Labor Fails to Get Even in May Primary
Union efforts to get even with Indiana Republicans over this past session’s Right to Work legislation fell flat this primary season fell mostly flat as not one “Lunch Pail Republican” won a primary.
The “Lunch Pail Republicans” labeled themselves as members of the GOP who opposed Right to Work legislation and promised to run opponents against lawmakers who voted for the bill.
As it turns out, the threat was empty as every Lunch Pail lost. The Lunch Pails only managed to get a combined 27% of the vote in the seven Indiana House Districts where they ran a candidate. Here are the results. The Lunch Pail Republican candidate is in italics.
House District 5
- Dale DeVon – 3366
- Cory Stith – 1207
House District 16
- Doug Gutwein – 4769
- Diana Boersma - 3731
House District 22
- Rebecca Kubacki – 5240
- John Hare – 3060
House District 48
- Tim Neese – 4106
- Jerry Brewton – 2528
- Randall Weinley – 206
House District 64
- Thomas Washburn – 2803
- James Amick – 1553
House District 82
- David Ober – 3550
- Denise Lemmon – 3284
- Mike Caywood – 534
- Wesley Ortell – 238
House District 91
- Robert Behning – 3676
- Mike Scott – 2151
Even statehouse candidates supported by the Indiana State Teachers Association also lost.
