Travis Gearhart

Candidate Bio

I started my interest in politics during the Obama v. McCain election of 2008. Before that, I wasn’t overtly political. I was raised in small town Hebron Indiana, my parents were moderate Republicans who weren’t particularly political themselves. Those elections became important to me, because I was a young married man, about to start making a family. We had bought our first home, and as is apt to happen in the life of young adults I began to question where my tax dollars were going, what my government was up to, and why our elected leaders were making the decisions that they were.
I started up a blog/podcast show called Matters of Opinion and quickly caught the attention of the Porter County Republican machine. I helped in several local county and state campaigns and eventually ran for Hebron Town Council, winning handedly at the age of 25, which was rare, and an R in a traditionally D town, even more rare.
From there, I was appointed South Porter County Chairman and served several years at the behest of the Porter County Republican Chair. I served as the Congressional District 1 Vice Chair of the Young Republicans for a number of years, as well. I moved to Wisconsin for work for a few years, serving on my towns planning commission while in Belgium, WI. Once I moved back to NW IN, I ran for County Council At Large; moving on in the primary, and ultimately losing in the general election.
After being involved in Republican politics and local government for a while, I took a much needed break. During that time, watching the news and keeping tabs on what our government was doing, I became disgusted and disenfranchised. The debt kept growing, our government was spending our tax dollars and sending it to countries afar while Americans struggled with sky rocketing inflation, lack of good paying jobs, and mountains of debt from student loans, medical bills, you name it. The Republicans were, ARE, as bad as the Democrats, and there isn’t anyone outside of a scant few that are standing up and pushing for real change.
After much consideration, and after contacting the Porter County Libertarian Party and bouncing my thoughts off of them, I decided to officially join the Libertarian Party. I have announced my intent to run for State Representative in my District, which is District 4. That was officially voted on by the board in January, and ratified at the state convention the month following.
My life, my ideas, my thoughts, are an open book. On my website, travisgearhart.com I present my plan for the State. There you will find links to my Campaign Facebook page, as well as my Substack where I do some writing on my thoughts and opinions on national and state political issues as well as culture and arts. My campaign email is also there; please, do not hesitate to send me an email with a question or concern. I promise you I will tell my my thoughts unfiltered and without any “political double speak”. Lastly, my podcast, with my friend and former political confidant Keith Cunningham, aptly named Disenfranchised, is also linked. I appreciate your time, and look forward to interacting with all of you!