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State Sen. Vaneta Becker has represented Hoosiers from southwest Indiana for 41 years. Becker served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 1981-2005 and has served in the Indiana Senate since 2005. She represents Senate District 50, which includes Warrick County and portions of Vanderburgh County, serving over 135,000 constituents.

Becker serves as a member of the Senate Committees on Health and Provider Services; Local Government; and Public Policy.

Professionally, Becker is a real estate broker at F.C. Tucker Emge Realtors in Evansville. She is a graduate of the University of Southern Indiana and holds a real estate license.

Outside of the Statehouse, Becker is involved in the Indiana Commission for Women and is a member of the Advisory Board of the Office of Women’s Health through the Indiana Department of Health, as well as the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Task Force through the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. She is a former member of the ARK Crisis Prevention Nursery Board of Directors, as well as a former member of both the Commission on Excellence in Health Care and the Arc of Evansville Board of Directors. She is also a member of the United Methodist Church.

Becker and her husband, Andy Guarino, reside in Evansville.