Ryan Seth Pfenninger

[{"question": "Ballotpedia survey responses", "answer_html": "<p>See also: <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a></p>\n<div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-xs-10 col-md-6 col-xs-offset-1 col-md-offset-3\"><p><a href=\"https://ballotpedia.org/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\"><img align=\"middle\" alt=\"Candidate Connection\" src=\"https://cdn.ballotpedia.org/images/8/88/Candidate_Connection_Logo.png\" width=\"90%\"/></a></p></div></div>\n<p>Ryan Pfenninger completed <a href=\"/Ballotpedia%27s_Candidate_Connection\">Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection</a> survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pfenninger's responses.</p>\n<p><span class=\"expand-all\">Expand all</span> | <span class=\"collapse-all\">Collapse all</span></p>\n<div aria-multiselectable=\"true\" class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\" role=\"tablist\"><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" id=\"heading-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWho are you? Tell us about yourself.\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-bio-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tRyan Pfenninger is a technology entrepreneur who has spent his career creating transformative software companies. \r\n<p>Born and raised in Indianapolis, Ryan graduated from North Central High School and Indiana University in Bloomington, where he started and sold his first tech company from his dorm room.\r\n</p><p>Ryan spent the last two decades building tech companies, creating jobs and investing across life science, advanced manufacturing and software.\r\n</p>\nHe lives in Carmel with his wife Kristina, son Jack, daughter Kate, and pets Theodore, Franklin, Jo, and Lucy.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" id=\"heading-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tPlease list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse-key-message-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><ul><li>As an entrepreneur and job creator, I understand what businesses need to thrive: a stable environment to feel secure enough to create more jobs and a workforce matching their needs. \r\nWe can bring more high-paying jobs to Indiana and continue to rebuild our manufacturing base by promoting economic stability and investing in education and training.</li><li>Women and their doctors, not the government, should make decisions on things like family planning, IVF and abortion. Roe v. Wade was good case law that worked for almost 50 years in our country. The Supreme Court shattered women’s ability to oversee their own bodies and healthcare, and we should fight to reverse that. \r\n\r\nWe’ve already seen women being turned away by physicians and hospitals until their lives are deemed at risk. Worse yet, the United States’ maternal mortality rate is the highest amongst developed nations. This is what happens when politicians get between patients and their doctors.</li><li>For more than 80 years, Social Security has been an enduring promise to America’s seniors. Today it remains a safety net for seniors and offers all Americans peace of mind. Our seniors have worked their whole lives and paid into a system they expect to be there for them. We must keep our promises and ensure social security is protected for the future.</li></ul></span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-218698-2024-03-29\" id=\"heading1-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse1-218698-2024-03-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse1-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading1-218698-2024-03-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse1-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tThe area of public policy that I am most passionate about is enacting policy that works towards ensuring all Ameicans have the ability to chase their American dream. While America professes to be the land of opportunity, today fewer of our neighbors genuinely have the opportunity. Specific areas of policy that can have an outsized positive impact on this include improving K-12 education outcomes, working to improve housing affordability, and enacting policy that encourages companies to create more high-paying jobs of the future.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-218698-2024-03-29\" id=\"heading2-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse2-218698-2024-03-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse2-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tWhat was your very first job? How long did you have it?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading2-218698-2024-03-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse2-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tMy first job was making pizzas at Donatos over summer break when I was fifteen. The next year, I started a computer consulting business, leading to a career in tech.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div><div class=\"panel panel-default\"><div class=\"panel-heading\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-218698-2024-03-29\" id=\"heading3-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tab\"><p class=\"panel-title\" style=\"font-size: 14px;font-weight: 600;\"><a aria-controls=\"collapse3-218698-2024-03-29\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"collapsed\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapse3-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"button\"><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-right pull-right\"></i><i class=\"fa fa-chevron-down pull-right\"></i>\t\t\t\tDo you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?