Alicia Firanek
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| Fiscal responsibility | No public position found |
| Limited government | Oppose |
| Second Amendment | No public position found |
| Pro-life issues | No public position found |
| Family values | No public position found |
Background
Alicia Firanek is a Democratic primary challenger for House District 20, born and raised in the La Porte / Starke County area, a former cosmetologist, and a single mother with an eight-year-old daughter (Source 1, 2). She returned to Indiana from Georgia, was placed in government-subsidized housing in La Porte that she described as substandard, became ill, and traced the root cause to what she characterized as a loophole-riddled affordable housing system — an experience she says led her to run (Source 1). She campaigns on closing that housing loophole, reforming healthcare by attacking monopolistic vertical integration, repealing Indiana's right-to-work law, and raising the state minimum wage from $7.25 (frozen since 2009) (Source 1, 2).
Positions
Fiscal responsibility
No public position foundNo public position found on fiscal responsibility as defined by the voter guide lens. Firanek has called for raising the minimum wage and expanded healthcare access, but no direct statement invoking fiscal restraint, spending reduction, or balanced-budget principles was found. Per Rule 7, policy preferences for spending expansion do not constitute a scorable position on this specific lens.
Limited government
OpposeFiranek's publicly stated platform explicitly calls for repealing Indiana's right-to-work law and expanding state regulation of housing and healthcare markets (Source 1, 2). These represent stated positions in favor of expanded government intervention, placing her in opposition to the limited-government lens as defined.
Second Amendment
No public position foundNo public position found on the Second Amendment.
Pro-life issues
No public position foundNo public position found on pro-life issues.
Family values
No public position foundNo public position found on family values as defined by the voter guide lens. Her platform centers on housing, healthcare, and labor policy, not the social-conservative family-values issues tracked by this guide.
Endorsements
- source ↗ActBlue fundraising pagelisted at campaign launch (not an organizational endorsement)
- No organizational endorsements found.
Sources
- 1.HoosLeft Podcast — Episode with Alicia Firanek, April 7, 2026 (Apple Podcasts)https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hoosleft-podcast/id1670253397
- 2.HoosLeft Live with Alicia Firanek — YouTube, April 8, 2026https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGm0RkVp2jY
- 3.Alicia for IN State Representative HD20 — Facebook campaign pagehttps://www.facebook.com/997017873491888
- 4.WKVI — Starke County filing list (confirms Firanek filed D, HD-20)https://wkvi.com/2026/01/updated-list-of-starke-county-election-candidates/