DEAD HEAT: Sabato’s Crystal Ball sees 3 strong candidates and no frontrunner in Indiana SOS race
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 11, 2026 Although GOP candidates running for statewide office in Indiana have long won at the ballot box, this year’s race for secretary of state has caused one national political forecaster to shift its prediction of the outcom “...”
RECOUNT RESULT REVERSED: Indiana Supreme Court declares Deery winner of SD 23 GOP primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 10, 2026 A few hours after hearing oral arguments, the Indiana Supreme Court ordered the Indiana Recount Commission to reverse its certification in the Senate District 23 Republican primary and declare state Sen. Spencer Deery the “...”
PRIVATE PROPERTY: Democrats question Beckwith town hall at former congressional candidate’s home
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen September 4, 2026 Indiana Democrats are criticizing Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith’s plan to hold a town hall meeting later this month — as part of his official duties — at the private residence of a former Republican congressional candidate. “...”
NO PUBLIC DISCLOSURE: Trial court allows state to keep private the names of nearly 600K Indiana voters sent to USCIS
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 3, 2026 In a one-page order issued on Monday, a Marion County Superior Court judge has blocked access to the list of nearly 600,000 Hoosier voters that the Indiana attorney general and Indiana secretary of state turned over to the “...”
‘REVISITING FIGHTS’: Democrat lawmaker, Indiana AG take opposite sides of mail-in ballot battle
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 2, 2026 As the effort to block the Trump administration’s proposed restrictions on mail-in voting continues to whipsaw between the U.S. Supreme Court and federal district and circuit courts, Indiana voting-rights advocates are e “...”
BOOSTING TURNOUT: SOS rivals spar over proposed voter guide, other ways to fight apathy
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen September 1, 2026 During last week’s debate among the secretary of state candidates, Lincoln Party candidate Greg Ballard was able to show what he would do to improve Indiana’s voter turnout – he held up a copy of his proposed voter “...”
INCREASED VISIBILITY: 4 candidates share viewpoints at public forum in once-overlooked SOS race
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 27, 2026 In remarks prior to the debate between the Indiana secretary of state candidates, Matt Mindrum, president and CEO of the Indy Chamber, noted the significance of the 2026 race for that office. Republicans have handily held th “...”
JUDICIAL REVIEW: Indiana Supreme Court accepts appeal in Deery-Copenhaver primary fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 24, 2026 The Indiana Supreme Court has decided to wade into the Republican nomination fight between Sen. Spencer Deery and Paula Copenhaver for state Senate District 23, requesting front-and-back images of the six disputed ballots an “...”
EXPEDITED SCHEDULE: Supreme Court seeks Copenhaver, commission responses in Deery appeal
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 19, 2026 The Indiana Supreme Court issued a scheduling order on Tuesday in the Senate District 23 election dispute, pushing Paula Copenhaver and the Indiana Recount Commission to file their first responses in the case by Friday. At i “...”
DEERY APPEALS: SD 23 incumbent asks state Supreme Court to toss recount, restore him to ballot
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 17, 2026 Asserting the Indiana Recount Commission erred in overturning the results of the Senate District 23 Republican primary, state Sen. Spencer Deery filed an appeal on Monday, asking the Indiana Supreme Court to reverse the deci “...”