The Green Papers: Indiana 2009 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
2000 Census:6,090,782 (2.16% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):4,448,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):4,000,809
Capital:Indianapolis
 

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Indiana State and Local Government


NOTE: In any Primary election in INDIANA, voters state which Party they are affiliated with by asking the poll workers for the ballot of that Party in a given Primary. A voter's party affiliation is determined solely by his or her Primary voting record; the state's voter registration form does NOT provide a place for the voter to state Party affiliation.

Even though the history of a voter's Party affiliation- solely as determined by the individual voter's Primary voting record- is part of the public record, the informaton is NOT available at the polling place. Any voter, however, may challenge another voter's Party affiliation at the polls:

In such a case, the voter making the challenge (the "challenger") fills out an affidavit that the voter being challenged (the "challengee") has not, in fact, voted in the Party's Primaries in the past, an assertion against which the challengee must fill out a counter-affidavit, asserting that they intend to vote for a majority of the candidates of the challengee's Party of choice in the next General Election. If the challengee fills out this counter-affidavit, the challengee is allowed to vote in the Primary; however, if the challengee refuses, he or she is not allowed to vote in the Primary.

Nevertheless, since General Election ballots are cast in secret, the intention expressed in the counter-affidavit by the challengee is impossible to enforce.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator  Richard G. Lugar
First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3 Democratic Senator  Evan Bayh
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Evan Bayh
FEC S8IN00049: $2,074,009
  Candidate Republican     Don Bates, Jr.
FEC S0IN00111: $52,945
  Candidate Republican     Richard J. Behney
FEC S0IN00103: $5,193
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Marlin A. Stutzman
FEC S0IN00095: $84,248

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

  Republican Governor  Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels, Jr.
First elected: 2004; re-elected 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair - At term limit
  Candidate Democratic     Evansille Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  Becky Skillman
First elected: 2004; re-elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Open Seat - At term limit

111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Democratic (5 Undetermined);
4 Republican (4 Undetermined)

CD 1
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Democratic Congressman  Peter J. Visclosky
First elected: 1984
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Peter J. Visclosky
FEC H4IN01012: $407,863

CD 2
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Democratic Congressman  Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly
FEC H4IN02101: $516,450
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Jackie Swihart Walorski
FEC H0IN02190: Financial report not available

CD 3
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Republican Congressman  Mark Edward Souder
First elected: 1994
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas Eldon "Tom" Hayhurst
FEC H6IN03161: $93,596
  Candidate Republican     Rachel Grubb
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Mark Edward Souder
FEC H4IN04099: $227,300
  Candidate Republican     Phil Troyer

CD 4
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Republican Congressman  Steve Buyer
First elected: 1992
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Steve Buyer
FEC H2IN05025: $269,121

CD 5
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Republican Congressman  Danny L. "Dan" Burton
First elected: 1982
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Nasser Hausam Hanna
FEC H0IN05128: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Carl J. Brizzi
FEC H0IN05078: $36,268
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Danny L. "Dan" Burton
FEC H2IN06023: $418,283
  Candidate Republican     Adam David Dolce
FEC H0IN05110: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     John P. McGoff
FEC H8IN05097: $107,630
  Candidate Republican     Brose Allen McVey
FEC H0IN05086: $154,586
  Candidate Republican     Allen Lucas "Luke" Messer
FEC H0IN05094: $332,441
  Candidate Republican     state Representative  Michael B. "Mike" Murphy
FEC H0IN05102: $204,229

CD 6
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Republican Congressman  Mike Pence
First elected: 2000
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Mike Pence
FEC H8IN02060: $603,092
  Candidate Libertarian     George Holland

CD 7
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Democratic Congressman  André D. Carson
First elected: 11 March 2008 in a Special Election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Julia M. Carson (his grandmother) on 15 December 2007.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  André D. Carson
FEC H8IN07184: $363,974
  Candidate Republican     Wayne E. Harmon
FEC H8IN07150: $0
  Candidate Republican     Carlos Andrew May
FEC H0IN07157: $4,090
  Candidate Republican     Marvin Bailey Scott

CD 8
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Democratic Congressman  Brad Ellsworth
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Brad Ellsworth
FEC H6IN08210: $273,291
  Candidate Republican     Larry D. Bucshon
FEC H0IN08114: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Kristi Risk
  Candidate Republican     Daniel Duane "Dan" Stockton
FEC H0IN08106: $1,455

CD 9
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Democratic Congressman  Baron P. Hill
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman  Baron P. Hill
FEC H8IN09032: $649,791
  Candidate Republican     Travis Hankins
FEC H0IN09088: $88,692
  Candidate Republican     Keith Henderson
  Candidate Republican     Richard Moss
  Candidate Republican     Todd Christopher Young
FEC H0IN09070: $215,483
  Candidate Independent     Ronnie Joseph "Ron" Kimsey
FEC H0IN09096: Financial report not available

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Secretary of State  Todd Rokita
First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
Open Seat
  Candidate Democratic     Tom McKenna
  Candidate Democratic     Vop Osili
  Candidate Republican     Charlie White
  
Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Attorney General  Greg Zoeller
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Treasurer  Richard E. Mourdock
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010

  Republican Auditor  Tim Berry
First elected: 2006
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
 Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Superintendent of Public Instruction  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Republican Public Instruction Superintendent Tony Bennett
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents, 11 candidates
  Republican: 12 incumbents, 27 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
  Boston Tea
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/const/
Election Authority
  Indiana Election Commission
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Indiana General Assembly
  Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus
  Indiana Senate Republican Caucus
Democratic
  Indiana Democratic Party
  Indiana House Democrats
Republican
  Indiana House Republicans
  Republican Senate Majority Campaign Committee
  The Indiana Republican Party
Third Party
  Boston Tea Party of Indiana
  Boston Tea Party of Indiana
  Constitution Party of Indiana
  Constitution Party of Indiana
  Indiana Green Party
  Indiana Right To Life
  Libertarian Party of Indiana
  The Unity Party of Indiana
Media & others
  DC's Political Report - Indiana
  Decatur Daily Democrat
  Goshen News
  Greensburg Daily News
  Howey Political Report
  Indianapolis Business Journal
  InGroup Online - Noblesville
  Journal and Courier - Lafayette
  Journal-Gazette - Fort Wayne
  Kendallville Publishing Company - Northeast Indiana
  Kokomo Tribune
  kpaul media - Muncie Free Press - Delaware County
  Lebanon Reporter
  NewsLink.org - Indiana
  Pharos-Tribune - Logansport
  Politics1.com - Indiana
  Post-Tribune - Merrillville
  Reporter-Times - Martinsville
  South Bend Tribune
  The Courier Times - New Castle
  The Courier-Times - New Castle
  The Evansville Courier & Press
  The Evening News - Jefferson / The Tribune - New Albany
  The Herald Bulletin - Anderson
  The Herald-Press - Huntington County
  The Indianapolis Star
  The News-Dispatch - Michigan City
  The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne
  The Palladium-Item - Richmond
  The Peru Tribune
  The Shelbyville News
  The Star Press - Muncie
  The Times - Frankfort
  The Times - Munster
  The Times - Northwest Indiana / Southeast Chicago
  The Times-Union - Warsaw
  The Wabash PlainDealer
  Times-Mail - Bedford
  Tri-State Media
  Tribune Star - Terre Haute
  WISH TV - CBS - Indianapolis
  WRTV - ABC - Indianapolis
  WTHR - NBC - Indianapolis
  Zionsville Times Sentinel

 


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