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 […]

By a healthy 66-percent vote total, freshman Republican State Representative Jon Elrod won his party’s nomination tonight to run for Congress in the March 11 special election to replace the late Julia Carson. Elrod will face Carson’s grandson, City-County Councilmember Andre Carson. Elrod beat three other challengers including Tom Rose, a part-time talk show host […]

Indianapolis City-County Councilmember Andre Carson emerged victorious this morning as the winner of the Democratic Caucus to become the nominee for special election for the 7th Congressional District. He won a field of eight candidates with 50.7 percent of the vote. He had 223 of the 439 votes cast. The second place finisher, David Orentlicher […]

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 – […]

It’s 11 a.m. and the first round of voting is still going on.  There are several more rows of delegates left.  There is some talk that Andre Carson may make it on to the second round, however I just saw supporters of Randle Pollard convince a delegate to not for Carson.  I’ll report back when […]

The first round of voting has begun. The list of candidates as they appear on the ballot is as follows… Andre Carson Carolene Mays Stephanie McCabe David Orenlichter Randle Pollard Mike Rodman Joanne Sanders Jeffrey White As the candidates were introduced Andre and Carolene seemed to get the loudest applause.

It’s a little after 10 a.m. and  Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Dan Parker is calling the delegates to order.   There has already been some controversy.  I’ve discovered that a number of candidates were sold the wrong lists of precinct committeemen.  And at $500 a pop, that could be a little annoying.  Especially when you’re trying […]

I’m sitting in the balcony at Shortridge Middle School waiting for Marion County Democrats to begin slating their candidate for the 7th Congressional District to replace the late Julia Carson. The voting starts at 10 a.m. and 599 precinct committeemen are eligible to vote. I’ve run into a number of candidates, Andre Carson, Carolene Mays, […]

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. […]

The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday for and against Indiana’s Voter ID law.  You know the routine.  Proponents says it’s necessary to protect the voting process.  Opponents say it disenfranchises the poor (even though you need a photo ID to get poor relief in any township in Marion County), minorities and the elderly, even though they […]