\t\t\t</a></p></div><div aria-labelledby=\"heading3-218698-2024-03-29\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"collapse3-218698-2024-03-29\" role=\"tabpanel\"><div class=\"panel-body\" style=\"max-height: 500px; overflow-y: scroll;\"><div class=\"answers-container\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">\t\t\t\tWe must work together if we want to solve big problems. In the tech world, we have to be forward thinking. We can’t always rely on past solutions -- we have to come up with new ones. When something is broken, we don't sit around and point fingers. We jump in, find the bugs and fix them. Collaboration leads to success.\t\t\t</span></div></div></div></div></div>\n<div class=\"small\" data-nosnippet=\"\"><p><i><b>Note:</b> Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.</i></p></div>", "answer_text": "See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection\n\nRyan Pfenninger completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Pfenninger's responses.\nExpand all | Collapse all\nWho are you? Tell us about yourself. Ryan Pfenninger is a technology entrepreneur who has spent his career creating transformative software companies. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Ryan graduated from North Central High School and Indiana University in Bloomington, where he started and sold his first tech company from his dorm room. Ryan spent the last two decades building tech companies, creating jobs and investing across life science, advanced manufacturing and software. He lives in Carmel with his wife Kristina, son Jack, daughter Kate, and pets Theodore, Franklin, Jo, and Lucy. Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office? As an entrepreneur and job creator, I understand what businesses need to thrive: a stable environment to feel secure enough to create more jobs and a workforce matching their needs. \r\nWe can bring more high-paying jobs to Indiana and continue to rebuild our manufacturing base by promoting economic stability and investing in education and training. Women and their doctors, not the government, should make decisions on things like family planning, IVF and abortion. Roe v. Wade was good case law that worked for almost 50 years in our country. The Supreme Court shattered women’s ability to oversee their own bodies and healthcare, and we should fight to reverse that. \r\n\r\nWe’ve already seen women being turned away by physicians and hospitals until their lives are deemed at risk. Worse yet, the United States’ maternal mortality rate is the highest amongst developed nations. This is what happens when politicians get between patients and their doctors. For more than 80 years, Social Security has been an enduring promise to America’s seniors. Today it remains a safety net for seniors and offers all Americans peace of mind. Our seniors have worked their whole lives and paid into a system they expect to be there for them. We must keep our promises and ensure social security is protected for the future. What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? The area of public policy that I am most passionate about is enacting policy that works towards ensuring all Ameicans have the ability to chase their American dream. While America professes to be the land of opportunity, today fewer of our neighbors genuinely have the opportunity. Specific areas of policy that can have an outsized positive impact on this include improving K-12 education outcomes, working to improve housing affordability, and enacting policy that encourages companies to create more high-paying jobs of the future. What was your very first job? How long did you have it? My first job was making pizzas at Donatos over summer break when I was fifteen. The next year, I started a computer consulting business, leading to a career in tech. Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking? We must work together if we want to solve big problems. In the tech world, we have to be forward thinking. We can’t always rely on past solutions -- we have to come up with new ones. When something is broken, we don't sit around and point fingers. We jump in, find the bugs and fix them. Collaboration leads to success.\nNote: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it."}, {"question": "Campaign website", "answer_html": "<p>Pfenninger’s campaign website stated the following:\n</p>\n<div style=\"height:400px;overflow:scroll;border:1px solid gray;margin:20px;padding:10px;\">\n<table data-nosnippet=\"\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; border: none;background-color: transparent; auto; ;\">\n<tbody><tr>\n<td style=\"border:none; color:#B2B7F2;font-size:35px;font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: left; padding: 10px 3px;\" valign=\"top\" width=\"20\">“\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; padding: 4px 10px;\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><big>The Economy</big><br/>\nAs an entrepreneur and job creator, I understand what businesses need to thrive: a stable environment to feel secure enough to create more jobs and a workforce matching their needs. Congress should support policies that foster economic stability and invest in training that will support high-wage jobs, especially in the areas hardest hit by the economic downturn during the pandemic.\n</p><p><big>Healthcare</big><br/>\nOur healthcare system is expensive and difficult to navigate. We need more price transparency and increased competition throughout the healthcare system, along with a national option such as Medicare for All that prioritizes low-cost healthcare while maintaining the option of private insurance.\n</p><p><big>Reproductive Rights</big><br/>\nWomen and their doctors, not the government, should make decisions on things like family planning, IVF and abortion. Roe v. Wade was good case law that worked for almost 50 years to guide our country. The Supreme Court shattered women's ability to oversee their own bodies and healthcare, and we should fight to reverse that.