"Congressman Jim Baird is a Tremendous Champion for the Great People of Indiana’s 4th Congressional District!," Trump wrote.
President Donald Trump has taken direct aim at a high-ranking Indiana state senator who voted against the congressional redistricting plan by endorsing a potential Republican primary challenger.
Indiana’s cities and towns would have the option of moving their elections to even-numbered years under a bill advancing in the Legislature.
HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – The Indiana House Elections Committee heard a proposal that could change election schedules across the state on Wednesday. House Bill 1055 would allow cities and towns to move their municipal elections to even numbered years.
A bill banning ranked choice voting in Indiana, which the state doesn’t utilize as a voting method, passed out of the Senate Tuesday.
District 69 Rep. Jim Lucas, R-Seymour, has filed for reelection while Democrat Chris Bowen is after his seat. District 62 Rep. Dave Hall, R-Norman, has also filed for reelection with one person opposing him — Democrat Amy Huffman Oliver.
Ranked-choice voting has grown in recent years, now used in 52 different U.S. cities, counties and states, most notably in Alaska, Maine and New York City.
The Middletown Republican was unopposed in his re-election bid in 2024.
A candidate who claims “Sieg Heil” as his nickname has filed to run for Congress in Indiana. Richard Benedict Mayers, 54, filed with the Secretary of State’s Office on Tuesday to run on the Republican ticket in Indiana’s 1st Congressional District to appear on the ballot as “Richard Benedict (Sieg Heil) Mayers,