Which Hoosier Elections Are Being Bought?
Yesterday, I wrote about the various outside groups – at least 3 of which are “headquartered” out of PO boxes at retail shops around the country – who are spending money by the thousands in an effort to influence elections…
Who’s Buying Hoosier Elections?
Over the past several months, a nonprofit organization has pumped hundreds of thousands of dollars into Indiana’s 8th District Congressional race. According to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, Americans for Job Security has spent more than $355,000 since…
Last night’s votes reveal priorities
Hoosier Representatives Andre Carson, Baron Hill, Brad Ellsworth, and Pete Visclosky all earned the gratitude of their fellow Hoosiers for voting to include the Murphy amendment in this year’s defense spending bill. As you probably know, the amendment instructs the…
Baron Hill Town Hall in Bloomington
A few notes from Baron Hill’s health care forum/town hall in Bloomington this evening: Baron Hill and Bloomington Mayor Mark Kruzan entered to a remarkably loud round of applause. Kruzan gave Baron a pretty good intro, and tried to emphasize…
Baron Hill: the US can’t keep kicking climate change down the road
Hill did not release a statement, but in an HPI Interview in May, the Seymour Democrat said the United States cannot keep kicking the climate change dilemma down the road. “If we don’t do this in Congress, then the EPA…
Primaries and Party Politics
A few days back, I noted on my twitter account that just about every incumbent GOP politician had endorsed Todd Young for the 9th District Congressional seat. This includes, according to Young: Treasurer Richard Mourdock Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman Attorney…
Baron Hill’s Monroe County Transportation Earmarks
I put together a quick Google Map of Rep. Baron Hill’s funding requests for Monroe County from the Transportation reauthorization bill (2009). Requests posted online at: http://baronhill.house.gov/ap_requests.shtml
Research 2000: Hill up by 12
A new Research 2000 poll for WISH-TV shows Baron Hill with a 12-point lead in the 9th District. If the election for Congress were held today, would you vote for Baron Hill, the Democrat, or Mike Sodrel, the Republican? Hill…
Hill-Sodrel: Closer than it looks?
I just got a fundraising email from Baron Hill’s campaign, citing new numbers from one of Sodrel’s internal polls. According to the forwarded email, Sodrel’s internal poll from Wilson Research Strategies, taken Sept 8-9, shows the race within the margin…
