Oct 17th, 2024 - Michelle appears on the Turn Left podcast hosted by Dana Black:
Oct 11th, 2024 - The Daily Journal covers Michelle's race for House District 60 with her opponent who hasn't figured out term limits yet:
Democrat Michelle Higgs describes herself as a community leader, wife, mom of three and a Martinsville High School alumna. After moving back to Indiana from California in 2016, she became involved in local organizing around issues like the environment and healthcare and housing. But she found a lack of Democratic voices in the statehouse to hear those concerns.
“I was sitting with my neighbors, and we were talking about the impact of being gerrymandered, and sometimes you feel like, well, your vote doesn’t really much matter,” she said. “And so when voters don’t have a reason to turn out because nobody’s on their ballot that represents their values, then that can actually directly impact up ballot as well. So, that was one of the key reasons. If not now, when? And if not you, who?”
Oct 11th, 2024 - WFIU & WTIU News covers Michelle's Indiana Rural Summit event in Martinville and the larger picture of how rural Democrats are trying to take back the Indiana Statehouse.
Oct 11th, 2024 - Michelle is featured in an article from WTIU/Indiana Public Media covering her Indiana Rural Summit event in Martinsville. The article, entitled In Indiana's reddest districts, rural Dems still put up a fight, covers the work being done to bring representative governance back to the Indiana Statehouse:
“Me as a lone candidate running for a house seat in a largely Republican district probably was not going to get anybody's attention,” she said. “But me organizing 12 house candidates across 30 counties representing 34 percent of Indiana, that's noticeable.”
October 9th, 2024 - Michelle's 60 second campaign ad just launched on YouTube & Facebook. Themed around the Upside Down from the TV show Stranger Things, it puts in perspective Indiana's "Republican supermajority utopia" of the last few decades.
Oct 4th, 2024 - Michelle is the recipient of The Pat Williams Partybuilder of the Year Award 2024 by the Monroe County Democratic Party of Indiana at the Fall Judge Viola Taliaferro Dinner for building the Indiana Rural Summit:
"In great appreciation of your considerable effort to build rural engagement with time honored community organizing tools, raise awareness and get out the vote in the 2024 election cycle, we proudly award you with this annual Pat Williams Partybuilder of the Year Award."
Oct 3rd, 2024 - Michelle is quoted in the Daily Journal from her remarks at the Johnson County Voter Forum organized by the Daily Journal, Bridges Alliance of Johnson County, League of Women Voters of Johnson County and the Franklin College Department of Political Science.
“I believe we need a state government that protects Hoosiers by stopping monopolistic business practices that create health care deserts. We need to prevent private equity companies from buying up medical practices to maximize profits, and we need to audit our Medicaid budget for administrative price gouging, rather than cover a budget shortfall by taking from our most vulnerable on Medicaid who can least afford it.”
Oct 3rd, 2024 - Michelle's Indiana Rural Summit event in Martinsville is featured in the Morgan County Correspondent newspaper, page A5 (subscription required):
Sep 24th, 2024 - Full Remarks of Michelle Higgs at the Morgan County Rural Summit. Michelle was introduced by fellow Indiana House candidate Thomas Horrocks who is running for House District 62:
Sep 19th, 2024 - Michelle appears on the video wall as Kamala Harris enters the studio in the Unite for America event hosted by Oprah Winfrey. Michelle was selected to appear on the video wall throughout the event as a representative for leaders from grassroots groups from all over the country.
Sep 17th, 2024 - Full Remarks of Michelle Higgs at the Monroe County Democrats' Club luncheon:
Sep 12th, 2024 - Facing an uphill battle in a predominantly red state, veteran community organizer Michelle Higgs is squaring off against incumbent Peggy Mayfield in the November election. Higgs realized she and other Hoosier Democrats would need a lot of help so she put together the Indiana Rural Summit 2024. It’s a series of local gatherings featuring a dozen Democratic candidates for House district seats. Higgs et al hope to persuade rural and small town voters the Democrats are on their side. Republican candidate Mayfield has been invited to appear on the program before the election.
[NOTE: WFHB's original recording features two four-minute silence gaps to allow for live pitching during their Fall 2024 Fund Drive. These silence gaps have been removed in the YouTube video.]
As aired on WFHB's Big Talk:
https://wfhb.org/news-public-affairs/indiana-house-district-60-candidate-michelle-higgs/
Sep 12th, 2024 - Michelle is featured in the Martinsville Chamber of Commerce's summary of their August luncheon:
https://martinsvillechamber.com/august-2024-luncheon/
Sep 4th, 2024 - Michelle speaks at the Rally For Indiana-9 Democrats Hosted By Tim Peck For Congress: at the Clark County 4H Fairgrounds, in Charlestown, IN:
Aug 26th, 2024 - Michelle is mentioned in WBIW's article "The Indiana Rural Summit: A Comprehensive Overview"
https://www.wbiw.com/2024/08/26/the-indiana-rural-summit-a-comprehensive-overview/
Aug 19th, 2024 - Carrie Newcomer wrote this article entitled "Impossible, Until Its Not" after performing at the Dinner & Discussion with Michelle Higgs Fundraiser event on Saturday evening:
"Before the event began, Michelle taped a large poster saying “Believe” to the back wall (remember Ted Lasso). That simple message was a reminder to everyone in attendance that we all possess the ability to learn and grow, that injustice and the current trends that divide our communities and limit conversations for the common good are not unchangeable."
