Robert Ordway
@RobertOrdway
🇺🇸 Senior Policy Advisor @ IN Gov, fmr U.S. Senate ✍️ Author of Millrat: A Memoir from the Multi-Ethnic Working Class - Coming 2026. 👔 Owner: @RustedOak
It was a bit of a homecoming last week to host my former employer in Indy for their annual meeting. Sincerely appreciate Lisa Nelson and the team at @ALEC_states making me a ‘Life Staffer’ at their board's opening reception. Beyond seeing old friends from around the country,…
mandatory reading ahead
Coming soon: E-book on August 1, physical book on August 19! Open to podcasts, interviews, events, and more!
I greatly appreciate Polina Osherov, Executive Director of Pattern Magazine, for interviewing me for Volume 27, which is dedicated to Indiana’s Cycling scene. “Before Robert Ordway became a senior policy advisor, before he set out on an 825-mile bike ride from DC to Indiana in…
Fellow @AFempowers 1995 Society member @HannahDCox leading staff training at @ALEC_states. #ALEC2025 #ALECIdeas #ALECinIndy
In summer 2008, I moved to Chicago but quit my job at the CBOE just before relocating. Fortunately, my old boss, Mr. Hooks, rehired me at his engineering firm in Gary, Indiana. That meant a long reverse commute—Red Line to the Loop, then the South Shore back to The Region. I…
Just one reason the US Senate should confirm Briggs. He’s not just a better gravel cyclist than me, he can do it in costume. (Our annual Christmas ride)
NOW VOTING: Motion to invoke cloture on Executive Calendar #58 William Briggs to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Havent bought anything from @BNBuzz in a while but a signed copy from Ed... sure why not!
Today, I've officially pre-sold 1000 copies of bulk pre-orders for "Hard Lessons From The Hurt Business: Boxing And The Art of Life." Not a massive number, but a good start to this book launch thing. Make sure you pre-order your copy today and get access to exclusive bonuses,…
I worked with both Braid and @PaceMcMullan in the U.S. Senate - both are top notch individuals.
President Trump’s White House Legislative Affairs team - led by Director James Braid, Senate Deputy @PaceMcMullan, House Deputy Jeff @Fr88land , & Internal Deputy Jay Fields - deserves great credit & for shepherding this historic legislation through Congress. It is the most…
Can speak to this after living in DC for 8 years. Ever notice how they refuse to debate the issues? That's because if politics is your God, then there's nothing to discuss... They are right and you are wrong. You can't debate their "religion".
"nonreligious and irreligious Americans are the most politically involved groups..Progressive politics, in particular,seems to increasingly serve as a means through which highly educated, relatively affluent whites find purpose..in the absence of religion" press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…
📝 Writing a book, growing up outside of Gary, IN, finding your vocation, and facing adversity. @RobertOrdway, Senior Policy Advisor for Indiana Governor Mike Braun, shares his story. 🔗 capitolcnct.com/cs-robert-ordw…
My conversation with @RobertOrdway on what the multiracial working class wants, from his experienced growing up in it. Find out why he's a life member of both the NRA and NAACP! x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
Pew Validated Voter Estimates are out. 51-48 Harris among Hispanics, narrowest estimate yet He won 15% of the Black vote From 70-30 to 57-40 among Asians Trump wins by 3 if everyone had voted.
The Democrats are transitioning from woke, elite cultural positions on race and gender that alienated working class voters to socialist redistributionist economic positions that, it turns out, are equally elite and equally alienating to working class voters.
Trust-fund socialists assemble!
Recently, I had the chance to meet @bungarsargon. She’s one of the authors featured on my 2024 reading list. Her book, “Second Class” is a narrative that comprises interviews with working-class Americans of all races, political orientations, and occupations. They explain the…
Another great @AmerCompass podcast with @oren_cass 's interview of Senator @berniemoreno. Loved that the Senator mentioned his father-in-law grew up in my neck of the woods of Northwest Indiana and the day after he graduated high school, he joined @U_S_Steel Gary Works as a…
This week's @AmerCompass podcast with Senator @berniemoreno is a must-listen. Fascinating to hear how his background animates his pro-worker agenda, and ideas he has on tap, including: ✅ workers on corporate boards ✅ longer layoff warnings commonplace.org/2025/06/13/put…
Why did papaw return to western Kentucky after 33 years at @U_S_Steel Gary Works? I have thoughts… #TheAgrarianTradition Happy Father’s Day!
These three are American Heroes.
We also had the chance to honor three young leaders who have helped build this movement: Wells King, Jacob Reses, and Caleb Orr with the inaugural Robert E. Lighthizer Award.