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October 05 2022

Could Morales allegations tilt Secretary of State’s race?

By Leslie Bonilla Muniz Indiana Capital Chronicle Oct. 4, 2022 Republican Secretary of State candidate Diego Morales (above) has fielded controversy since his first unsuccessful bid for public office in 2018, but could a pair of sexual misconduct allegations less than a month bef “...”

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October 05 2022

Latest poll: Democratic candidate holds lead in secretary of state race

A new poll indicates tight races for Indiana secretary of state and U.S. Senate, with the Republican candidates losing by four percentage points and winning by just two, respectively. The 600-person poll from Sept. 25 and 26 was administered by ARW Strategies and Indy Politic “...”

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October 03 2022

Quiet, introverted Thompson takes helm of Ways and Means Committee

By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle Oct. 3, 2022  When Richard Allen Thompson started his first term as state representative in 1979, his son Jeffrey Thompson (above) — a recent college graduate — thought, “Someday, I might want to do this.” Twenty years later, “...”

October 01 2022

John Krull commentary: A time and place for wisdom

The Indiana Court of Appeals rejected Attorney General Todd Rokita’s attempt to rush the Hoosier state’s draconian new abortion ban through the judicial branch as fast it raced through the legislature. Regardless of where the state’s courts ultimately land on the question, “...”

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October 01 2022

More female voters ready to cast a ballot in November

By Whitney Downard Indiana Capital Chronicle Oct. 1, 2022  More female than male Hoosiers registered to vote or updated their voting information in Indiana following the leak of the Dobbs’ decision from the U.S. Supreme Court in May. The trend mirrors a national surge of wom “...”

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September 30 2022

Morales responds to sexual harassment allegations

Abdul Hakim Shabazz, editor of IndyPolitics.org and a frequent Statehouse File columnist, has published an article in which two women accuse Republican secretary of state candidate Diego Morales (above) of sexual harassment. The article did not identify the women. “The cla “...”

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September 28 2022

Secretary of state candidates Wells and Maurer debate Tuesday while Morales’ chair sits empty

The chair reserved for Republican candidate Diego Morales sat empty at an Election Law Forum featuring the candidates for Indiana secretary of state Tuesday. The Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Indiana hosted the forum, with APABA-IN president G. Michael Witte (above, l “...”

September 27 2022

John Krull commentary: When night is day and down is up

Anyone who wants to understand just how much Donald Trump has transformed the Republican Party should look no further than the GOP’s candidate for Indiana secretary of state, Diego Morales. Morales, it seems, is a dues-paying member of the scandal-a-day club. The most recent on “...”

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September 27 2022

No Libertarian has won statewide office—but Maurer hopes to close the gap

Libertarian Jeff Maurer hopes to make election history in Indiana, and he can do that in November, by being elected Secretary of State since his party has never won a statewide office here. But Maurer says he also aims to make voters feel more confident in the election process at “...”

September 26 2022

John Krull commentary: Fun and games on someone else’s dime

Being attorney general in a lot of states—including, apparently, Indiana—must not be that demanding a job. Because these folks seem to have a lot of time on their hands. All too often, they use that time to drag their states into fights that are none of their business. In doi “...”