Greg Ballard — Secretary of State

DGreg BallardLincoln Party

Former two-term Republican mayor of Indianapolis (2008-2015) and retired Marine lieutenant colonel, running as an independent on the Lincoln Party line.

As Indianapolis mayor he publicly opposed Indiana's 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and urged adding sexual orientation and gender identity to state civil-rights law, and in 2014 he proposed a 43% increase in the city's public-safety income tax; no public positions on abortion or guns were found.

• Life: No position found; he did not answer the iVoterGuide questionnaire on abortion.
• Family: In 2015 urged lawmakers to add sexual orientation and gender identity to state anti-discrimination law.
• Religious liberty: Publicly denounced Indiana's 2015 Religious Freedom Restoration Act and asked that city ordinances be exempted from it.
• 2nd Amendment: No position found; he did not answer the iVoterGuide gun question and is not rated by NRA-PVF in this race.
• Limited gov’t: Campaigns on independent redistricting commissions, open primaries and a nonpartisan voter guide; did not answer the iVoterGuide photo-ID question.
• Fiscal: As mayor proposed raising Indianapolis's public-safety income tax from 0.35% to 0.5% (approved 19-10 in 2014) to fund more police officers.

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