Shelli Yoder

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Shelli Yoder
File:ShelliYoder.jpg
Member of the
Monroe County Council
from the 1st district
Assumed office
January 26, 2013
Preceded by Vic Kelson
Personal details
Born (1968-08-30) August 30, 1968 (age 56)
Shipshewana, Indiana
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Josh Perry
Children Three
Residence Bloomington, Indiana
Alma mater Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (B.A.)
Vanderbilt University (M. Div)
Occupation Non-profit business management University faculty
Website [1]

Shelli Renee Yoder (born August 30, 1968)[1] is an American business manager, educator and politician. A former Miss Indiana titleholder and Miss America 1993 contestant, Yoder has worked as a director of many non-profit organizations. She was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in the 2012 race and is currently a member of the County Council for Monroe County, Indiana.

Biography

Yoder is a native of Shipshewana, Indiana. She studied interpersonal communication at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne.[2] She later graduated from Indiana University South Bend with a Masters degree in Counseling & Human Services and from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 2002 with a Masters degree in Divinity.[3]

Yoder won the Miss Indiana pageant in 1992 and finished as second runner-up in the Miss America pageant later that year.[4] While competing in beauty pageants, she developed anorexia nervosa.[5] She moved to Tennessee, where she served as the Assistant Director of GirlForce, an advocacy group bringing awareness to the issue of anorexia,[6] and worked as the Executive Director of the Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee.[7][8]

Yoder married Josh Perry, a professor at Indiana University Bloomington. She is also a visiting lecturer at the Kelley School of Business.[9] They have three children and live in Bloomington, Indiana.

2012 Congressional campaign

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Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2012 § District 9

In February 2012, Yoder entered the race for Indiana's 9th congressional district. In a crowded primary field of five candidates, Yoder clinched the nomination with 47% of the primary vote in May.[9][10] During the primary, Yoder emphasized job creation, worker training, funding for health research, and investment in infrastructure and clean energy.[11][12] Yoder credited her success to a grass-roots campaign and vowed to take on big money and special interest and be a voice for working families.[13] Former Governor Howard Dean has used his political action committee to support Yoder, stating that Yoder's race is a key one for Democrats in 2012. This group of candidates in key races is referred to as the Dean Dozen.[14]

In the general election campaign, she has challenged Republican Representative Todd Young to thirteen town hall debates in each of the district's counties, noting that Young had challenged then-Congressman Baron Hill to numerous debates in 2010.[15][16] She has also criticized Young's association with controversial Congressman Todd Akin and their co-sponsoring of No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, which originally included the term "forcible rape"; however the word "forcible" was later removed from the bill, and Young did distance himself from Akin's remarks.[17]

Young defeated Yoder in the election, receiving 55% of the vote to Yoder's 45%.[18]

Results
Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Young 165,332 55.45
Democratic Shelli Yoder 132,848 44.55
Total votes 298,180 100.00

Monroe County Council

Following her Congressional campaign, Yoder was selected to fill the remainder of Vic Kelson's term on the Monroe County Council by a special caucus of the Monroe County Democratic Party.[19]

2016 Congressional campaign

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Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2016 § District 9

In August 2015, Yoder announced that she would again run for the 9th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Young is not running for reelection, so that he can run for the U.S. Senate.[20] Yoder will face Republican businessman Trey Hollingsworth in the general election on November 8, 2016.[21]

References

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Party political offices
Preceded by Democratic nominee for Indiana's 9th congressional district
2012		 Succeeded by
Bill Bailey
Preceded by
Bill Bailey
 Democratic nominee for Indiana's 9th congressional district
2016		 Succeeded by
Incumbent

Template:Miss America 1993 Delegates

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