It’s been just over three months since Wendy Dant Chesser took the reins from Democrat Rita Fleming as the representative for Indiana House District 71.
She was selected by caucus in May to fill the remainder of Fleming’s term, after Fleming announced she was stepping down soon after running unopposed in the primary. Dant Chesser is also the chief director for corporate strategy and external affairs for the River Ridge Development Authority.
Dant Chesser will also be on the ballot in November, where she’ll face Republican Scott Hawkins and Libertarian Gregory T. (Greg) Hertzsch for the seat. It includes Clarksville, Jeffersonville and a small part of New Albany.
Dant Chesser called her first three months “a wonderful, wonderful whirlwind.”
“It has been a lot of fun. I have met wonderful people,” she said. “I have seen some of the best in people, and as you learn the issues that they need to have addressed, you just want to roll up your shirt sleeves and jump in and help the folks who have put me in this position.”