Win Moses on losing re-election: "voters did me a favor"

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A 40-year career spent serving northeast Indiana politically has come to an end.

Republican Martin Carbaugh unseated longtime State Representative, Win Moses Tuesday night garnering 52 percent of the vote in the 81 ^st Indiana House district.

Moses considered the campaign one of the more challenging he had faced.  Redrawing of legislative districts gave him new voters, many of whom were of a different political affiliation, he said.

The race between Moses and Carbaugh saw over $250,000 in outside spending.

“We competed.  I raised a good amount of money but probably not enough and the issues were contentious.  People were very polarized too.  It’s hard to convince them that you can run the state better when they’re mad about the national issues,” Moses said.

Moses said he woke up Wednesday morning with an unexpected feeling of relief.

“Although I [worked] hard to get there and [would have done] my best, going down to Indianapolis with a super-minority of 70 republicans and 30 democrats is not a constructive spot.  I can’t do much there.  It’s not a two years that I’m going to be able to say, ‘oh gosh, we worked hard.  We got these things done,’ so I think [voters] probably did me a favor,” Moses explained.

His political career began as a member of Fort Wayne City Council in 1972.  Moses served as the city’s mayor from 1980 to 1987.  He was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1992.

Moses said he will spend time outside of politics focusing on his small business associated with The Village of North Oak, his family and efforts to better the Fort Wayne community through various organizations.

Watch an extended interview clip with Win Moses in the video section of this story.