Spencer Deery

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Spencer Deery
Image of Spencer Deery
Indiana State Senate District 23
Tenure

2022 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

2

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$32,070.24/year

Per diem

$196/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Brigham Young University, 2006

Graduate

George Washington University, 2011

Personal
Profession
Deputy chief of staff
Contact

Spencer Deery (Republican Party) is a member of the Indiana State Senate, representing District 23. He assumed office on November 9, 2022. His current term ends on November 4, 2026.

Deery (Republican Party) ran for election to the Indiana State Senate to represent District 23. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Deery completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Spencer Deery earned a bachelor's degree in communications from Brigham Young University in 2006 and a master's degree in public administration from George Washington University in 2011. Deery's career experience includes working as the deputy chief of staff, the senior communications strategist, and a public policy analyst with the Purdue University Office of the President. He has been affiliated with the Boy Scouts.[1][2]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Deery was assigned to the following committees:


Elections

2022

See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Indiana State Senate District 23

Spencer Deery defeated David Sanders in the general election for Indiana State Senate District 23 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Spencer Deery
Spencer Deery (R) Candidate Connection
 
63.6
 
20,115
Image of David Sanders
David Sanders (D) Candidate Connection
 
36.4
 
11,523

Total votes: 31,638
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 23

David Sanders advanced from the Democratic primary for Indiana State Senate District 23 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of David Sanders
David Sanders Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
2,555

Total votes: 2,555
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 23

Spencer Deery defeated Bill Webster, Paula Copenhaver, and Christian Beaver in the Republican primary for Indiana State Senate District 23 on May 3, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Spencer Deery
Spencer Deery Candidate Connection
 
30.8
 
3,346
Image of Bill Webster
Bill Webster
 
27.0
 
2,929
Paula Copenhaver
 
22.9
 
2,492
Christian Beaver
 
19.3
 
2,093

Total votes: 10,860
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Campaign finance

Endorsements

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

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Spencer grew up in a rural community as the son of two public educators. He and his wife Julia have been married for 15 years and have made their home in Tippecanoe County where they are raising three children who attend public schools

Despite being a first-time political candidate, Spencer’s career and education have prepared him to be a successful legislator and advocate for District 23.

He has worked in the leadership of Purdue University since 2011 and currently serves as the Deputy Chief of Staff and as a communications and public policy advisor to Mitch Daniels, the former Indiana governor and current Purdue President.

Before Purdue, Spencer worked as a communications and public policy research aide in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington DC. Before the VA, Spencer worked in the private sector in marketing and strategic communications.

Spencer speaks fluent Spanish and has a bachelor’s degree in communications with minors in both business and political science and a master's degree from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at The George Washington University, where he graduated at the top of the class.

  • Fighting the pain of inflation with smart fiscal policies.
  • Strengthening our education system at every level.
  • Maintaining safe communities.

Lawmakers need to chart a path to a more prosperous, post-pandemic normal than our current trajectory. Many Hoosier families are struggling and feeling a deep anxiety. Their incomes have not kept pace with inflation and a recession is on the horizon. Students are still catching up from shutdown induced learning loss. Some Indiana zip codes are among the unhealthiest in the country, mental health services are often inaccessible, and our hospital prices are among the most expensive in the nation.

Some of these problems didn’t start with the pandemic, but they were exacerbated by it and by politicians (mostly national) who have cared more about grandstanding than governing. I have never sought political office before, but I am doing so because I believe we need political newcomers with the qualifications, commonsense and integrity to seek evidence-based solutions that lead to a more resilient economy, a better educational system, and affordable, accessible and efficient health care.

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Campaign finance summary


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Spencer Deery campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Indiana State Senate District 23Won general$192,617 $166,178
Grand total$192,617 $166,178
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

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Footnotes

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Preceded by
Phil Boots (R)
Indiana State Senate District 23
2022-Present
Succeeded by
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