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Media inquiries
Email: Joe@JosephWanderlust.com
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Fast facts
Candidate: Joseph Wanderlust
Office: LaGrange County Council
Party: Libertarian
District:District 2
Election Day: Tuesday, November 3, 2026
Opponent: Republican Lyle Miller
Committee: Joseph Wanderlust for Indiana
Website: JosephWanderlust.com
Key issues: Property tax relief, property rights, right to parent, defunding Flock/ALPR mass surveillance, and fixing county roads with pavement built to last.
Short bio (for publication)
Joseph Wanderlust, Libertarian candidate for LaGrange County Council District 2 (Topeka, Shipshewana, and the country in between). Ex-Amish father and small businessman running on property tax relief, property rights, and fixing county roads with pavement built to last. No coercion. No extortion.
About the candidate
Joseph Wanderlust is an ex-Amish small businessman in Topeka, Indiana. He speaks Pennsylvania German. He is running for LaGrange County Council District 2 on property tax relief, property rights, the right to parent, defunding the county’s Flock license-plate surveillance contract, and fixing county roads with pavement built to last. His platform is on the Policy page and his Statement of Principles is published in full on this site.
Releases and coverage
July 22, 2026, LaGrange News Online: Coverage of the campaign’s Flock Safety public records (APRA) request. The records themselves are published on the Flock Records page.
September 19, 2026, press release: Wanderlust files two Indiana DCS public records requests: LaGrange County child-services data (foster care census, federal Title IV-E funds, reunification rates, permanency outcomes) and a staff-residency count of LaGrange County DCS case managers and supervisors.
October 7, 2026, letter to county officials: Wanderlust calls on the LaGrange County Board of Commissioners, County Council, County Attorney, and Sheriff to end all ALPR camera and plate-indexing database contracts, stop feeding plate scans, and delete stored data.