By Sophie Pappas
For David Stockdale, 35, enough is enough. Fed up with the status quo in Washington D.C., Stockdale is determined to go up against one of central Indiana’s strongest incumbents, Susan Brooks, in the May 6 primary elections.
A member of the Republican Party, and running on the Republican ballot, Stockdale said he is ashamed of what his part is doing these days.
“My own party continues to increase the deficit, expand federal government control, ignore our Bill of Rights, and turn their backs on small government and free market policies,” Stockdale said. “The party must offer voters a clear choice and stand for small government, fiscal conservatism, and defend the liberty of all. If they don’t, they fail to distinguish themselves from decades of failed policies.”
Although his campaign has raised pennies when compared to that of Brooks, Stockdale and his supporters are settling yet.
Mark Lopez, a Zionsville Realtor with F.C. Tucker, said he is supporting Stockdale because he’s a real fighter.
“I like David’s point of view,” Lopez said. “He’s hardcore. I’m for the underdog, in this case David versus Goliath (Susan Brooks).”
Stockdale, who resides in Carmel, said that the biggest threat to the residents of Zionsville and Carmel are the representatives who continue to grow the size of government and increase debt.
A global perspective
Although Stockdale is a Carmel High School graduate, his roots are very much Hispanic. His mother’s ancestors were from Spain, and Stockdale spent years in university in Latin America.
His wife, Jacqueline, is from Ecuador and they speak Spanish and English to their three-year-old daughter, Tatiana.
Stockdale said that when he became self-employed as a health insurance broker, his priorities were about traveling the world.
“That is what is important to me,” he said. “I want to be able to travel with my family.”
This correlates to a word that Stockdale uses frequently: freedom; freedom from oppressive governments, freedom from big-government corporations, and freedom from the status quo.
“In the last decade our country and my party have not represented what people want,” Stockdale said. “The ways we have been represented are not working.”
He believes that this message is resonating with his supporters, especially those who are under 40 years old.
“People are really receptive to fighting back,” he said. “And I’m taking charge of that.”
About David Stockdale
Age: 35
Faith: Evangelical Christian
Resides in Carmel
Married to wife, Jacqueline Stockdale, and has one daughter, Tatiana, age three, and one daughter on the way.
Works as a self-employed health insurance broker.
Representing the House of Representatives Indiana 5th District
One word Stockdale uses to describe himself: Determined
