Preview of Indiana State Senate District 11 race

NOW: Preview of Indiana State Senate District 11 race

SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Election Day is tomorrow, and Indiana State Senate candidates are making their final push to win over voters.  

Indiana's 11th State Senate District race was one that garnered national attention.

Republican Brian Schmutlzer beat the incumbent Linda Rogers after she voted against mid-decade redistricting.

President Trump rallied behind Schmutzler to win the primary, who is now up against Democrat Gabrianna Gratzol.  

Both candidates want to address affordable healthcare but have different ideas about how to get there.  

"Politics is a game of compromise," Gratzol says.  

"And those compromises are often made at the expense of the working class."  Gratzol is a former factory worker and says if elected, she will be the voice of working-class Hoosiers in the statehouse.  

Gratzol says their needs have been neglected for too long, and that's inspired her to run for office for the first time.  

Her opponent, Dr. Brian Schmutzler, has been an Anesthesiologist for 12 years and says his medical background suits him to be in Congress.  

Dr. Schmutzler says he witnessed firsthand the high price of healthcare as a medical professional:

"Patients do talk about the cost of healthcare. When they come in, one of the first things they ask is: 'Can you give me a quote on this?'"   

Dr. Schmutzler wants price transparency, where anyone who has a procedure will receive a bill beforehand.  

Democrat opponent Gratzol says price transparency isn't enough.  

"We already have price transparency and what it really did was let people know beforehand what they could and could not afford," she said.

Gratzol says as a result, people skipped her screenings. She wants to go after insurance companies and expand Medicaid.  

Dr. Schmutzler also wants to work on Medicaid:

"[We need to] make sure we continue to keep every eligible person on Medicaid that needs it, and everyone that's not on Medicaid to have access to affordable healthcare."

Early voting closed on Nov. 2 at 4 p.m., but District 11 voters can find their voting location at here.

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