(La Porte, IN) - A La Porte man is actively trying to bring politics back toward the center.

 

Leigh Morris is a member of the advisory board for a new organization called “ReCenter Indiana.”

 

Morris said the extremism in both parties had given birth to the group, whose mission is finding and supporting qualified moderate candidates willing to enter the volatile political environment and work across party lines. 

 

He believes many Democrats and Republicans had swung too far to the left and right, but the middle is best for everyone.

 

“These people need to focus on good government. That’s what the political process is supposed to produce for us,” Morris said.

Some voters more toward the middle could find it challenging to choose a candidate from either party in races strictly with extremist candidates.

 

Morris, a longtime Republican, suggested that anyone in such a dilemma not vote in contests featuring extreme candidates from either party.

 

“One thing you can do is just not vote for that particular office, and I have done exactly that. When I am faced between an extremist in my party and a far-left person in the Democrat Party, I can’t vote for either one,” Morris said.

Morris was mayor of La Porte from 2004 through 2007. He was also President and Chief Executive Officer at La Porte Hospital for about 20 years, beginning in the 1970s.

 

Morris is also a former La Porte County Republican Party Chairman.