\n</p><p><big>Immigration</big><br/>\nOur immigration system has been broken for far too long. We need a bipartisan, comprehensive solution that ensures our borders are safe and secure, keeping out drugs and weapons, while recognizing that those who come here legally, pay taxes and play by the rules are a vital part of the American experiment.\n</p><p><big>Democracy</big><br/>\nDemocracy must remain America's sacred cause and we must protect its future for our children. We must do everything in our power to protect our democracy, and that includes supporting electoral reforms like independent redistricting and campaign finance reforms. Our elected officials must be accountable to more than a small primary base and special interests.\n</p><p><big>Education</big><br/>\nWe must ensure every student in the Fifth District has access to a quality public education that meets their needs. Our teachers deserve to be paid like the professionals they are and provided with the resources they need in the classroom to bridge learning gaps and help our students recover from pandemic learning loss.\n</p><p><big>Social Security</big><br/>\nFor more than 80 years, Social Security has been an enduring promise to America's seniors. Today it remains a safety net for seniors and offers all Americans peace of mind. We must keep our promises and ensure social security is protected for the future.\n</p><p><big>National Security</big><br/>\nAmerica has historically played a unique role as a world leader deeply committed to democracy with extraordinary military might. We must stand with our allies to ensure they stand with us and be willing to hold them accountable when necessary.\n</p><p><big>LGBTQ Protections</big><br/>\nNo one should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land, but there’s more work to be done. We should pass federal legislation to ensure all Americans are protected from discrimination in employment, housing and public spaces.<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-quotedisclaimer_2-0\"><a href=\"#cite_note-quotedisclaimer-2\">[2]</a></sup>\n</p>\n</td>\n<td style=\"border: none; color: #B2B7F2; font-size: 35px; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold; text-align: right; padding: 10px 1px;\" valign=\"bottom\" width=\"20\">”\n</td></tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"cquotecite\" colspan=\"3\" style=\"border: none; padding-right: 4%\"><cite style=\"font-style: normal;font-size: smaller; float: right;\">—Ryan Pfenninger’s campaign website (2024)<sup class=\"reference\" id=\"cite_ref-3\"><a href=\"#cite_note-3\">[3]</a></sup></cite>\n</td></tr></tbody></table>\n</div>", "answer_text": "Pfenninger’s campaign website stated the following:\n“ The Economy As an entrepreneur and job creator, I understand what businesses need to thrive: a stable environment to feel secure enough to create more jobs and a workforce matching their needs. Congress should support policies that foster economic stability and invest in training that will support high-wage jobs, especially in the areas hardest hit by the economic downturn during the pandemic. Healthcare Our healthcare system is expensive and difficult to navigate. We need more price transparency and increased competition throughout the healthcare system, along with a national option such as Medicare for All that prioritizes low-cost healthcare while maintaining the option of private insurance. Reproductive Rights Women and their doctors, not the government, should make decisions on things like family planning, IVF and abortion. Roe v. Wade was good case law that worked for almost 50 years to guide our country. The Supreme Court shattered women's ability to oversee their own bodies and healthcare, and we should fight to reverse that. Immigration Our immigration system has been broken for far too long. We need a bipartisan, comprehensive solution that ensures our borders are safe and secure, keeping out drugs and weapons, while recognizing that those who come here legally, pay taxes and play by the rules are a vital part of the American experiment. Democracy Democracy must remain America's sacred cause and we must protect its future for our children. We must do everything in our power to protect our democracy, and that includes supporting electoral reforms like independent redistricting and campaign finance reforms. Our elected officials must be accountable to more than a small primary base and special interests. Education We must ensure every student in the Fifth District has access to a quality public education that meets their needs. Our teachers deserve to be paid like the professionals they are and provided with the resources they need in the classroom to bridge learning gaps and help our students recover from pandemic learning loss. Social Security For more than 80 years, Social Security has been an enduring promise to America's seniors. Today it remains a safety net for seniors and offers all Americans peace of mind. We must keep our promises and ensure social security is protected for the future. National Security America has historically played a unique role as a world leader deeply committed to democracy with extraordinary military might. We must stand with our allies to ensure they stand with us and be willing to hold them accountable when necessary. LGBTQ Protections No one should face discrimination because of who they are or who they love. Same-sex marriage is the law of the land, but there’s more work to be done. We should pass federal legislation to ensure all Americans are protected from discrimination in employment, housing and public spaces. [2] ” —Ryan Pfenninger’s campaign website (2024) [3]"}]