Jennifer McCormick hasn’t shied away from talking about her decision to flip from identifying as a Republican to a Democrat following her time as state superintendent of public instruction from 2017 to 2021.
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Pete Buttigieg is on the list of candidates Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to consider as a running mate assuming she gets the nomination.
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Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that, at age 81, he is too old to serve as president. It sparked a fresh round of calls for the Democrat to step aside.
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Incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett soundly defeated Democratic challenger Robin Shackleford in Tuesday’s primary election, setting up a November showdown with Jefferson Shreve, a largely self-funded millionaire who handily won the GOP nomination.
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Democrats attributed the party’s disappointing performance on Tuesday to a lack of organization within the party infrastructure, a focus on moderate candidates in an increasingly fractured Democratic Party and difficulties overcoming straight-ticket voting.
While statewide numbers are down from 2020’s pandemic election—when voting hours were expanded—early voting numbers are far outpacing 2016 numbers, aligning with the uptick seen across several states.
Harris is the first woman, first Black person and first Asian American to ascend to the vice presidency. Now, President Joe Biden’s endorsement could give her a chance to become the first female president.
Two women will have their eyes on one thing on Saturday–the delegate nomination for Indiana attorney general at the Democratic Party State Convention.
The Indiana Democratic Party hopes to break GOP supermajorities in the Legislature.
Jackson, a city-county councilor of 10 years and a not-for-profit CEO, will finish out Sen. Jean Breaux’s term. Democrats will hold a second caucus to determine who will fill Breaux’s place on the November ballot to serve the next four-year term.
ZeNai Brooks, who ran for state auditor in 2022, sent an email to members of the Indiana Democratic Party’s State Central Committee, explaining that she did not resign as the party’s executive director but was terminated.
Overall, the results seemed to reinforce the Republican reign over Indiana’s vast suburban and rural swaths, raising more questions than answers about whether Democrats can put a dent in the GOP’s long-held dominance over statewide elections in 2024.
Jennifer McCormick, for now the presumptive favorite for the Democratic nomination for governor, could hoard cash while Republicans spend big money to try and win a contested three-way primary election next year.
As Mayor Joe Hogsett seeks a third term, he is facing opposition for the Democratic nomination. State Rep. Robin Shackleford was among Black leaders last spring calling for racial equity in the party’s candidate endorsement practices.
In order to break the Republican supermajority in both chambers, Democrats would need to gain five House districts and six Senate seats in the Nov. 8 election.
Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, National Action Network of Indiana and the Baptist Ministers Alliance called for the change and questioned why Kate Sweeney Bell’s departure as party chair didn’t come sooner.
Not-for-profit Act Indiana says 60 people associated with the organization were elected in last month’s primary-year elections for Democratic precinct committee positions. That’s more than one in five of the 291 precinct committeepeople elected.
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.
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.
Mike Schmuhl says any turnaround for Democrats must include the revitalization of the Democratic Party at the local level, a task complicated by the image of a national party that cares less about rural and small-town voters.
The candidates are in a crowded primary election battle to become their party’s nominee for the seat.
Evans says he feels mostly shut out of the Democrat-controlled council despite “speaking for a wide progressive base who wants these very solutions implemented.”
A Democrat-authored amendment aimed at ousting Marion County Democratic Party Chair Kate Sweeney Bell made it a step further this week when the Indiana House approved the elections bill it’s tacked onto. And the bill leaves the door open for state legislators to pursue her job.
Some Black Indianapolis-area elected officials accused Marion County Democratic Party Chair Kate Sweeney Bell of running discriminatory selection processes for slating and precinct committee people.
