Although today is the filing deadline for candidates who want to run in the May primary today is also the day Indianapolis Mayoral hopfeful Brian Williams announced that 200 of his supporters have filed to run for precinct committeemen spots in the Marion County primary. As if Democrats didn’t have enough on their plate this […]

If you would have told me a week ago that Evan Bayh would not be running for the U.S. Senate, I would have suggested you put down the crack pipe.  After this week, I may start to take up the habit. The last time I saw these many people running for something, it was a […]

The words below are cross-posted from The Capitol Wacthblog and written by my colleague, Republican Mike O’Brien.  I think it illustrates a bog hurdle the Dan Coats campaign is going to have to overcome. Everything I know about Dan Coats, I’ve learned in the past ten days.  When Coats was first elected to Congress I […]

If  you’re interested in knowing how the candidates for the U.S. Senate are doing over with certified signature collection, I’ve got some interesting numbers for you from across all Indiana nine Congressional districts… Dan Coats – 14,113. Don Bates, Jr – 6,173. John Hostetler – 6,946.  (And he may still have some out) Marlin Stutzman […]

I learned a lot of things this week when Evan Bayh announced he was not to running for re-election.  Here they are… Someone in this town can actually keep a secret.  Bayh has been going back and forth for weeks on whether to run again and only his closet friends and advisers knew this and […]

In case you’re wondering how the signature count certification was going for your favorite U.S. Senate candidate, here’s a rundown from the 7th Congressional District. Marlin  Stutzman – 561 John Hostetler – 556 Don Bates, Jr.  – 502 Richard Behney – 647 Dan Coats – 800 Tamara d’Ippolito – 3 The numbers come straight from […]

I have to give Evan Bayh credit.  He did something no Republican could ever do,  drove himself out of office.   Now granted it was more like walking away, but still the Senator’s decision not to run again has sent shock waves through Indiana’s political landscape like an earthquake through Haiti. Of course the big question […]

Here are Evan Bayh’s comments shortly after announcing he is not running for another term.  I’m still working the phones and dissecting all this for some informed analysis. Evan Bayh Here’s Indiana Democratic Chairman Dan Parker’s reaction. Dan Parker I’ll have more for you in the morning.

Evan Bayh is announcing this afternoon that he is NOT running for re-election.   A spokesman for the Indiana Democratic Party is not commenting, however my sources tell me state party staff just found this morning that he was not running again.   Bayh is making his announcement at IUPUI at 2 p.m.  I plan to be […]