BIPARTISAN IDEAL: Indiana congressional candidate Tim Peck campaigns for better listening, civil discourse
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 21, 2024 Standing before a crowd in Corydon, Indiana, that included Democrats, Republicans and Libertarians, Tim Peck made his pitch for finding common ground. Peck, a former emergency room physician, won the Democratic nomination for t “...”
FILLING JUDGESHIPS: From incumbent upsets and battles for empty seats to uncontested candidates, most of Indiana’s judicial races were decided in the primary
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 17, 2024 Of the eight Indiana trial court judges who faced a challenger in the May 2024 primary, seven will be looking for a new job next January. A majority of the trial court judges running in the primary were unopposed “...”
DEMOCRATIC VACANCY: State Rep. Rita Fleming of Jeffersonville announces immediate retirement from General Assembly
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information on Fleming’s endorsement for her replacement as representative of House District 71. By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 13, 2024 State Rep. Rita Fleming, D-Jeffersonville, announc “...”
‘GENERATIONS OF LOST WEALTH’: ‘Unwelcomed’ exhibit in Bloomington spotlights housing discrimination that blocks homeownership
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 10, 2024 The racial and economic barriers to homeownership have deep roots in Indiana, even in communities like Bloomington that have striven to accept and support people of diverse backgrounds. “I think it’s a problem “...”
STEADY TURNOUT: Voters, candidates cast ballots in primary to address local, state and national concerns
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 9, 2024 Greg O’Brien, who has worked the polls in Seymour every election for the past 24 years, never saw the lull on Tuesday. Typically, he said, voters come in waves with a morning rush followed by a lull, before the l “...”
VOTERS’ VOICES: Hoping for change, moved by a sense of duty—why Hoosiers went to the polls
Staff Report TheStatehouseFile May 8, 2024 Statehouse File reporters talked to voters at polling places all over Marion and Johnson counties Tuesday—some 10 hours of asking what brought them out to vote when so many of their fellow Hoosiers stay home. Indiana ranks 50th among “...”
‘CIVIC DUTY’: Hoosier voters in House District 24 share strong opinions on primary elections, including crossover voting campaign
Dwight Adams The Indiana Citizen May 7, 2024 Foreboding skies and an intermittent raindrop didn’t dissuade voters from entering the Sheridan Community Center in northern Hamilton County to cast their ballot in the Indiana primary for 2024. It’s located in House District 24, w “...”
ELECTION IMBALANCE: Billboards urging crossover voting another sign of Republican dominance in Indiana
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 6, 2024 Seven billboards that have popped up across Indiana in advance of the May primary show just how dominant the Republican Party has become in the Hoosier state. The outdoor placards, an initiative of ReCenter Indiana, are encourag “...”
VOTING DAY 2024: Here’s what to know about casting a ballot in the Indiana primary election
Primary election day in Indiana is Tuesday, May 7, when eligible voters can go to their local polling place and cast a ballot for the candidates of their choice. Below are some answers to last-minute questions you may have about the who, what, when, where and how of “...”
‘POLITICIANS AS PEOPLE’: Veterans of presidential campaigns share stories at Benjamin Harrison site event
By Marilyn Odendahl The Indiana Citizen May 2, 2024 As preparations were underway for Ronald Reagan’s speech to a joint session of the Indiana General Assembly in February 1982, word was sent that the president would want a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice before he “...”