Shelli Yoder
| Shelli Yoder | |
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| Member of the Monroe County Council from the 1st district |
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| Assumed office January 26, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Vic Kelson |
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| Born | August 30, 1968 Shipshewana, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Josh Perry |
| Children | Three |
| Residence | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (M. Div) |
| Occupation | Non-profit business management University faculty |
| Website | [1] |
Shelli Renee Yoder (born August 30, 1968)[1] is an American business manager, educator and politician. A former Miss Indiana titleholder and Miss America 1993 contestant, Yoder has worked as a director of many non-profit organizations. She was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in the 2012 race and is currently a member of the County Council for Monroe County, Indiana.
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Biography
Yoder is a native of Shipshewana, Indiana. She studied interpersonal communication at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.[2] She later graduated from Indiana University South Bend with a Masters degree in Counseling & Human Services and from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 2002 with a Masters degree in Divinity.[3]
Yoder won the Miss Indiana pageant in 1992 and finished as second runner-up in the Miss America pageant later that year.[4] While competing in beauty pageants, she developed anorexia nervosa.[5] She moved to Tennessee, where she served as the Assistant Director of GirlForce, an advocacy group bringing awareness to the issue of anorexia,[6] and worked as the Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee.[7][8]
Yoder married Josh Perry, a professor at Indiana University Bloomington. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Kelley School of Business.[9] They have three children and live in Bloomington, Indiana.
2012 Congressional campaign
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In February 2012, Yoder entered the race for Indiana's 9th congressional district. In a crowded primary field of five candidates, Yoder clinched the nomination with 47% of the primary vote in May.[9][10] During the primary, Yoder emphasized job creation, worker training, funding for health research, and investment in infrastructure and clean energy.[11][12] Yoder credited her success to a grass-roots campaign and vowed to take on big money and special interest and be a voice for working families.[13] Former Governor Howard Dean has used his political action committee to support Yoder, stating that Yoder's race is a key one for Democrats in 2012. This group of candidates in key races is referred to as the Dean Dozen.[14]
In the general election campaign, she has challenged Republican Representative Todd Young to thirteen town hall debates in each of the district's counties, noting that Young had challenged then-Congressman Baron Hill to numerous debates in 2010.[15][16] She has also criticized Young's association with controversial Congressman Todd Akin and their co-sponsoring of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which originally included the term "forcible rape"; however the word "forcible" was later removed from the bill, and Young did distance himself from Akin's remarks.[17]
Young defeated Yoder in the election, receiving 55% of the vote to Yoder's 45%.[18]
- Results
| Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2012 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Republican | Todd Young | 165,332 | 55.45 | |
| Democratic | Shelli Yoder | 132,848 | 44.55 | |
| Total votes | 298,180 | 100.00 | ||
Monroe County Council
Following her Congressional campaign, Yoder was selected to fill the remainder of Vic Kelson's term on the Monroe County Council by a special caucus of the Monroe County Democratic Party.[19]
2016 Congressional campaign
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In August 2015, Yoder announced that she would again run for the 9th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Young is not running for reelection, so that he can run for the U.S. Senate.[20] Yoder will face Republican businessman Trey Hollingsworth in the general election on November 8, 2016.[21]
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External links
- Shelli Yoder for U.S. Congress official campaign site
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Campaign contributions at OpenSecrets.org
- Collected news and commentary from WFPL
| Party political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Democratic nominee for Indiana's 9th congressional district 2012 |
Succeeded by Bill Bailey |
| Preceded by
Bill Bailey
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Democratic nominee for Indiana's 9th congressional district 2016 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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- 1968 births
- Living people
- American women in business
- Businesspeople from Indiana
- Indiana Democrats
- Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne alumni
- Miss America 1993 delegates
- Politicians from Bloomington, Indiana
- People with anorexia nervosa
- People from LaGrange County, Indiana
- Vanderbilt University alumni
- Indiana University South Bend alumni
