Approximately $44,000 for the calendar year.
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Henzman’s party-chair appointment power and paid county job
Elected Democratic county chair on December 14, 2022, Henzman held the power to appoint the Democratic registration-board member while serving as a paid co-director. Her reported 2024 pay was $43,650, approximately $44,000.
Appointment power and personal benefit
The party chair’s power. A paid county job.
Henzman held the party office that chooses the Democratic registration-board member, and county records identify her in the paid co-director role during her chair tenure.
$35,748.44 for voter registration plus a $668 county bonus entry.
Open the official 2023 exportBudgeted for each co-director position, not a record of her individual 2026 pay.
Read the salary ordinanceWhat Indiana law actually says
IC 3-7-12-9
The party chair appoints the member
The county chairmen of the major political parties of a county that has a board of registration shall each appoint one (1) member of the board. The two (2) appointed persons must be voters of the county.Read the official 2023 chapter
IC 3-7-12-11
The chair also controls continued service
Notwithstanding section 10 of this chapter, a member of a board of registration serves at the pleasure of the county chairman whose political party initially appointed the person.Read the official 2023 chapter
IC 3-7-12-15
The county fixes and pays the salary
The salary of a board of registration member shall be fixed in the manner prescribed by IC 36-2-5 or IC 36-3-6 and paid out of the county general fund under IC 3-5-3-1 as other election expenses are paid.Read the official 2023 chapter
Section 9 names the county party chairs as the appointing officials. It requires appointees to be county voters and does not expressly exclude a party chair from being selected. Henzman was the Democratic chair with that appointing power. The salary provision does not give the party chair power to set her own pay.
Election and employment timeline
Elected Democratic county chair
Contemporaneous reporting identifies this caucus date.
Read the election reportFebruary start: local recollection
An unnamed local resident recalls Henzman appointing herself that month, roughly two months after the caucus, and says it was widely discussed locally. This account comes from local recollection; the appointment document and effective date have not been obtained.
County minutes identify her as co-director
The minutes name “Christen Zabel and Angela Henzman, Co-Directors.” This confirms her service by that date while she was still party chair.
Read the official minutesNew Party Chairman Aims to Reverse Slide
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Source details
Saved Hometown News Now article reports Henzman election as county Democratic chair and her campaign work for Pat Boy.
Hometown News Now’s December 22, 2022 article. Open the PDF for the complete saved article.
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Henzman held the Democratic party chair’s appointment power and the paid voter-registration co-director role at the same time. She was elected chair on December 14, 2022 and county minutes identify her as co-director by June 21, 2023. Certified reports show $36,416.44 paid in 2023 and $43,650 in 2024. An unnamed local resident reports a February 2023 self-appointment; the appointment document and exact start date have not been obtained.
Elected Democratic county chair on December 14, 2022, Henzman held the power to appoint the Democratic registration-board member while serving as a paid co-director. Her reported 2024 pay was $43,650, approximately $44,000.
Henzman held appointment power while serving as paid co-director
Angie Henzman was elected LaPorte County Democratic chair on December 14, 2022. Indiana Code 3-7-12-9 gives the Democratic county chair the power to appoint the Democratic member of the county Board of Registration. During her chair tenure, Henzman held that appointment power.
County commissioners’ minutes dated June 21, 2023 name Angela Henzman and Christen Zabel as Voter Registration Co-Directors. Henzman remained party chair until May 2024, so the documented roles overlapped. The county’s current voter-registration directory and June 2026 commissioners’ minutes also identify Henzman as co-director.
The reported February start and the appointment record
An unnamed local resident says Henzman appointed herself in February 2023, about two months after the December 14 caucus. The available official minutes identify her in the role by June 21, 2023; an initial appointment document or personnel action establishing the February start and appointing person has not been obtained.
IC 3-7-12-9 puts the appointment in the county party chair’s hands and requires appointees to be county voters. It does not expressly exclude the chair from selection. This explains the appointment mechanism, while the appointment record is needed to identify the actual decision and effective date.
Compensation reports list $36,416.44 in 2023 and $43,650 in 2024
The certified 2023 Form 100R lists $35,748.44 for Henzman as Co-Director in Registr. Of Voters and a separate $668.00 entry in the county’s BONUS-ARP LOST REV fund. Together, those entries show $36,416.44 paid in calendar year 2023. The 2024 report lists $43,650.00 paid for the co-director role.
Gateway defines these as compensation paid during the calendar year, so the 2023 total does not establish an annualized starting salary or an exact hire date. The 2026 salary ordinance authorizes two unnamed Voter Registration Co-Director positions at $44,960 each; it is a position-level authorization, not Henzman’s individual 2026 pay.
A request for the appointment record
An unnamed local resident reports submitting an Indiana Access to Public Records Act request for Henzman’s exact hire date and receiving no response. That account describes a request and claimed nonresponse, not an agency finding of an APRA violation.
The outstanding public-record question is whether Henzman will release the appointment document, its effective date, and the record of the appointment decision. The documented issue is that she held the party chair’s appointment power while serving as the paid co-director.
Public references and source filesOriginal records and links
Official record · June 21, 2023
“Christen Zabel and Angela Henzman, Co-Directors”
County commissioners’ minutes name Henzman as a voter-registration co-director, confirming she was serving by this meeting date.
Open official June 2023 minutesOfficial record · Indiana Code, 2023 edition
“The county chairmen of the major political parties of a county that has a board of registration shall each appoint one (1) member of the board. The two (2) appointed persons must be voters of the county.”
IC 3-7-12-9 names the appointment power; section11 gives the appointing party chair continued control of service; section15 assigns pay-setting to county-government procedures.
Read the Board of Registration statuteOfficial record · Calendar year 2023
The report lists $35,748.44 for voter registration and $668.00 in a separate county bonus fund, totaling $36,416.44 paid in 2023.
Download full official 2023 exportDownload Henzman row excerptOfficial record · Calendar year 2024
“$43,650.00”
The report lists $43,650.00 paid to Henzman as Co-Director in Registr. Of Voters.
Download full official 2024 exportOfficial record · 2026 salary ordinance
The county authorizes two unnamed Voter Registration Co-Director positions at $44,960 each.
Open the 2026 salary ordinanceHometown News Now / December 22, 2022New Party Chairman Aims to Reverse Slide
Contemporaneous local reporting
LaPorte County / June 21, 2023Board of Commissioners minutes, June 21, 2023
Official county meeting minutes
Indiana General Assembly / 2023 code editionIndiana Code 3-7-12, Board of Registration
Statutory appointment authority; sections 8, 9 and 11
Indiana Gateway / 2023 and 2024 reports; retrieved October 26, 2026Certified Report of Public Employment and Compensation, Form 100R
Certified individual calendar-year compensation reports
Indiana Gateway / Accessed October 26, 2026Learn more about Form 100R
Official reporting definitions
LaPorte County / 2026 salary scheduleOrdinance 2025-12, salary ordinance for 2026
Position-level salary authorization
LaPorte County / Accessed October 26, 2026Voter Registration
Current official department roster
LaPorte County / June 17, 2026Board of Commissioners minutes, June 17, 2026
Official minutes naming the Democratic co-director
Hometown News Now / May 15, 2024More Light Shed on Party Chairman Stepping Down
Contemporaneous reporting on her party-chair resignation