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Thomas McDermott Jr.

D

Won the Primary, 2022 Indiana U.S. Senate, Primary Election

Mayor (Hammond, IN) - At-Large (? - Present)

Quick Facts
Personal Details

Education

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2000
  • Graduated, Management/Finance, Purdue University Calumet, 1996

Professional Experience

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2000
  • Graduated, Management/Finance, Purdue University Calumet, 1996
  • Served, United States Navy
  • Substation Electrical Engineer, Nipsco, 1994-1997

Political Experience

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2000
  • Graduated, Management/Finance, Purdue University Calumet, 1996
  • Served, United States Navy
  • Substation Electrical Engineer, Nipsco, 1994-1997
  • Mayor, City of Hammond, Indiana, 2004-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Indiana, District 1, 2020

Current Legislative Committees

No committee memberships found.

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Notre Dame Law School, 2000
  • Graduated, Management/Finance, Purdue University Calumet, 1996
  • Served, United States Navy
  • Substation Electrical Engineer, Nipsco, 1994-1997
  • Mayor, City of Hammond, Indiana, 2004-present
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Indiana, District 1, 2020
  • Executive Board Member, Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission (NIRPC), present
  • Member, Saint John Bosco Parish, present
  • Deputy Chair, Indiana Democratic Party
  • Co-Chair, Veterans and Military Families Council, Democratic National Committee
Policy Positions

2020

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Unknown Position

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support expanding federal funding to support entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Unknown Position

Defense

Do you support increasing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Unknown Position

Energy and Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, geo-thermal)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Unknown Position

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Unknown Position

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a weapon of mass destruction (for example: nuclear, biological, chemical)?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support reducing military intervention in Middle East conflicts?
- Unknown Position

Trade

Do you generally support removing barriers to international trade (for example: tariffs, quotas, etc.)?
- Unknown Position