Indiana House of Representatives John R. Gregg

1 indiana house of representatives

1.1 elections
1.2 tenure
1.3 election history
1.4 committee assignments

indiana house of representatives
elections

john gregg s legislative career spanned 8 elections. in 1986 ran against , defeated republican incumbent representative bill roach represent district 45 in indiana house of representatives. re-elected 7 times: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, , 2000. represented sullivan, daviess, greene, knox, , vigo counties.

tenure

over span of 16 years in indiana house, gregg spent dozen years in powerful positions in chamber, , contributed twice redistricting process occurs every decade.

in 1990, gregg went back-bencher in seat number 100 first position house majority leader. served house majority leader 1990–1994 , house democratic leader 1994–1996. house democratic leader, remembered leadership of walkout in 1995.

gregg first elected speaker of house in 1996, when general election had left equally divided house 50 democrats , 50 republicans. first time in indiana history, single speaker presided on equally divided house. in 1988, michael k. phillips (d-boonville) , paul s. mannweiler (r-indianapolis) shared speaker position in first even-split between 2 parties in history. gregg re-elected speaker following 1998 general election when democrats took control of house of representatives 53-47 majority.

throughout legislative career, gregg proponent of tax cuts, including elimination of excise , inventory taxes , reform of property taxes. while in house, advocate of balanced budgets. member of house, gregg opposed gambling expansions, later modified stance, noting gaming business heavily regulated. we’ve not had indictments. we’ve not had kind of federal investigations or [in indiana]. during tenure speaker, gregg championed many causes, including reforms in education, campaign finance, lobbying , ethics. speaker, gregg negotiated compromise between democrats , house republicans expand worker s compensation coverage , build conseco fieldhouse in downtown indianapolis.

during terms speaker, gregg implemented improvements in house procedures, including on-time convening of sessions, support of bipartisan clerk s office, staffing parity both caucuses, , prohibition of smoking within interior hallways , offices surrounding house chamber. gregg introduced measures streamline workload of legislators , staff, including reducing number of standing committees 21 17 , initiating stricter adherence house rules regarding how members vote , conduct on house floor.

a house resolution honor speaker gregg on retirement in 2002 credited him returning civility , congeniality house chamber. 1 commentator noted despite disagreements on policy ideas during speakership, hard find enemy of gregg’s @ statehouse. commenting on gregg s legislative career, former governor evan bayh stated [if there s] 1 thing john gregg, people on both sides of aisle think he’s person , man of word.”

election history

house representative, district 45, 1986

the incumbent republican bill roach lost john gregg.

house representative, district 45, 1988

john gregg, in first election incumbent, defeated opponent david tatem, republican candidate terre haute.

house representative, district 45, 1992

in 1992, gregg ran unopposed fourth term.

house representative, district 45, 1994

john gregg ran unopposed again fifth legislative term in 1994.

house representative, district 45, 1996

john gregg won sixth term against republican opponent scheffler.

house representative, district 45, 1998

john gregg ran unopposed seventh term in 1998.

house representative, district 45, 2000

john gregg again defended seat eighth term state representative , incumbent speaker of house against republican opponent hood.

committee assignments

house county , township committee, 1986
house natural resources committee, 1986
house ways , means committee, 1988
house committee on joint rules
house committee on rules & legislative procedures




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^ bales, 25 other legislators unopposed in election 8-4-88 . bloomington herald-times. august 4, 1988. 
^ greene county ballot choices . bloomington herald-times. october 21, 1992. 
^ 1994 indiana election results (pdf). howey political report. 1 (17). december 1, 1994. p. 5. 
^ unofficial/november legislative polling results (pdf). howey political report. 3 (14). november 25, 1996. p. 7. 
^ 1998 indiana election results (pdf). howey political report. 5 (15). november 19, 1998. p. 7. 
^ indiana 2000 racing form (pdf). howey political report. 7 (16). november 10, 2000. p. 7.