JASPER — Shane Lindauer of Jasper was selected Monday evening to become District 63’s newest state representative.
Lindauer, 43, will complete the last year of Mike Braun’s term. Braun resigned, effective Wednesday, to concentrate on his bid for U.S. Senate.
“I wanted the opportunity to serve the community again,” Lindauer said this morning. “It’s something that is important to me, having an opportunity to serve and be a part of this community.”
District 63 includes Bainbridge, Boone, Columbia, Hall, Harbison, Madison and Marion townships in Dubois County and parts of Pike, Daviess and Martin counties.
Lindauer was chosen during a caucus of district Republican committeemen and committeewomen, which was held at Jasper City Hall.
Of the 43 voting members at Monday’s caucus, Lindauer received 30 votes (70 percent) with his only competitor, Jerry Sidebottom of Washington, receiving 13 votes (30 percent).
Lindauer thanked the caucus for their vote of confidence in him after the vote was announced. “I want to make sure going forward, I’m as available to anyone who wants to speak to me as possible,” he said.
He also thanked Sidebottom for being cordial and kind to him. Lindauer had called Sidebottom, who is a Washington city councilman, last week to introduce himself, not knowing that he was running as well. “He has been gracious through the whole process,” Lindauer said.
A 1992 Jasper High School graduate, Lindauer has a bachelor’s degree in industrial technology supervision from Indiana State University, doctorate and bachelor’s degree in health and human services, and a doctorate of chiropractic from Logan College of Chiropractic, located in Chesterfield, Missouri. He has served in the Indiana and Missouri Army National Guard and has held adjunct faculty teaching positions at Oakland City University-Bedford and at Ivy Tech in Evansville.
He has owned his own chiropractic business and now is co-owner of his family’s business, Jasper Salvage.
Lindauer was a Dubois County councilman for one four-year term, representing District 2. He did not run for a second term because he moved out of District 2; by law, a councilman representing a district must live in that district.
Lindauer and his wife, Stacy (Kieffner), live in Jasper with their two children — Tyler, 6, and Colton, 2.