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 “...”
SOS EVENTS: Debate, forum give Hoosiers chance to hear from candidates for secretary of state
Staff Report The Indiana Citizen August 16, 2026 All four candidates in the heated race for Indiana secretary of state will be discussing their priorities and answering voters’ questions at two events leading to the Nov. 3 general election. On Aug. 26, the Indy Chamber is hosti “...”
‘BASICALLY HUMAN ERROR’: Overturning of SD 23 primary result highlights plight of election workers
By Marilyn Odendahl Indiana Citizen August 13, 2026 Warren County does not have a traffic light or a Catholic church, but after Monday’s hearing of the Indiana Recount Commission, the rural county will forever have a place in Hoosier election history. Of the 10 ballots the Reco “...”
RESULTS OVERTURNED: Recount Commission finds Copenhaver won SD 23 GOP primary by 3 votes
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 11, 2026 Little more than an hour into the Indiana Recount Commission’s four-hour hearing on Monday, the narrow three-vote lead that state Sen. Spencer Deery had held since the May Republican primary for Senate District 23 had evap “...”
MAIL-IN DISPUTE: Indiana backs Trump in expanding USPS election role; other states decry federal overreach
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen August 7, 2026 Indiana is among 12 states joining the Trump administration in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the U.S. Postal Service to move forward with implementing new policy that would essentially give the post office the power “...”
LEADERSHIP BID: Trump-aligned Garten seeks top job in Indiana Senate
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen August 3, 2026 Sen. Chris Garten launched a campaign Monday for the chamber’s top leadership post, promising a more aggressive conservative agenda than the man he is seeking to replace, outgoing Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray. The “...”
SENATE IN PLAY: Bray’s step back raises stakes on political direction of Indiana’s upper chamber
By Sydney Byerly and Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 31, 2026 Noting Republican lawmakers could put their political careers in jeopardy simply for supporting him, Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray announced Friday he will be stepping down from his leadership posi “...”
CLERK PUSHES BACK: Tippecanoe County’s Roush accuses Copenhaver of ‘misinformation’ in SD 23 primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 30, 2026 Tippecanoe County Circuit Court Clerk Julie Roush rebuked state Senate District 23 candidate Paula Copenhaver for her allegations of a mishandled absentee ballot from the Republican primary in May, saying “the public deserve “...”
RECOUNT UPDATE: SOS Morales casts swing votes as Senate District 23 dispute goes before commission
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen July 29, 2026 After nearly four hours of listening to arguments over allegations of illegal votes and the extent of ballot secrecy in the recount of the Senate District 23 Republican primary, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales offered “...”