Indiana’s GOP candidates for governor give their stances on education
The six candidates answered questions on education savings accounts, teacher salaries, learning loss and life after high school.
The six candidates answered questions on education savings accounts, teacher salaries, learning loss and life after high school.
Most of the quips and jabs during the one-hour event were directed at frontrunner Sen. Mike Braun, with a focus on his track record in the Indiana General Assembly and Congress on topics including immigration policy, economic development and taxation.
The governor is urging the candidates vying to replace him to focus on issues related to the state’s economy, workforce and quality of life, and to develop plans to address the biggest challenges in those areas.
As the state’s chief executive, you won’t be able to rely on slogans or empty campaign promises to yield positive results.
The forum was the first of this year’s gubernatorial events to include all three parties, with Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian Donald Rainwater joining the stage, even though they face no opposition in the May 7 Primary Election.
Former Indiana Secretary of Commerce Brad Chambers, one of six Republicans running for Indiana governor, unveiled his “Play to Win” plan on Monday.
Jamie Reitenour, who is being left out of at least two election events, urged other groups not to impose “self-contrived stipulations” and include all candidates in their events.
The law requires that candidates include a disclaimer when a political ad includes the use of generative AI, and it creates a path for legal action when candidates believe they are misrepresented.
The ruling means U.S. Rep. Jim Banks will be the only Republican candidate for Indiana’s U.S. Senate race in May’s primary election.
Rust’s petition for judicial review was filed in Marion County Superior Court late last month, one day after the Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously to block his Republican candidacy.
Both candidates dominated Tuesday’s primaries in swing-state Georgia, deep-red Mississippi and Democratic-leaning Washington.
Braun said Doden—as the Indiana commerce secretary under Gov. Mike Pence—struck deals that benefited China. Braun’s gubernatorial campaign also criticized Doden for lackluster fundraising and for opposition to Trump tax cuts.
Five leading Republican candidates will be joined by Libertarian Donald Rainwater and Democrat Jennifer McCormick. The event is one of several on the calendar for gubernatorial candidates.
Candidates U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Brad Chambers, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, Eric Doden, former Attorney General Curtis Hill and Jamie Reitenour took turns elevating themselves above their peers with interspersed jabs at opponents.
The new Fox59/CBS4/Emerson College/The Hill poll also found 43% of those surveyed were still undecided about the GOP primary race for governor.
Haley encouraged Trump to earn the support of the coalition of moderate Republicans and independent voters who supported her.
Not enough states will have voted until later this month for Trump or Biden to formally become their parties’ presumptive nominees. But the primary’s biggest day made their rematch a near-certainty.
Chinthala, a Carmel resident, is the founder and president of the Indiana-India Business Council and formerly served as a senior adviser for Indiana for the Indiana Economic Development Corp.
The justices ruled a day before the Super Tuesday primaries that states cannot invoke a post-Civil War constitutional provision to keep presidential candidates from appearing on ballots.
The Indiana county lost its top election official nearly every other month since its longtime supervisor resigned over a vote-counting mistake in the 2022 election.