It’s been a long day and I’m really tired, but I wanted to post these few items before bed. The latest poll of the Presidential, Gubernatorial, 7th District and 5th District Congressional races are showing some interesting results. The poll conducted by Howey Politics Indiana and Gauge Market Research of shows Hillary and Barack basically […]

As we get closer to the May primary for the 7th Congressional District, I wonder how much will prejudice play a role in the decisions of voters?   It’s unfortunate that race, religion and gender still play a role in the 21st Century, but we have to acknowledge that reality. Some people may choose to vote […]

I’ve been spending the past few days trying to see how the Presidential primary will impact the 7th District race.  With so many new voters coming to the table, no true “incumbent” in the race and no candidate having hitched their wagon to either Hillary or Barack – the political class is wondering where the new voters will […]

Now that we have two candidates for the March 11 special election to fill the vacancy left by the death of Congresswoman Julia Carson, I can handicap the race. While there is no arguing that the 7th District has been strongly Democratic, there is some evidence that this race will be somewhat competitive. I used […]

The first round of voting is complete out of 599 eligible precinct committeemen, 440 were registered to vote today, or about 73 percent. The vote totals are … Andre Carson – 223 (he wins with more than 50% of the vote) Carolene Mays -26 Stephanie McCabe – 1 David Orenlichter – 123 Randle Pollard – […]

We’re a little more than 24 hours away from Democrats slating their candidate for the 7th Congressional District and 48 hours from the Republicans slating theirs. There has been quite a bit of behind the scenes activity on both sides and that makes me think the slatings will either go very quickly or very slowly. […]