Indiana Politics

Dems: Mourdock Running Away From Tea Party

The Huffington Post | John Celock | Posted 05.24.2012

WASHINGTON -- Democrats are criticizing Indiana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock for removing pre-primary material from his website, ...

John Celock

Tea Party Leaders Think They've Found Winning Formula

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.19.2012

WASHINGTON -- A week after unseating a six-term incumbent senator, leaders of FreedomWorks, a national Tea Party organization, said they have the winn...

John Celock

Residency Issue Heats Up In Indiana -- For Governor's Race

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.09.2012

The day after a Tea Party-backed candidate ousted a six-term Republican senator partly over his concerns whether he truly resided in Indiana, the stat...

Lugar Struggles To Shake 'Untrustworthy' Tea Party Opponent

Indianapolis Business Journal | Posted 04.29.2012

Timing is everything, especially in a political campaign. Come out negative too early and you can turn off voters. Wait too long to try to brand your ...

John Celock

Tea Party Group: We're 'Coming Back With A Vengeance'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.26.2012

Pledging that a victory in the Indiana Senate primary will show Tea Party-backed candidates are "coming back with a vengeance," FreedomWorks for Ameri...

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GOP Lawmaker Proposes End To Wisconsin-Style Tactic

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 04.03.2012

A Republican legislator in New Jersey has introduced a bill that she said would not allow her colleagues to repeat the actions of Democrats in Wiscons...

John Celock

GOP Official Unseated Over Voter Fraud Charges

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 12.23.2011

An Indianapolis county court has removed Indiana Secretary of State Charles White from office on charges of voter fraud relating to his 2010 election....

Gary Elects Its First Female Mayor, State's First Black Female Mayor

Posted 01.09.2012

Former Indiana Attorney General Karen Freeman-Wilson proved the third time, indeed, is often the charm as she was elected as Gary, Ind.'s first female...

Abortion, Scientific Denialism And Religious Fundamentalism

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Women in Indiana and across the world have a right to the best scientific information available. To require medical personnel to misinform women about cancer risks is indefensible -- for any reason.

Indiana GOP: We Won't Back Down To Absent Dems On Proposals

AP | DEANNA MARTIN | Posted 05.25.2011

INDIANAPOLIS — A political stalemate in Indiana showed no signs of ending anytime soon as House Democrats met privately Wednesday in an out-of-s...

Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller Will Sue Over Health Care Overhaul

AP | RICK CALLAHAN | Posted 05.25.2011

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana is joining 13 other states in challenging the nearly $1 trillion health care overhaul signed into law last week by Presid...

Brad Ellsworth SENATE Run: Indiana Congressman To Run For Bayh's Seat

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Count Ellsworth in. Indiana Democratic Congressman Brad Ellsworth has decided to run for the Senate seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh, according ...

Tamyra D'Ippolito: The 'Machine' Is Trying To Silence Me

Plum Line | Greg Sargent | Posted 05.25.2011

In the wake of Evan Bayh's decision to retire, there's been a fair amount of hand-wringing among Dems over the possiblity that a little-known cafe-own...

Steve Buyer, Indiana Congressman, Expected To Announce Retirement

Hotline | Posted 05.25.2011

An Indianapolis TV station reports this a.m. that Rep. Steve Buyer (R-IN) will announce his retirement at a presser today. The report said Buyer will...

Indiana Home to Increasing Numbers of Once-Rare Blue Hoosiers

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Treul

Another ominous sign for the McCain campaign is the most recent polling average by Real Clear Politics, which has Barack Obama leading -- albeit barel...

Midwest Auto Workers Look To Obama For Change

Dan Treul | Posted 05.25.2011

Dan Treul

"GM won't change anything until they have every operation overseas," says Danny. "This started back in the 1980s with Reagan... We know we're not going to get any help from McCain."