemption of local decision-making.
Tom Rockwell for Indiana (home and platform)
Campaign website · Friends of Tom Rockwell · tom4indiana.com
“Oppose state preemption that prevents local problem-solving.”

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