Winfield Moses
| Winfield Moses | |
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| Member of the Indiana House of Representatives from the 81st district |
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In office December 22, 1992- December 22, 2012 |
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| Succeeded by | Martin Carbaugh (R-Fort Wayne) |
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February 20, 1943 Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Alma mater | Indiana University |
Winfield "Win" C. Moses Jr. is an American politician from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Moses graduated from South Side High School in Fort Wayne in 1960. He then went on to Indiana University, where he graduated in 1964 with BA degrees in Economics and Philosophy and an MBA in 1966. He also received an honorary PhD in Political Science from the Indiana Institute of Technology in 1998.
Moses began his political career as a Fort Wayne City Councilman, serving in this capacity from 1972 to 1979. Moses served as City Council President in 1973 and 1979. He then was elected Mayor, serving from 1980-1987. He was defeated in the 1987 election by Paul Helmke.
Moses served as the State Representative of Indiana House District 81, a position he held from 1992 to until his 2012 defeat.
Moses was defeated for re-election by Martin Carbaugh (R-Fort Wayne) on November 6, 2012. Carbaugh defeated Moses by 52 percent of the vote (11,656) to Moses' 44 percent (9,949). Alex Avery, a Libertarian Party candidate received four-percent (932).
One of the key issues leading to Moses' defeat was his participation in a legislative walkout on Tuesday, February 22, 2011 with 36 other Democratic representatives in opposition to proposed legislation limiting union powers in Indiana. The Democratic departure left the House void of a quorum, leaving only 58 of the 67 Representatives needed to establish a quorum. Moses and the other Democrats were away from the Statehouse for weeks while they took up residence at a motel in Urbana, Illinois.
In 1985, Moses resigned as Mayor of Fort Wayne to accept responsibly for "reckless disregard for campaign financing". Cosette Simon, the City Controller, assumed the mayor's position under Indiana law, the first woman in Fort Wayne history to do so. At a caucus of Democratic precinct committeepersons, Moses was re-elected mayor only eleven days later. Moses went on to serve two more years as Mayor of Fort Wayne until 1987. The plea agreement spawned bumper stickers which read, "Win Moses, a Mayor of Conviction."
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