VOTING RIGHTS AND REDISTRICTING: Indiana joins 12 other states asking for clarity from U.S. Supreme Court in Louisiana gerrymandering dispute
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 15, 2024 Claiming the federal courts have “enabled statutory mission creep” of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Indiana and 12 other states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to provide some clarity on the provision a “...”
INDIANA GOP TIGHTENS GRIP: Republican judges hold onto seats and pick up new ones in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 14, 2024 While the Indiana Supreme Court remains unchanged after a push to oust three justices on the November ballot for retention fizzled, the outcomes of county judicial races show Republicans are strengthening their grip on the “...”
ECHOES OF HISTORY: Legacy of Harrison-Cleveland presidential contests holds lessons for today
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 8, 2024 With his decisive win Tuesday night, Donald Trump has become the second person in U.S. history to be elected for a second nonconsecutive term as president. Grover Cleveland – elected in 1884, defeated in 1888 and reelecte “...”
REPUBLICAN WAVE: Indiana GOP scores big wins in November election
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 7, 2024 Indiana Republicans maintained their hold on state government on Tuesday, winning the races for governor, attorney general and U.S. Senate as well as retaining their supermajority in the Statehouse. The hint of the red wave “...”
‘ONE-PARTY STATE’: Indiana Democrats, who fall flat in effort to gain more seats, accused of not having ‘a winning message’
By Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen November 6, 2024 This fall, Indiana Democrats held hopes that they could defend their 30 seats in the state legislature, and maybe even pick up a few more. They called their effort to gain more balance in the Indiana General Assembly their “B “...”
TSF story: Results, reactions and new appointments following the November 2024 Election
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Staff Reports TheStatehouseFile.com November 6, 2024 The Statehouse File is still cleaning up after a long Election Day that saw Republicans hang on to their supermajority status in Indiana and upset the balance of “...”
ELECTION DAY: The Indiana Citizen’s blog
Reports from The Indiana Citizen and TheStatehouseFile.com November 5, 2024 Economy, inflation and taxes are major concerns Voters were lined up 40 or 50 deep under overcast skies around 9 a.m. Tuesday in Indiana House District 25 at a polling site outside the Hussey-Mayfield Mem “...”
TSF story: On this anxious election eve, a new generation prepares for its turn at citizenship
This story was originally published by TheStatehouseFile.com. By Colleen Steffen TheStatehouseFile.com November 4, 2024 Andrea Neal doesn’t even say hi, sailing into her classroom at St. Richard’s Episcopal School under the twin gazes of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson “...”
APPEAL FOR DEMOCRACY: Business for America urges political leaders to maintain ‘a free and fair election’ for nation’s economic health
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 4, 2024 Business for America, a nonpartisan, nonprofit coalition of civic-minded business leaders and companies, has published an open letter as Election Day nears, asking candidates and election officials to put country above poli “...”
CLOSING ARGUMENTS: Indiana legal community supports keeping state’s justices while retention opponents press their effort
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen November 1, 2024 The effort to prevent three Indiana Supreme Court justices from falling short in November’s retention vote appears to be organized and strong, but worries continue over the grassroots countereffort to remove the trio for “...”