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Michelle Milne won her primary race decisively and will be facing Joanna King in November to represent Indiana’s 49th district at the Statehouse. Milne was one of three candidates seeking the state representative nomination. Also in the running were Susan Lawson and Monica Garbachiak. 

Jamee Decio, one of two Democratic U.S senate candidates hoping to unseat incumbent Republican Rudy Yakum, was in Goshen Tuesday night, April 28th to discuss campaign issues with Goshen voters.  She is hoping to represent Indiana’s 2nd congressional district.  The meeting took place at The Fold restaurant on Main Street in downtown Goshen.

Shelli Yoder, the Indiana State Senator for District 40 and Democratic Senate Minority leader since 2025, spoke to an enthusiastic crowd of roughly 250 people at the Goshen Theater on Thursday evening, April 23. The Executive and Call to Action committees of the Goshen City Democratic Party organized this gathering and moderated the event. 

A community conversation on the local impacts of state laws and policies passed by the 2026 Indiana General Assembly will take place at 6:30 p.m. on April 23, 2026 in the Goshen Theater, 216 South Main Street. Senate Minority Leader Shelli Yoder will lead the event, sponsored by the Goshen City Democratic Party, which has created broad community engagement over the past year. Yoder will explain the local impact of state laws and policies passed by the 2026 General Assembly and answer questions from residents during a lively gathering.

The Goshen City Democrats’ first Trivia Night fundraiser was a wonderful success! On March 28th, almost 100 participants gathered at the VFW to support the Party and to compete for a spiffy donkey trophy. The Shellions–Buckley Watson, Laura Watson, Paul Stauffer, Jennifer Shell, Megan Krug, Scott Mahler, and Abby Graber (not pictured)–dominated the night. But the real winner was the Party because the event raised $2500!

An enthusiastic crowd of approximately 500 people attended the No King’s Protest in front of the historical Courthouse in downtown Goshen.

On Tuesday evening March 24, an enthusiastic audience of nearly 125 people attended a “Meet The Candidates” event in the ballroom at Goshen’s downtown theater. Three candidates are competing in the Democratic primary and the winner will run against Joanna King, the incumbent Republican Representative for Indiana voting district 49.  The candidates are: Monica Garbaciak, Susan Lawson, Michelle Milne.