Mara Candelaria Reardon

Mara Candelaria Reardon
Member of the Indiana House of Representatives
from the 12th district
In office
2007 - 2015, 2017 - present
Succeeded by William Fine
Personal details
Born East Chicago, Indiana
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Matthew
Residence Munster, Indiana
Alma mater Indiana University
Occupation Legislator

Mara Candelaria Reardon is a member of the Indiana House of Representatives, representing the 12th District from 2007 - 2015, and then 2017 to present. Candelaria Reardon is a member of the Democratic Party. She was first elected in 2006. She was defeated in the 2014 general election by William Fine, but defeated Fine in the 2016 general election.

Biography

Candelaria Reardon was born in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1964. She is the daughter of Isabelino "Cande" Candelaria, the first Puerto Rican appointed to a city council in Indiana, and Victoria Soto Candelaria, the first Latina elected as President of the Indiana Federation of Teachers.[1] She graduated from Munster High School in Munster, Indiana, in 1982 and attended Indiana University Northwest for her undergraduate degree, before attending John Marshall School of Law in Chicago for her Juris Doctorate.

Tenure and political positions

Reardon served as executive director of Lake County's Drug Free Alliance. She has served on the Ways & Means, Education, Environmental, Governmental/Regulatory Reform, and Small Business/Economic Development Committees.

She has served as a commissioner for the Indiana Commission for Women, Market Development Recycling Board, Minority & Women's Business Enterprise Commission, Hispanic/Latino Affairs Commission, and the Indiana Commission to Combat Substance Abuse.

She and her husband are principals at MCR Partners, Ltd., a consulting firm.

She is the vice chair of the Board of Hispanic Caucus Chairs (BHCC), and serves on the National Association of Elected and Appointed Officials (NALEO) Education Fund Board of Directors, is a member of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL), and the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus (IBLC).[2]

Reardon has advocated for greater funding for drug addiction treatment and legalizing medical marijuana.[3]

She has generally opposed cuts to public education funding, limits on collective bargaining, cuts to unemployment insurance programs, repealing Common Core education standards, and directing state funding to private charter schools.[4]

In July 2018, Candelaria Reardon came forward as one of five women who allege they were sexually harassed by Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill [5]

References

  1. ↑ "VISCLOSKY HONORS REPRESENTATIVE MARA CANDELARIA REARDON". U.S Congressman Peter J. Viscloskey. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  2. ↑ "Rep. Mara Candelaria Reardon". Indiana House Democratic Caucus. Indiana Democratic Party. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mara Candelaria Reardon". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Mara Candelaria Reardon's Political Summary". VoteSmart.org. VoteSmart. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
  5. ↑ "Democratic lawmaker says Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill groped her". CBS News. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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