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May 21 2024

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 “...”

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May 17 2024

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 “...”

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May 14 2024

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 “...”

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May 10 2024

‘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 “...”

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May 09 2024

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 “...”

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May 09 2024

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 “...”

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May 07 2024

‘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 “...”

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May 06 2024

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 “...”

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May 06 2024

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 “...”

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May 02 2024

‘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 “...”