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Healthcare
4.00
Economics
4.00
Candidate Name
Jack Chance
District
State House District 30
Values
Grade
Values
Party
Democrat
Experience
Challenger
Grade
Democracy
4.00
Accessibility
4
Governance
4
Cost
Choice
4
4
Freedom
Voting
4
4
Community
4.00
A+
Overall Grade
Education
4.00
Affordability
Equity
Opportunity
4
4
4
Environment
Public Safety
Inclusion
4
4
4
Stability
Funding
Belonging
4
4
4
Notable Information
Candidate Name
Candidate for:
State House District 30
Democrat
Challenger
Notable Information
MADVoters Survey Responses
Healthcare: The Big Beautiful Bill is projected to cut $31 billion from Indiana’s Medicaid funding, including almost $13 billion in hospital funding, over the next decade. What will you do if elected to ensure healthcare affordability and access given these changes? (Source: Indiana Hospital Association)
Healthcare is not optional. If Washington cuts Medicaid and hospital funding, Indiana cannot just shrug and pass the pain onto working families, seniors, disabled Hoosiers, rural hospitals, and local taxpayers.
If elected, I will fight to protect Medicaid access, expand affordability, and stop hospitals from closing or cutting care in communities that already struggle to get services. I also support moving Indiana toward a Better Indiana Health Plan that lowers costs, protects coverage, and takes power away from insurance companies that profit while families go without care.
Hoosiers should not lose healthcare because politicians in Washington want to pay for tax breaks for the wealthy.
Economics: AI and data centers are having a huge impact on jobs and communities across the nation, particularly in Indiana. What is Congress’s role in addressing this developing technology? What action will you take to hear and represent the concerns of Hoosiers on this topic?
Economics: Dozens of AI data centers are planning to come to Indiana, drawn by the state’s “business-friendly” reputation. How should Indiana manage these large industrial site proposals and their potential impact on communities? (Source: Citizens Action Coalition)
Indiana should stop handing out blank checks to data centers.
These projects use massive amounts of power, water, land, and public infrastructure while often creating far fewer permanent jobs than promised. I oppose new AI data centers unless a community can prove there is a real public benefit, no utility rate hike on working families, no tax giveaway, no threat to local water supply, and a binding agreement for local hiring and union labor.
Being “business-friendly” should not mean sacrificing Hoosier communities so billion-dollar corporations can get cheap land, cheap power, and tax breaks.
Education: Describe your stance on the Department of Education and its role in education administration, funding, and protections for students with disabilities.
Education: Since 2012, Indiana has spent over $5.5 billion in taxpayer dollars on charter schools and the private school voucher program. If elected, would you support or oppose the use of taxpayer dollars to funding private schools and charter schools? Why or why not? (Source: ICPE)
I oppose using taxpayer dollars to fund private school vouchers and support ending Indiana’s voucher program.
Public education is a public responsibility. Every dollar diverted to private schools is a dollar taken away from the neighborhood public schools that serve the overwhelming majority of Hoosier children. Private schools can choose who they admit. Public schools educate every child who walks through the door.
I support fully funding public schools, raising the minimum teacher salary in Indiana to $75,000 per year, and ensuring every student has access to a quality education regardless of their ZIP code, family income, or background. Indiana should invest in public schools, public educators, and the children they serve, not subsidize private education with taxpayer dollars.
Democracy: In your opinion, what is the biggest challenge or threat facing our democracy right now? If elected, what will you do to help overcome this challenge or threat?
The biggest threat to our democracy is the concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a small group of billionaires, corporations, and special interests who use culture wars to keep working people divided while they continue to get richer.
For too long, Hoosiers have been encouraged to fight each other over social and cultural issues while the cost of housing, healthcare, utilities, childcare, and everyday life keeps rising. When ordinary people lose faith that government works for them, democracy itself is weakened.
If elected, I will focus on the issues that actually affect working families and fight to ensure government serves the many, not the wealthy few. Democracy works best when working people have a real voice and a fair shot at building a good life.
Community: Describe your stance on ICE and its role in immigration enforcement and detention.
Community: What role or responsibility do local and state governments have with regards to immigration enforcement?
Immigration enforcement is primarily a federal responsibility. The role of state and local government is to keep communities safe, ensure laws are followed, and make sure taxpayer resources are used responsibly.
I believe we need secure borders, an orderly legal immigration system, and accountability for employers who knowingly exploit undocumented workers to drive down wages. At the same time, local police should be focused on public safety, not trying to serve as a substitute for federal immigration agencies.
My focus is making sure Indiana’s laws and policies put Hoosier workers first, protect public safety, and treat people with fairness and dignity.