Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday praised the selection of Sen. Chris Garten as the likely next leader of the Indiana Senate, with President Donald Trump celebrating the pick as completing his political retribution campaign. Braun, however, said he has priorities for next year’s legislative session ahead of the congressional redistricting fight that has upended the […]
The question of who’ll be the next leader of the Indiana Senate is essentially decided as GOP senators are backing Sen. Chris Garten for the president pro tem position. The Senate Republican caucus announced that it had “endorsed” Garten during a private meeting Tuesday to replace current President Pro Tem Rodric Bray. Garten was the […]
Three votes now separate Republican Paula Copenhaver from state Sen. Spencer Deery, but a dispute over six rejected ballots could reverse the outcome of their Indiana Senate primary for a second time. Deery’s attorneys on Monday asked the Indiana Supreme Court to take the recount case and the Court of Appeals to suspend the result […]
The four-term mayor of Vincennes won’t be on the November ballot for an Indiana Senate seat because of a paperwork mistake by a Democratic Party official. Democratic 8th Congressional District Chair Dave Crooks is taking the blame for not filing the required form on time to make Mayor Joe Yochum the party’s candidate for the […]
The timeline has been moved up for Indiana Recount Commission decisions on disputed ballots in the narrow Republican primary race between a state senator and his President Donald Trump-endorsed challenger.
Eight months after Indiana senators rejected President Donald Trump’s congressional redistricting push — and about three months after six Republican incumbents paid for that opposition in primary defeats — Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray announced Friday that he will give up the chamber’s top leadership position. Bray, R-Martinsville, said he will not seek reelection […]
The Indiana Recount Commission rejected a request to question voters under oath about how they cast their ballots in what is now a three-vote margin from May’s Republican primary for an Indiana Senate seat.
The question of whether some voters could face questions from lawyers over how they cast their ballots looms over the recount of a hotly contested Indiana Senate race.
