Ragen Hatcher

Ragen Hatcher DEMDemocrat

State Representative, District 3

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Ragen HatcherDEMDemocrat State Representative, District 3
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Ragen Hatcher (born July 5, 1978) is an American politician from Gary, Indiana. A member of the Democratic Party, she serves in the Indiana House of Representatives. Hatcher is the daughter of Richard G. Hatcher, a former mayor of Gary. She served on Gary's city council from 2007 through 2011. Hatcher ran for mayor of Gary in 2011, but lost the election. She was elected to the city council for another term in 2015. She ran for the third district in the Indiana House of Representatives in the 2018 elections to succeed Charlie Brown, and won. Hatcher briefly considered running for the Indiana Senate to succeed Eddie Melton in the 2020 elections. Melton decided to run for re-election to his Senate seat and Hatcher then decided to run for her State Rep seat.

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Education6 - 6 of 4
Indiana University
Master of Science Finance and Financial Management Services
2007 - 2009
Valparaiso University
Master of Business Administration Management
2003 - 2005
Valparaiso University
Juris Doctor Business/Transactional/Tax Law
2000 - 2003
Valparaiso University
Bachelor of Arts Economics
1996 - 2000
Past Positions1 - 8 of 8
Representative
Indiana State House of Representatives
2018 - Current
Clinical Instructor of Management
Purdue University Northwest
2019 - 2021
Director Federal Tax Clinic
Valparaiso University
2017 - 2019
Managing Attorney
Hatcher Law Group, LLC
2018 - Current
Director of the Legal Department
Calumet Township Trustee's Office
2012 - 2015
Associate Professor
Indiana University Northwest
2012 - Current
Director of the Legal Department
Gary Community School Corporation
2006 - 2011
Deputy Prosecutor
Lake County Government, Indiana
2004 - 2006
Other Experience1 - 3 of 3
Former Member
Statutory Committee on Interstate and International Cooperation, Indiana State House of Representatives
Minority Member
Government and Regulatory Reform Committee
Ranking Minority Member
Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development Committee
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