Walker
Sen. Greg Walker, R-Columbus, won a fifth term representing Indiana Senate District 41 in Tuesday’s midterm election.
Walker, 58, received 64.91% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and director of bands at Columbus North High School Bryan Munoz, 36, who received 35.09%.
Walker he was “grateful” for the work people put into promoting races and candidates during the campaign.
“I’m really encouraged to see how Bartholomew County really turned up to vote this year,” Walker said. “I don’t think it was necessarily my race. I think there were some … races that drew people’s attention. But that’s the kind of turnouts we ought to have all the time — or higher. People defend their liberty to vote by participating, not by waiting for someone to hold on to that liberty until they’re ready to exercise it. I’m grateful for the county and all the work that people did to promote races and promote their candidates and to get out and show up to be counted. I think it was a real win for us to see more and more people want to exercise their rights.
Munoz, who was running for public office for the first time, said it was a “great experience” and plans to continue to serve the community.
“It didn’t go the way we hoped, but it still was a great experience and (I) really enjoyed getting to know the community on a deeper level,” Munoz said. “… I appreciate the conversations that I’ve been able to have with folks in our community. I’ve appreciated their thoughts and concerns on how we can make Bartholomew County a better place to live and a better place to work. I still am going to continue to serve this community and hope to find more ways to stay involved with Bartholomew County.”
During the campaign, Walker defended his vote on Indiana’s near-total abortion ban, stating that “Indiana can help restore a culture of preservation of life.”
Walker also stated he would spend his next term focusing on access to mental healthcare, telling The Republic that the state’s Child Protective Services “is near crisis and community counseling is needed to mitigate this problem.”
Munoz, for his part, campaigned on supporting public education, “safe gun laws that protect our entire community while preserving our Second Amendment rights” and abortion rights, stating on his campaign website that “all health issues should remain a medical privacy between a person and their health professional.”
