I am running for Indiana House District 48 as a progressive voice for the residents of northern Elkhart County. As long-time advocate for community services and justice reform I see 2026 as the year for a removing the entrenched and entitled Republican representation. The people of Elkhart County are struggling with affordability – at their grocery store, at their doctor’s offices and when they open their utility bills. Raising a daughter as a working father I understands how little the results of our labor goes today to raise a family – especially a little one who loves her karate classes. Unkept promises by the Democrats have left us barely living from paycheck to paycheck with ever rising costs and fewer services. Under those burdens our most vulnerable neighbors stumble, our young families falter and our senior citizens suffer. With all our communities across northern Elkhart County I am reaching up with you to make sure your life, your liberty and your pursuit of happiness is more than just a dream.

Taking Elkhart County Values to Indianapolis for You!

Affordability in Housing Plan for Hoosiers

• Establish Indiana funds and funding sources for increasing the availability of affordable homes
• Refocus community development on rehabilitation of existing vacant or deteriorating residential areas and get the teeth of large, corporate developers out of our important and historical agricultural lands
• Engage communities for local preservation, supportive housing and community ownership to maintain long-term affordability in the housing market
• Remove barriers that keep our young families from becoming first-time homeowners
• Make Housing First our model for ending homelessness in Indiana
• Fully fund and strengthen our local housing authorities

Read more about my Affordability in Housing Plan for Hoosiers here

Quality Public Education for All Children

Our important public education system has been gutted by the bureaucrats in Indianapolis. Leaving our public school systems here in Elkhart County begging for just the basic funds for teachers, custodians and bus drivers. The Arts and Sciences that lay the foundation for American prosperity through the development of creativity and critical thinking slashed. Healthy, fresh cooked meals that are essential for growing minds and bodies have been outsourced to prepackaged and over-processed options.

I commit to working for advancement of all our schools in their mission to Reduce the financial burden on teachers to provide quality education in our classrooms
Establish equity between schools across different income areas
Improves classroom readiness and learning conditions for all students

Marshall lives in Osceola with his daughter and fiancé. They are expecting their second child this summer.