Read the rest of the article here:
https://carrienewcomer.substack.com/p/impossible-until-its-not
Aug 17th, 2024 - A magical performance of her song "If Not Now" by award winning special guest Carrie Newcomer at the Dinner & Discussion with Michelle Higgs Fundraiser at Emory Acres Event Barn in Paragon, Indiana.
Aug 17th, 2024 - Full comments of Michelle Higgs at Dinner & Discussion w/ Michelle Higgs Fundraiser at Emory Acres Event Barn in Paragon.
August 14th, 2024 - Michelle appears on the Vote Common Good podcast hosted by Robb Ryerse. This conversation was recorded back in July.
[Note: as of 8/15/2024, the Indiana Rural Summit has 10 House Candidates connecting 25 southern counties covering 28% of Indiana!]
August 12th, 2024 - HoosLeft Podcast Episode 47: Rural Progressives Are Having A Moment... And A Summit w/Michelle Higgs
August 4th, 2024 - JASPER, Ind. – Michelle is interviewed by WEHT Eyewitness News' Emily Blackmarr as the Indiana Rural Summit stopped in Jasper today and participated in the annual Strassenfest parade.
You can read the whole article here:
July 30th, 2024 - Jasper, Ind. - Michelle is interviewed by WBIW for the upcoming Indiana Rural Summit.
Meet the Indiana Rural Summit: The Nine-Candidate Supergroup Shaking up Southern Indiana Politics for the Better
The Indiana Rural Summit, nine Democratic State House candidates from districts representing 24% of Indiana across 22 counties, rallying around a unified message of hope for Hoosiers: Rural communities and small towns can have better healthcare, schools, and jobs. Turning disempowering gerrymandered districts into a secret superpower, they are uniting to spread this hopeful message to thousands of rural voters, too often left without a choice on the ballot for state representatives due to unopposed races.
July 17th, 2024 - Michelle is mentioned in Hoosiers for Democracy's article entitled:
We were a society dying of too much choice. ~ Aunt Lydia/The Handmaid’s Tale.
https://hoosiersfordemocracy.substack.com/p/we-were-a-society-dying-of-too-much
June 28th, 2024 - Michelle gets a shout out in the WFHB News Eco Report along with fellow candidates Kurtis Cummings (H46) and Thomas Horrocks (H62):
https://wfhb.org/news-public-affairs/news/ecoreport/eco-report-june-28-2024/
June 25th, 2024 - The third part of Michelle's interview aired on WFHB Local News:
June 20th, 2024 - Michelle is featured in the Morgan County Correspondent's article Meet The Democrats:
https://www.morgancountycorrespondent.com/articles/featured-stories/meet-the-democrats/
June 6th, 2024 - Indiana Public Broadcasting: New high school diploma proposal sparks discussion among state officials, community
“Part of the solution must be to introduce academic success advisors for middle and high school students,” said Michelle Higgs, a community member and former PTA president. Higgs is also running as a Democrat to represent Indiana House District 60 in the November election.
“In college, most students have an undergraduate advisor who helps them chart academic progress, supports them with resources and helps them make informed decisions that allow for flexibility, even changing goals midway through. That same support must be available for Hoosier middle and high school students.”
Lakeshore PBS: https://www.lakeshorepublicmedia.org/2024-06-06/new-high-school-diploma-proposal-sparks-discussion-among-state-officials-community
June 5th, 2024 - Full Comments by Michelle Higgs during the June 5, 2024 Indiana State Board of Education (SBOE) Business Meeting held at the Indiana Government Center South:
May 29, 2024 - Michelle Higgs Pledges to Support Congressional Term Limits
Martinsville, IN – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. Its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Indiana state house candidate, Michelle Higgs (District 60), has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the Term Limits Convention Pledge.
USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on Higgs’s pledge saying, “Michelle’s strong support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to listen to the majority of voters who want term limits. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
https://www.termlimits.com/michelle-higgs-pledges-to-support-congressional-term-limits/
May 24th, 2024 - Here is Michelle's interview with WFHB's Environmental Report:
May 16th, 2024 - The second part of Michelle's interview on WFHB Local News aired:
May 14th, 2024 - The first part of Michelle's interview on WFHB Local News aired:
May 7th, 2024 - Michelle gets a post-election mention in Johnson County's Daily Journal (voter turnout for Johnson County = 16.18%):
https://dailyjournal.net/2024/05/07/johnson-county-state-legislators-face-contested-fall-elections/
May 7th, 2024 - Michelle appears in the Herald-Time coverage of the election night party for the Monroe County Democrats:
May 2nd, 2024 - The first campaign ad appears in the Morgan County Correspondent newspaper, bottom of page A8 (subscription required):
April 27th, 2024 - Michelle is a Madvoters Verified Politician:
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=403257242662839&set=a.374078022247428
April 24, 2024 - Michelle appeared in The Daily Journal after taking part in the voter forum at the Johnson County Museum of History:
https://dailyjournal.net/2024/04/24/candidates-discuss-problems-facing-johnson-county-at-voter-forum
April 23, 2024 - Michelle appeared at the Johnson County League of Women Voters voter forum at the Johnson County Museum of History:
April 4th, 2024 - Michelle appeared in the Morgan County Correspondent newspaper, page A5 (subscription required):
February 29, 2024 - Michelle appeared in the Morgan County Correspondent newspaper, page A6 (subscription required):
July 10, 2023 - Michelle appeared on WFHB's Prescription for Healthcare program, a collaboration between the WFHB Local News and Medicare for All, Indiana.
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