Brad Meyer

Brad Meyer married his high school sweetheart at eighteen, and the two worked their way through Purdue together.¹ He studied electronics engineering while she studied veterinary technology.¹ A Brownsburg native, he moved to Bloomington with his family in 2010 to support work at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane.¹

Meyer spent twenty five years in manufacturing, with work ranging from sensor and electronics assembly to machining, heat treatment and plating.¹ He also held management positions.¹ In 2016, he became a Navy civilian engineer and spent nine years working on electromagnetic warfare systems intended to protect sailors from missile attacks.¹ He left that job to run for Congress.²

The Democratic nominee faces Republican incumbent Erin Houchin in Indiana's 9th District.² He says he has never held elected office.³ His campaign has included public question sessions, with a September Bloomington town hall listed as the twenty third stop on his tour.⁴ At an Indiana University student forum, he offered a joking apology for being a Purdue graduate.⁵

His platform calls for Medicare for All, a $20 national minimum wage and making the first $20,000 of income free of federal income tax.².⁶ He supports expanded overtime eligibility and stronger union organizing protections under the PRO Act.⁶ He also favors investment in broadband, physical infrastructure and vocational training.⁶ He proposes a constitutional amendment barring federal elected officials from their next election if a balanced budget is not passed by October 1.³