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Zoeller will ask Republicans to nominate him for 2nd term
Staff report The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana Attorney Greg Zoeller plans to announce Friday that he will seek a second term, a candidacy that must be confirmed by Republicans at their state convention next month. Zoeller plans to announce his campaign at an 11 a.m. Statehouse event that will include House Speaker Brian Bosma, [...]
Pence launches commercial; Gregg goes on offense
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Mike Pence has gone on the air with his first television ad of the general election season as his opponent in the governor’s race – Democrat John Gregg – continues his attacks on the outgoing administration. Pence’s wife, Karen, narrates the biographical ad, which is the [...]
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Brooks, Messer, Bucshon and May win tightly contested GOP primaries
By Zach Osowski The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS –Former U.S. Attorney Susan Brooks and former GOP leader Luke Messer won closely watched Republican primaries in the state’s 5th and 6th Congressional districts Tuesday and are expected to win easily in November. Meanwhile, incumbent Republican Rep. Larry Bucshon defeated a feisty challenger in the state’s 8th District [...]
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Mourdock easily defeats six-term incumbent Dick Lugar
By Samm Quinn The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Treasurer Richard Mourdock has defeated incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar, ending a distinguished, 36-year career that earned the Republican accolades nationally and internationally but led to questions about whether he was out of touch with Hoosiers. Mourdock had a 20-point-lead in the GOP Senate primary with a third [...]
Romney campaigns in Indianapolis day before primary
Staff report The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney came to Indiana to raise money on the eve of a primary election he’s expected to win easily. Romney spoke Monday night to roughly 200 people – most of whom paid from $2,500 to $50,000 to attend – at the JW Marriott [...]
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Voters to decide nominees for Senate, House, legislative and county offices
By Greg Margason The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – As the 2012 primary race comes to a close, Hoosier voters are headed to the polls Tuesday to nominate their parties’ candidates for president, senator, governor and a host of legislative and county offices. Neither Republican nor Democratic voters will have a real say in the presidential [...]
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Poll: Mourdock opens 10-point lead on Lugar
By Lesley Weidenbener The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS – An animated Sen. Richard Lugar called Friday on all Hoosier voters – not just Republicans – to cast ballots in Tuesday’s GOP primary and save him from defeat at the hands of challenger Richard Mourdock, who appears to have opened up double-digit lead in the race. Sen. [...]
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U.S. Senate: Lugar touts experience in asking for 7th term
By Samm Quinn The Statehouse File Read our profile of Richard Mourdock. Click here. INDIANAPOLIS – The crowd at the Washington Township GOP Lincoln Day dinner last week offered Sen. Richard Lugar a standing ovation, a tribute to 35 years of serving the state of Indiana and his stature as a national and international leader. [...]
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U.S. Senate: Mourdock taps into frustration with Congress, Lugar
By Greg Margason The Statehouse File Read our profile of Sen. Richard Lugar. Click here. INDIANAPOLIS – State Treasurer Richard Mourdock will tell you it’s unlikely a geologist with a degree from Ball State University would someday run for U.S. Senate. But less than one week before the primary election, Mourdock, 60, is not only [...]
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License branches to extend hours to help voters
Staff report The Statehouse File INDIANAPOLIS — License branches will be open next Monday and for extended hours on Election Day on May 8 for voters who need to obtain state ID cards and driver’s licenses to vote. Indiana law requires voters to show a government-issued, photo ID – such as a driver’s license or [...]
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