The candidates—Joe Donnelly, Mike Braun and Lucy Brenton—were asked about foreign policy, climate change, sexual assault and immigration, but health care seemed to be the main topic Donnelly and Braun wanted to address.
The race is one of the most closely watched in the United States and could determine which party controls the Senate next year.
During his remarks at the National FFA Convention and Expo at Bankers Life Fieldhouse on Saturday, President Donald Trump talked about the Pittsburgh shooting and trade deals, and brought two Indiana congressmen on stage.
Early voting began Oct. 10 in Indiana, but not all early voting sites have opened in some counties.
It’s a big jump from the end of August, when only 13 outside super PACs had spent money in Indiana to try to influence the nationally watched race.
But talk of a “blue wave” of support for Democratic candidates across the country this year has spread hope to even some of the reddest parts of Indiana.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly raised more money than his opponent, Republican challenger Mike Braun, as the two campaigns hit the home stretch before the Nov. 6 general election.
The President’s son made a stop in the Hoosier state Monday at a Republican rally, making a pitch for Senate candidate Mike Braun and 6th District congressional candidate Greg Pence.
The new poll of likely voters from SurveyUSA and the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics shows Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly and Republican challenger Mike Braun in a tight race.
Host Mason King talks to IBJ political reporter Lindsey Erdody about the race, her experience on the campaign trail with the candidates, and what we know about early voting.
Democrats hoping to retake the U.S. House on Election Day probably won't get much help from Indiana voters, who will decide who holds the state's nine congressional seats for the next two years.
Indiana lawmakers listened to more than three hours of testimony Thursday afternoon about whether Indiana should allow for medical marijuana usage but did not come to any consensus on the issue.
The Indiana candidates are not alone: Republican incumbents in 92 U.S. House districts raised less than their Democratic challengers from July 1-Sept. 30, according to an analysis from Politico. That’s compared to only five Democratic House incumbents being out-raised.
Scott Kreider, who was elected to the council in 2015, is one of 11 Republicans on the 25-seat council.
Trump Jr., who took over the Trump Organization with his brother Eric after Trump won the 2016 election, has been campaigning for Republican candidates in close races across the country.
Former Vice President Joe Biden headlined an event for Sen. Joe Donnelly in Hammond on Friday night, while current Vice President Mike Pence supported Republican challenger Mike Braun in Indianapolis.
Debate season kicked off this week for the U.S. Senate candidates, but candidates for other federal offices this year are shying away from publicly sparring with their opponents.
A newspaper story says House Speaker Brian Bosma paid $40,000 to hire an attorney to investigate a former intern who alleges she had a sexual encounter with Bosma in 1992. The letter of support called the story an attempt “to discredit” Bosma “with uncorroborated allegations.”
Joe Donnelly’s former family business, which he owned stock in until last year, has received repeated shipments of goods from China. That makes Donnelly susceptible to charges of hypocrisy while undercutting one of his main attacks against Mike Braun.
The Indianapolis Star published a story Wednesday afternoon that said House Speaker Brian Bosma paid a law firm to investigate and find negative information about a former intern who alleges she had a consensual sexual encounter with Bosma in 1992.
