Marion County Democratic Party Chair Kate Sweeney Bell was headed toward victory Tuesday night in the primary race for county clerk, leading her non-slated primary opponent, former state Sen. Billie Breaux. Bell has said she would step down as party chair if she won.
The roughly two dozen so-called liberty candidates did see some victories in Republican legislative races across the state, with one defeating a 10-term incumbent in northern Indiana and another winning the nomination for a GOP-leaning open seat in suburban Indianapolis.
Former state Sen. Erin Houchin emerged Tuesday from a nine-candidate Republican field for the 9th Congressional District seat that opened up when current GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth unexpectedly announced in January he wouldn’t seek reelection after three terms.
Mark Hall defeated five-term incumbent Hamilton County Councilman Steve Schwartz in the District 3 election. District 3 includes Noblesville, Jackson and White River Townships.
Hamilton County will likely have a new prosecutor next year as well-funded former radio talk show host Greg Garrison appeared headed to victory against a three-term incumbent in Tuesday’s Republican primary election.
While it’s unclear if the challengers can defeat incumbents backed by Republican leaders’ multimillion-dollar campaign fund, they say they are tapping into a deep resentment among voters—and even winning a few seats could nudge the Legislature further to the right.
A longtime feud among local Democrats has come to a head in the contentious race for county clerk, pitting county recorder and party chair Kate Sweeney Bell against former state senator and two-time county auditor Billie Breaux.
Two newly redrawn Indiana House districts in Indianapolis’ northern suburbs have attracted a total of six Republican candidates looking to advance to November’s general election.
Indiana’s first Election Day after pandemic-related complications comes Tuesday, and a few hotly contested primary races are in the spotlight.
David Ricks called on government for help fix Indiana’s business climate. I think we will have to do more—a lot more. State government simply lacks the technological sophistication, budgetary discipline and political consensus to do enough.
The following is a partial transcript of Ricks’ speech to the Economic Club of Indiana on April 20, in which he spoke about problems in Indiana’s business climate.
Government and policymakers have a large role to play in addressing the state’s economic challenges. But they can’t do it alone. Nor should we expect them to.
While discussions about opportunities for improvement are important, they should also be framed in context of relative strengths. Indiana is strong and getting stronger.
The relatively close vote reflects the increasingly partisan atmosphere in Congress that is now engulfing the nomination process for the Fed, an independent institution that has sought to remain above politics.
Indiana congressional candidate Mike Sodrel changed his voter registration last year to an address local officials say isn’t a residence—a large metal-sided garage that he says has a two-bedroom bachelor pad inside.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Ukraine’s Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko walked out of a Group of 20 meeting Wednesday as Russia’s representative started talking.
One of the busiest trade ports on the U.S.-Mexico border remained effectively closed Wednesday as frustration and traffic snarls mounted over orders by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requiring extra inspections of commercial trucks.
Nine candidates are running in the May 3 primary for the district that U.S. Rep. Trey Hollingsworth is giving up after six years, making him the only Indiana congressional incumbent not seeking reelection.
The not-for-profit that distributed most of the $350 million in donations from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to election offices in 2020 said Monday that it won’t disburse similar donations this year after backlash from conservatives.
Former state Sen. Brent Waltz pleaded guilty on Monday to two felonies related to an FBI investigation into his role in receiving illegal campaign donations from a casino.
