State

State Senator, 19th District

Vote for: 1
Term: 4 years
Candidates: 2
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state senator votes on Indiana laws and the state budget in the General Assembly.

Candidates Compare by issue

Blake Fiechter

Republican

Real estate broker; Bluffton City Council member · Bluffton

The gist

Opposes corporate welfare; prioritizes small towns and farmers.
Opposes abortion from conception to natural death.
Supports deporting everyone in the country illegally.
Opposes red flag gun seizure laws.
Pledges to cut property taxes and fight rising assessments.
Supports workforce training and skills-based education.

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Opposes corporate welfare; prioritizes small towns and farmers.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“I will lead the fight for policies that strengthen small towns, farmers, and working families and put a stop to corporate welfare.”
Opposes abortion from conception to natural death.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“I am 100% pro-life, from conception to natural death.”
Supports deporting everyone in the country illegally.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“deporting every illegal alien on our soil”
Opposes red flag gun seizure laws.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“I oppose red flag gun seizures.”
Pledges to cut property taxes and fight rising assessments.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“As your Senator, I will fight to cut property taxes.”
Supports workforce training and skills-based education.
My Platform | Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate
Campaign website · Blake Fiechter for Indiana Senate · blakefiechterin.com
“I will push for workforce training and skills-based education that lead to higher-paying jobs”

Timothy C. Murphy

Democratic

Pastor · Fort Wayne

The gist

Supports a citizen ballot initiative process.
Supports raising the minimum wage, indexed to inflation.
Supports ending right-to-work and easing union formation.
Proposes child care costing no more than $10 a day.
Supports replacing Indiana's flat income tax with progressive rates.
Supports restoring reproductive freedom and abortion access.
Supports stronger air and water quality rules.

More about Timothy

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Supports a citizen ballot initiative process.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Provide popular ballot initiative process for issue-based direct democracy”
Supports raising the minimum wage, indexed to inflation.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Increase minimum wage and index it to inflation going forward”
Supports ending right-to-work and easing union formation.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Make it easier to form unions and end "right to work"”
Proposes child care costing no more than $10 a day.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Subsidize childcare in every county … no more than $10 per day per child”
Supports replacing Indiana's flat income tax with progressive rates.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Institute progressive state income tax and replace Indiana's flat tax”
Supports restoring reproductive freedom and abortion access.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Restore reproductive freedom and abortion access”
Supports stronger air and water quality rules.
PLATFORM | Murphy for 19
Campaign website · Murphy for 19 · murphyfor19.com
“Strengthen air and water quality to rules to protect communities from pollution”

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