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Gubernatorial candidate Braun releases public safety plan
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun’s public safety plan calls for salary increases for public safety officers.
U.S. Sen. Mike Braun’s public safety plan calls for salary increases for public safety officers.
The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Monday over the state’s challenge to a lower court ruling that would allow John Rust to run for one of the state’s U.S. Senate seats as a Republican, even though the state GOP doesn’t back his candidacy.
While no nonpartisan-sponsored polls have been released in the GOP gubernatorial race, a poll conducted for the U.S. senator’s campaign in late December showed him with a significant lead.
Jefferson Shreve, the businessman who lost to incumbent Mayor Joe Hogsett by 20 points in November, has thrown his hat into the ring to represent Indiana’s 6th Congressional District.
In more than two hours of arguments, both conservative and liberal justices raised questions of whether Trump can be disqualified from being president again because of his efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election, ending with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The case marks the first time the justices will be considering a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again.
U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, who had been waffling in recent weeks on her decision to leave Congress, on Monday morning announced her intent to file for re-election, a move that will make for a complicated GOP primary in which several other Republicans have announced plans to run for her seat.
Dozens more congressional candidates filed their latest quarterly reports with the Federal Election Commission ahead of a Wednesday deadline, detailing contributions to their campaigns and how they spent the money.
Voting advocates say the proposal approved by the House could make it even tougher for some people to vote.
Aaron Freeman, a Senate Republican and former Indianapolis city-county councilor, has become known for frequent legislation that seeks to derail policies and plans implemented by Democrat-controlled city-county government in Indianapolis.
Five of the Republican candidates for governor addressed a conservative-friendly crowd in Carmel on Thursday night, each seeking to differentiate themselves by highlighting their qualifications and personal experience..
Beth White, a former elected official and longtime attorney, announced Thursday she is running for the Democratic nomination for Indiana Attorney General.
Spending on the 2023 race between Mayor Joe Hogsett and Republican opponent Jefferson Shreve surpassed $20.7 million, according to final campaign finance reports filed Wednesday.
Collectively, the gubernatorial candidates raised almost $18 million in 2023, making it one of the most expensive primary elections in state history.
Iowa has been an uneven predictor of who will ultimately lead Republicans into the general election. George W. Bush’s 2000 victory was the last time a Republican candidate won in Iowa and went on to become the party’s standard-bearer.
Despite rising wages, voters as a group lost spending power during 2021 and 2022 due to inflation and high interest rates, and are still facing an uphill battle.
But in a race that has five competitive candidates for the Republican nomination for governor, being a recognizable figure can be just as important as financial prowess, and Chambers has some ground to make up in the recognition category.
Valerie McCray, a clinical psychologist from Indianapolis, will seek the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Mike Braun, who is running for governor.
The Indiana Republican State Committee filed an amicus brief last week supporting a law that limits who can run under major political party banners in Indiana.
It wasn’t an election year for the Indiana General Assembly, but three resignations and the unexpected death of an Indianapolis state senator in 2023 means there will be four new Republican lawmakers at the Statehouse next year.