2010 Indiana Primary - Information Center

[Bruenor]

The 2010 Indiana Primary is coming up Tuesday, May 4. I've been working on putting together a list of information about each candidate, who is running in each race, and information about them. My goal is to have this as a resource for INGO members, in the hopes that we can all be well informed about the candidates before the primary elections.

I have a small bit of this put together already, so I thought I'd get it posted, and then update it as I have more information. For currently seated congressmen, I have more detailed information available. For each candidate that I could find a website for, you can access their website by clicking on their name.

Also, I have the most recent poll numbers (primary polls and potential general election match-ups) that I could find. These are listed at the end.

If you notice a discrepancy in any of this data, send me a PM and I can address it.

U.S. Senate Seat

Democrat(s)
Congressman Brad Ellsworth (current 8th district congressman)

• Voted with party 88.5% of the time during the current Congress.
• Missed 15 votes (1.3%) during the current Congress.
• Voted for Health Care bill
• Voted against HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Only Indiana Democrat(s) to vote against
• Not rated by NRA

Republican(s)

• Don Bates, Jr.
• Richard J. Behney
• Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats
• John Nathan Hostettler
• Marlin A. Stutzman

Independent(s)

• Timothy Lee Frye
• Donnie H. "Don" Harris

House District 1

Democrat(s)

• Peter J. Visclosky (current seat)
  • Voted with party 99.7% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 10 votes (0.8%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted for Health Care bill
  • Voted for HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Rated “F” by NRA
• Woodrow "Woody" Wilcox

Republican(s)

• Adam A. Dombkowski
• Richard "Ric" Holtz
• Mark J. Leyva
• Peter "Pete" Lindemulder, III
• Eric L. Olson
• Robert A. "Rob" Pastore
• Michael Petyo
• Jayson H. Reeves

House District 2

Democrat(s)

• Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly (current seat)
  • Voted with party 88.5% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 5 votes (0.4%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted for Health Care bill
  • Voted for HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Not rated by NRA

Republican(s)

• Martin A. Dolan
• Jack Edward Jordan
• Jackie Swihart Walorski
• Anthony Fredrick "Tony Hvfvgpd" Zirkle

House District 3

Democrat(s)

• Thomas Eldon "Tom" Hayhurst
• Thomas Allen Schrader

Republican(s)

• Mark Edward Souder (current seat)
  • Voted with party 92.4% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 71 votes (6.0%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted against Health Care bill
  • Voted against HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Rated “A+” by NRA
• Gregory Lee "Greg" Dickman
• Bob Thomas
• Phillip James "Phil" Troyer

House District 4

Democrat(s)

• Tara E. Nelson
• Mark Powell
• David Auram Sanders

Republican(s)

• Jon David Acton
• Cheryl Denise Allen
• Mike Campbell
• Daniel L. Dunham
• James T. "Jim" Hass
• Charles E. Henderson
• Brandt Hershman
  • NRA Life member - rated "A" by NRA.
  • Coauthored the Indiana firearm parking lot bill passed during this last session.
• LaRon Keith
• Theodore Edward "Todd" Rokita
• Mark Seitz
• Phillip J. "PJ" Steffen
• Eric Lee Wathen
• R. Michael "Mike" Young

Libertarian

• Michael C. "Mike" Hight

House District 5

Democrat(s)

• Tim Crawford
• Nasser Hausam Hanna

Republican(s)

• Danny L. "Dan" Burton (current seat)
  • Voted with party 95.3% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 6 votes (0.5%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted against Health Care bill
  • Voted against HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Rated “A” by NRA
• Mark Andrew "Andy" Lyons
• John P. McGoff
• Brose Allen McVey
• Allen Lucas "Luke" Messer
• Michael B. "Mike" Murphy

House District 6

Democrat(s)

• George Thomas Holland
• Barry Alan Welsh

Republican(s)

• Mike Pence (current seat)
  • Voted with party 94.5% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 74 votes (6.2%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted against Health Care bill
  • Voted against HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Rated “A” by NRA

House District 7

Democrat(s)

• André D. Carson (current seat)
  • Voted with party 99.0% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 2 votes (0.2%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted for Health Care bill
  • Voted for HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Not rated by NRA
• Carl Kakasuleff
• Bob Kern
• Pierre Quincy Pullins

Republican(s)

• Wayne E. Harmon
• Carlos Andrew May
• Marvin Bailey Scott

House District 8

Democrat(s)

• William Trent "Trent " Van Haaften

Republican(s)

• Bud Bernitt
• Larry D. Bucshon
• Billy Joseph Mahoney
• Kristi Risk
• John Lee Smith
• John K. Snyder
• Daniel Duane "Dan" Stockton
• Steven C. "Steve" Westell

Libertarian

• John Wayne Cunningham

House District 9

Democrat(s)

• Baron P. Hill (current seat)
  • Voted with party 87.2% of the time during the current Congress.
  • Missed 37 votes (3.1%) during the current Congress.
  • Voted for Health Care bill
  • Voted for HR1, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (known as the stimulus act)
  • Rated “A” by NRA
• John R. Bottorff
• Carol Johnson-Smith
• James R. McClure, Jr.
• Lendall B. Terry

Republican(s)

• Travis Hankins
• Michael E. "Mike" Sodrel
• Rick Warren
• Todd Christopher Young

Independent(s)

• Ronnie Joseph "Ron" Kimsey
• [FONT=&quot]Jerry R. Lucas[/FONT]

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[/FONT]Poll information
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[/FONT] 2010 Indiana Senate Race (based on Rasmussen Reports data 3/17 and 3/18)

• Hostettler vs. Ellsworth
  • Hostettler 50%
  • Ellsworth 32%
• Coats vs. Ellsworth
  • Coats 49%
  • Ellsworth 34%
• Stutzman vs. Ellsworth
  • Stutzman 41%
  • Ellsworth 34%

2010 Indiana House Races
House 4 Republican Primary ( based on Public Opinion Strategies data from 2/22 and 2/23)

• Rokita 40%
• Young 10%
• Hershman 8%
• Henderson 3%

House 5 Republican Primary (based on Public Opinion Strategies data from 1/20 and 1/21)

• Burton 43%
• Messer 9%
• McVey 8%
• McGoff 4%
• Murphy 4%
• Lyons 2%

House 9 Republican Primary (based on Wilson Research Strategies data from 2/28 to 3/3)

• Sodrel 46%
• Hankins 19%
• Young 13%

House 9 Potential General Election Race (based on Wilson Research Strategies data from 2/28 to 3/3)

• Sodrel 42% R
• Hill 43% D

 

[Truckerman79]

Good post, thanks!

 

[kimberfan]

FYI - In the 4th District, Brandt Hershman is a State Senator with an A rated voting record and a NRA Life member who is a strong supporter of FNRA. He coauthored the Parking Lot and the database privacy bills.

 

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[BloodEclipse]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Bruenor]

FYI - In the 4th District, Brandt Hershman is a State Senator with an A rated voting record and a NRA Life member who is a strong supporter of FNRA. He coauthored the Parking Lot and the database privacy bills.

Thanks for the info. Hershman is a good guy. I interacted with him some during my internship in the Senate back in 2005. I doubt that he'll win the nomination though, what with Rokita being on the ticket.