Hundreds of voters stood in a line that wrapped around Lugar Plaza outside the Indianapolis City-County Building on Monday morning.
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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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After his successful long-shot U.S. Senate campaign in 2018, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is returning home to Indiana—and he hopes to swap the title before his name for governor.
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From the opening, both candidates were thrown on the defensive, forced to reckon with their records—Harris on the economy and border security, Trump on immigration and his actions on Jan. 6, 2021.
Read MoreThe cornerstone of Braun’s campaign was his promise to use his business experience to lead Indiana. And on election night, he doubled down on campaign promises to cut government spending and pass a balanced budget.
Braun and running mate Micah Beckwith won handily—54% to 41%—over Democrat Jennifer McCormick, who had previously been elected state superintendent of public instruction as a Republican.
This year, both a presidential and gubernatorial election year for Indiana, provided no shortage of political news.
Under Senate Enrolled Act 170, threatening, obstructing, interfering with or injuring an election worker can be charged as a Level 6 felony.
Seventy-six counties reported drops, but the percentage change hit double digits in Hendricks and Vermillion counties.
Of the 147 people Braun chose to serve on his 12 transition councils, one in three are private-sector business leaders and two in three have not previously worked in state government, an IBJ analysis found.
The councils will primarily focus on fiscal efficiency and improving the economy but also on issues involving public safety, energy and natural resources and health care.
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.
Voter turnout was significantly higher in Hamilton County than in Marion County, but was lower in both counties than in 2020.
Wiles is widely credited within and outside Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign.
Trump’s victory and the possibility of a Republican sweep of government buoyed investor hopes that his reelection could usher in an era of loosened government regulation and lower taxes, analysts said.
There is no escaping the fact that former President Donald Trump just experienced a remarkable victory. To put it in context, here are some striking statistics—and what they tell us.
The complaint asks the Hamilton County Election Board to conduct an inquiry into a technological malfunction that caused the delays, determine its impact and decide how it can be prevented in the future.
The unofficial election results bring two candidates to the board with the help of charter-friendly political action committees that funded mailers, canvassing, and other outreach efforts.
Grover Cleveland was elected to his second term in office in 1892, but only after losing to Benjamin Harrison of Indiana in 1888.
Braun’s transition team largely consists of former members of Gov. Mitch Daniels’ administration and board members of the nonprofit Hoosiers for Opportunity, Prosperity & Enterprise, or HOPE.
With a victory in Wisconsin declared early Wednesday morning, Trump cleared the 270 electoral votes needed to clinch the presidency. He has vowed to pursue an agenda centered on dramatically reshaping the federal government.
Donald Trump won Pennsylvania early Wednesday, putting him just four electoral votes shy of defeating Kamala Harris to win the White House.
Republicans maintained their dominant hold on Indiana U.S. congressional seats Tuesday, winning seven of the nine races.
Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate late Tuesday after flipping Democratic held seats, holding onto GOP incumbents and wresting away the majority for the first time in four years.
