Unless something changes soon, Andre Carson will be next Congressman from the 7th Congressional District. With about 80-percent of the votes counted, Carson leads Elrod 53-44 percent. Although Elrod led early in the evening, over the course of the evening vote count changed and Carson’s lead was cemented when eight Center Township precincts came in at […]
A couple hours into voting and we’ve already had some bumps in the road. About a half dozen precincts didn’t open on time this morning. Clerk Beth White says some of the inspectors either overslept, had car problems or could not get into the building. By 8 a.m. all but a couple had opened. My […]
Although the latest polls show him behind, Republican State Representative Jon Elrod may have an early lead over Democrat City-Councilor Andre Carson in the race for the 7th Congressional District. According to the Marion County Clerk’s Office, more than 6,400 voters have either requested absentee ballots or have come into the office and voted early. […]
The Indianapolis Star this morning has a long-piece on 7th District Congressional candidate Andre Carson and the fact that he is a Muslim. There has been a lot of speculation about what kind of Muslim Carson actually is, especially since Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan spoke at the late Julia Carson’s funeral. As much […]
7th Congressional District candidate Andre Carson raised a stir Tuesday night by skipping out on an Eastside neighborhood association meeting. This was not the first time. Carson also missed a scheduled candidate forum last Friday at Oasis Church near 25th and Keystone. The forum was supposed to be with ex-offenders and reintegrating them into society. County […]
Apparently someone in the Andre Carson camp isn’t too keen on sharing the stage tonight with Republican Jon Elrod and Libertarian Sean Shepard. Carson was supposed to appear tonight at the Community Heights Association neighborhood forum at Arlington Heights Baptist Church on East 16th street, but dropped out at the last minute. My sources also […]
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 – […]
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.
