Electoral connection

Electoral Connection

Susan Brooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8ROxJnF2cM

Advertising
Brooks uses political ads and phone calls for most of her advertising to the public. Her ads stress how important it is to her to fight for you. She does not get into the specific details of her platform during these ads. They are more general. You can find her platform and her views on her social media sites that she uses.

Social Media:

Twitter: @SusanWBrooks

Facebook: @CongresswomanSusanWBrooks

Instagram: @susanwbrooks

Website: www.susanwbrooks.house.gov

Position Taking

Susan Brooks is a classic Republican when taking positions. She is Pro-Life, loves the second amendment, for repealing Obamacare, and for Immigration Reform. She sponsors her party when she votes. Brooks does not drift from party lines. While running her campaign her main focus is on Health Care for her district, which means fighting the heavy usage of heroin and opioids. She says, "We are now having I think an unprecedented number of children coming into the child welfare system because their parents are dying of overdoses, People need to realize more than 40 Americans a day are dying from overdose deaths."  

H.R. 2805 (114th): Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2015

H.R. 3242 (114th): Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015

Money

Brooks has no issue with campaign funding as she has raised $1,725,753.96 in 2016. She is estimated to still have $1,347,890.27 on hand.

Credit Claiming

Congresswoman Brooks does most of her work through the two committees she is on. The Ethics Committee and the Energy and Commerce Committee. She has been the primary sponsor on 8 bills that have been enacted. Out of all the bills she has sponsored 35% of them have been in healthcare.

Brooks fights for the American people (white people)

Susan Brooks's Elections

[hide]U.S. House, Indiana District 5 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Susan Brooks Incumbent	61.5%	221,957
	Democratic	Angela Demaree	34.3%	123,849
	Libertarian	Matthew Wittlief	4.2%	15,329
Total Votes				361,135
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

[hide]U.S. House, Indiana District 5 Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Susan Brooks Incumbent	69.5%	95,209
Stephen MacKenzie	15.7%	21,575
Mike Campbell	14.7%	20,202
Total Votes		136,986
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

https://ballotpedia.org/Susan_Brooks
Last Election: The last election for Susan Brooks was last year, 2016. She won again making it three in a row for the congresswoman. Susan Brooks won by a landslide in 2016, winning the primary with 70% of the vote and then winning the election with 62% of the vote. This compares to her other landslide victory in 2014 where she won the primary with 73% and winning the election with 65%. In 2012, the first time Brooks ran for congress, was a year where the old representative retired and there was a large race to see who would take his seat. Brooks won with 30% of the vote in the primary only 1% higher then the runner up. She would go on to win the election with 58% of the vote. Ever since her first win Brook's has had no one challenge her for her victories.

Next Election: Brooks has said to be running again in 2018 with what looks like another easy victory for her. The district 5 of Indiana loves her. She has not had any problems gaining their support since she has been elected. She is expected to win with a solid victory again in 2018. Brooks is also in a fine financial stand point for the next election. Her donations keep coming and she still receives the support she needs from her district.

Campaign: Susan Brooks is a classic Republican when it comes to what she stresses in her campaign. She wants to fight for: Create in environment for private businesses to create jobs, help the farmers of the nation, reform America's education, Immigration reform, health care that is not Obama care, fix the debt, stop Abortion, and finally let us all keep our great big guns.
http://www.susanbrooksforcongress.com/issues/

District 5 is blood Red

District 5

Indiana's 5th congressional district

http://www.census.gov/mycd/
https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana%27s_5th_Congressional_District

Population: 760,00 people. 84.5% White, 7.5% Black, 2.5% Asian, 4.5% Hispanic, 1% Other. 51% Male 49% Female. 245,000 people 25 and under, 309,000 people between 25-55, 206,000 people 55 and over

Cities: Outer Indianapolis, Hamilton,  Madison, Tipton, and Grant Indiana

Average Household Income: $58,000

Urban and Rural: 75% Urban 25% Rural

Religion: 80% Christian 20% Other

Political Views: All of Indiana is a Republican stronghold. District 5 is no exception. Trump won 57% to 38%

Major Industries: Anthem Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company are the two leading industries in Indiana

Susan Brooks Profile

Congresswoman Serving Indiana's 5th District

Susan W. Brooks

Biographical Information: https://susanwbrooks.house.gov/about/full-biography

Born:  August 25, 1960 (age 56 years)

Born in Fort Wayne Indiana. Resides in Carmel Indiana.

Education: Undergraduate degree from Miami University in Oxford Ohio. J.D. from Indiana University.

Religion: Catholic

Family: Husband David Brooks and their two children Jessica and Conner.

Political Party: Republican

Political Career: Deputy mayor of Indianapolis from 1998-1999. She was in charge of crime along with emergency procedures. In 1999-2001 she was a part of an Indianapolis law firm called Ice Miller, during which she was appointed most influential women of Indianapolis. From 2001-2007 she was the attorney general for the southern district of Indiana. She was appointed by then President George W. Bush. 2007-2011 she took a step down from politics to become the vice president at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. In 2012 Brooks took her shot at becoming part of the House of Representatives when the old member of the House retired from his seat. Brooks won the primary with 30% of the vote, only 1% higher then the runner up. In 2014 she won with 65% of the vote. 

Committees: Energy and Commerce committee: Subcommittee on health, Oversight and Investigations, and Commerce Manufacturing and Trade.

Stuff she did or tried to do in congress: March 14th, 2014 Brooks introduced the  Social Media Working Group Act of 2014. This bill become law in 2015. March 18th, 2014 she introduced the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act this bill only passed through the house. July 29th, 2015 Brooks introduced the Strengthening Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2015. This bill is still being discussed. June 17th, 2015 Brooks introduced the Heroin and Prescription Opioid Abuse Prevention, Education, and Enforcement Act of 2015. This bill is also still being discussed.

Sad Republican Things: When asked about things Trump said Susan Brooks replied with. “deep concerns about Mr. Trump’s rhetoric.” She called his comments about federal Judge Gonzalo Curiel “completely inappropriate” and added, “When a legal outcome doesn’t suit you, personal attacks against the presiding judge are not the answer.”

She still voted for Trump. She is my enemy now.