Ragen Hatcher (born July 5, 1978) is an American politician from

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. A member of the Democratic Party, she serves in the

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. Hatcher is the daughter of Richard G. Hatcher, a former

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of Gary. She served on Gary's

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from 2007 through 2011. Hatcher ran for mayor of Gary in 2011, but lost the election. She was elected to the city council for another term in 2015. She ran for the third district in the

in the 2018 elections to succeed

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, and won. Hatcher briefly considered running for the

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to succeed Eddie Melton in the 2020 elections. Melton decided to run for re-election to his Senate seat and Hatcher then decided to run for her State Rep seat.

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