Indiana voters defeated two Republican legislators who helped keep a gay marriage ban off the November ballot, but most other incumbents prevailed Tuesday in a primary election lacking a galvanizing issue or marquee statewide race.
Voter dissatisfaction with Congress didn't stop Indiana's nine members of the U.S. House from breezing to victories Tuesday in the state's primary.
Susan Heitzman of North Vernon will face freshman Republican Rep. Luke Messer this fall.
House Speaker Pro Tem Eric Turner has won his primary battle just a week after being cleared in an ethics investigation stemming from his lobbying against a proposed nursing home ban.
Todd Rokita has won an Indiana primary race against a Republican challenger who pledged to unseat the two-term congressman without spending any money.
U.S. Rep. Susan Brooks has held off a challenge by Carmel insurance broker David Stockdale to win the Republican primary in Indiana's 5th Congressional District.
U.S. Rep. Todd Young of Bloomington has held off two Republican challengers in the 9th District to earn the chance to seek a third term in Congress.
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson easily defeated two Democratic challengers in Indiana's 7th Congressional District as he seeks a fourth full term in Washington, D.C.
With a sense of obligation to vote and concerned about the economy, a trickle of Indiana residents cast ballots Tuesday in a primary election lacking a galvanizing issue or marquee statewide races.
The primary will be the first in a dozen years that the ticket won’t be led by a statewide office. But county races are on the ballot and so are all 100 seats in the Indiana House of Representatives and half of the state’s 50 Senate seats.
Freshman Reps. Jackie Walorski in the 2nd District and Susan Brooks in the 5th both face strong tea party candidates in Tuesday's primary, as does second-term Rep. Larry Bucshon in southern Indiana's 8th District.
A handful of Republican legislators are facing tough primary battles from challengers who blame them for delaying a constitutional amendment that would solidify the law.
Tuesday’s primary election is more than a practice run for November—especially in Republican-dominated Hamilton County, where partisan voters essentially are choosing the eventual winner.
What has otherwise been a fairly sleepy primary cycle suddenly started to wake up in the past week, when negative ads from an otherwise soft-spoken veteran lawmaker hit the airwaves in Indianapolis.
An Indianapolis suburb will begin the transition from the town to city this Tuesday, as voters in Fishers vote in its first municipal primary election.
Residents in 16 out of Indiana's 92 counties can head to designated vote centers during next Tuesday's primary elections, up from seven counties in 2012.
Republicans are searching for a candidate who can unite the party’s pro-business establishment with its small-government activists. Pence’s allies say the temperate-toned governor has a record that pleases both.
The Indiana Manufacturers Association released its scorecard for the 2014 legislative session Wednesday and applauded the results.
Indiana Democrats don't expect their election prospects to improve soon after Republicans drew election maps that led to the GOP picking up two U.S. congressional seats in 2012.
When conservative state Sen. Mike Delph took to Twitter about gay marriage and ultimately lost his formal vestiges of power within the Senate Republican caucus, he gained something far more valuable in the world of politics.
