STAY LIFTED: Judge allows counties to distribute absentee ballots in Senate District 38 primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 20, 2026 A day after being appointed to preside over the state Senate District 38 legal battle, the new judge lifted the stay that had prevented Vigo, Clay and Sullivan counties from sending the Republican absentee ballots to voters. “...”
ELECTION UPHEAVAL: Absentee ballots held in Senate District 38 race as new judge appointed to preside over candidate fight
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 19, 2026 BRAZIL, Indiana – Just as county clerks have absentee ballots printed and scheduled to be mailed for the May primary, a state court judge has ordered Clay, Vigo and Sullivan counties to halt the process while a dispute cont “...”
‘PERFECT ISSUE’: Common Cause Indiana pushes for ‘paid protester bill’ to become interim study topic
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 17, 2026 Common Cause Indiana is pushing to have the lobbying reform ideas that were included in Senate Bill 267 – dubbed the “paid protester bill” – assigned to one of the General Assembly’s interim study committees “...”
PRIMARY PRESSURE: Judge tells attorneys to ‘clear calendars’ for hearing in Senate candidacy dispute
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 13, 2026 A three-hour hearing has been scheduled for next week in the dispute over the qualifications of a candidate in the Senate District 38 Republican primary. Clay County Circuit Court Judge David Thomas issued an order Thursday s “...”
Beckwith calls GOP supermajority ‘a blessing and a curse’ as he touts outside pressure campaign
By Sydney Byerly The Indiana Citizen March 12, 2026 PLYMOUTH, Indiana — Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith criticized fellow Republicans who dominate the Indiana legislature, telling attendees at a town hall Wednesday night that the party’s supermajority in the House and Senate is “a “...”
SCHOOL POLITICS? SOS Morales touts Club America voter registration effort, but critics are wary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 11, 2026 Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales announced on Tuesday a partnership with Club America, an arm of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, to register Hoosier high school students to vote, but a voter-advocacy “...”
‘STEP FORWARD’: Ex-Mayor Greg Ballard starts new political party in bid for secretary of state
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 10, 2026 Former Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard is establishing a new political party as he prepares to launch his campaign for Indiana secretary of state. Ballard announced on March 3 that he was entering the secretary of state race “...”
‘JUST POLITICS’: Bopp accuses Election Commission of favoritism, expects GOP candidate to be ousted
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 6, 2026 In the increasingly bitter Republican fight over who can be on the May primary ballot for the Senate District 38 seat, a nearly 20-year-old opinion from former Indiana Attorney General Steve Carter has new relevance in the att “...”
ELECTION HURDLE: Appeal challenges Wilson candidacy for GOP primary in Senate District 38
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen March 4, 2026 Although she survived a challenge to her candidacy last week before the Indiana Election Commission, Alexandra Wilson’s fight to stay in the May 2026 Republican primary race is not over. A petition for judicial review of the “...”
RACE FOR SENATE SEAT 23: Spencer Deery voted against redistricting. Now he’s fighting for his job
Editor’s note: The Purdue Exponent and The Indiana Citizen are working together on a joint project to give in-depth coverage to the race for Indiana Senate District 23. This is the first story in the series. BY RONAK MOHANTY Exponent Staff Reporter When President Trump’s redi “...”