Candelaria Reardon was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Indiana's 1st congressional district, to replace retiring incumbent Pete Visclosky.
[3] Reardon has advocated for greater funding for drug addiction treatment and legalizing medical marijuana.
[4] She has generally opposed cuts to public education funding, limits on collective bargaining, cuts to unemployment insurance programs, repealing Common Core education standards, and directing state funding to private charter schools.
[5] In July 2018, Reardon was one of five women who alleged they were sexually harassed by Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, a Republican, while celebrating the end of the General Assembly session at AJ's Lounge, an adult party bar and the oldest African-American-owned bar in Indianapolis.
[8] In the 2020 elections, Reardon ran for the United States House of Representatives seat in Indiana's 1st congressional district, where incumbent Pete Visclosky was retiring.