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Video & story: Mitch Daniels takes RV-1 on last ride, delivers campaign vehicle to hall of fame
Mitch Daniels takes RV-1 on last ride, delivers campaign vehicle to hall of fame from TheStatehouseFile.com on Vimeo. By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Mitch Daniels on Wednesday stood in front of the iconic campaign RV that helped shepherd him into the governor’s office back in 2004 and prepared for one last ride [...]
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Commentary: 12 lessons from the 2012 elections
By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz IndyPolitics.org If there’s one thing we can take away from the 2012 election in Indiana, it is that there really are 12 things we can take away from the 2012 election in Indiana. Primaries and general elections are two totally different creatures. Although Richard Mourdock won his primary handily over outgoing Sen. [...]
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Pence wins governor’s race over Gregg
By Zach Osowski TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – Republican Mike Pence will keep the governor’s office in GOP hands with his victory Tuesday night over Democrat John Gregg. Pence will leave the U.S. House, where he’s served for 12 years, to take the helm of a state that he has said is “on the verge of greatness.” [...]
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Gregg, Pence vote early and go last-minute campaigning on Election Day
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The candidates for governor voted in their hometowns early Tuesday before heading out to campaign in a last minute effort to win more support. Democrat John Gregg voted in Sandborn before heading to Vincennes where he shook hands and asked for votes. In Clifford, just outside Columbus, Mike Pence [...]
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Commentary: The country endures even the toughest of elections – then and now
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – It’s finally here – the end of the election season. This campaign year has been brutal, divisive and ugly. Both Democrats and Republicans have spent billions of dollars demonizing their opponents and driving wedges between Americans. At times it has seemed that we never have been so divided and [...]
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Analysis: Over-the-top election ads are just trash
By Lesley Weidenbener TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – At my home on the near south side of Indianapolis, the crush of political mailers has become almost laughable. Every day, our mailbox is packed with slick cards intended to sway my husband and me to vote for this candidate or that one. And of course, only a few [...]
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Images from 2012 general election cylce
It’s been a long and busy general election campaign season. Here’s a collection of images from the campaigns.
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Commentary: Campaign dreams face stark reality this Tuesday
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – The last days of political campaigns are rare things. When the time before an election dwindles down to days and then hours – and the result of months, perhaps years of dedication and work becomes clear – candidates reveal themselves in ways they haven’t before. Fatigue allows them to [...]
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Gregg, Pence not too far apart on abortion issues
By Tim Grimes TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – When gubernatorial hopeful Mike Pence called on a fellow Republican on Wednesday to apologize for comments he made about rape, he thrust the governor’s race into a debate about abortion. Pence and his Democratic opponent – John Gregg – are actually not that far apart in their views on [...]
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Commentary: Winners and losers reveal character in post-election speeches
By John Krull TheStatehouseFile.com INDIANAPOLIS – On Election Night, several candidates, both winners and losers, showed how real leaders speak after the votes have been cast and the contest has been decided. And several didn’t. Let’s talk about the ones who got it right first. Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney was gracious in defeat. He [...]