Shelli Yoder
| Shelli Yoder | |
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| Member of the Monroe County Council from the 1st district |
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Assumed office January 26, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Vic Kelson |
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| Born |
August 30, 1968 Shipshewana, Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Josh Perry |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Alma mater |
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne (B.A.) Vanderbilt University (M. Div) |
| Occupation |
Non-profit business management University faculty |
| Website | www |
Non-profit business management
Shelli Renee Yoder (born August 30, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician. A former Miss Indiana titleholder and Miss America 1993 contestant, Yoder has held positions at a number of non-profit organizations. She was the Democratic Party nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in the 2012 race and is currently a member of the County Council for Monroe County, Indiana. In August 2015, Yoder announced she would run for Indiana's 9th congressional district in 2016. The 9th was an open seat due to incumbent Todd Young running for the United States Senate. Yoder was defeated by Republican nominee Trey Hollingsworth in the November 8, 2016, general election.
Yoder is a native of Shipshewana, Indiana. She studied interpersonal communication at Indiana University-Purdue University at Fort Wayne. She later graduated from Indiana University South Bend with a master's degree in Counseling & Human Services and from Vanderbilt University Divinity School in 2002 with a master's degree in Divinity.
Yoder won the Miss Indiana pageant in 1992 and finished as second runner-up in the Miss America pageant later that year. While competing in beauty pageants, she developed anorexia nervosa.
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