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In this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo from left, candidates Mike Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita give opening statements from the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis. FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2018 file photo from left, candidates Mike Braun, Luke Messer and Todd Rokita give opening statements from the Indiana Republican Senate Primary Debate at Emmis Communications in Indianapolis.
AP/FileToo much spending?: In this Aug. 9, 2017, file photo, U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita, R-Ind., speaks during a news conference outside of the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. An Associated Press review questions Rokita's spending of public money to support media campaigns, mailers and other forms of mass communication designed to raise his name recognition.
Two of the leading Republican candidates for their party's U.S. Senate nomination have filed the petition signatures needed to appear on the May primary ballot. U.S. Rep. Luke Messer and former state Rep. Mike Braun submitted their petitions Wednesday with the Indiana Secretary of State's office.
An Indiana Republican hoping to challenge Senator Joe Donnelly stops in Evansville on Friday part of the process of getting on the ballot. Candidates must submit 500 signatures of registered voters from each of Indiana's nine Congressional districts to be eligible.
The monthlong period for political candidates to enter Indiana's May primaries is opening, during which time the size of the Republican field for the party's U.S. Senate nomination will be determined. The Republican race to decide the challenger to Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly will be Indiana's top primary race.
It's time for my top 10 state and local stories of 2017. Yes, we know there were a lot of national events taking place, but we focus on local and politics here.
The most interesting Senate race in 2018 might have nothing to do with whether Republicans or Democrats control the chamber after this year's midterm elections. The decision Tuesday by Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah to retire teed up Mitt Romney - the 2012 Republican presidential nominee turned leading intra-party critic of President Donald Trump - to run for a job that would give him major influence over the remainder of Trump's presidency.
When Doug Jones defeated Judge Roy Moore down in Alabama, Democrats picked up a seat in the U.S. Senate and Republicans dodged a bullet. Because the cheers from most Democrats and progressives were so loud, they drowned out the sighs of relief many Republicans and conservatives exhaled when Moore toppled.
All higher education institutions in California, with the sole exception of the California Community College system, will beginning with the 2018-19 academic year have to provide their students an annual summary of their total borrowing to pursue their education and an estimate of their future monthly payments. Majority Leader Ian Calderon, the author of the new law , describes its purpose as ensuring that college students have up-to-date information about their cumulative student loan debt when they are making borrowing decisions.
Greenfield will welcome three of the four Republicans running for Congress next week for a forum to introduce them to voters. Hancock County Young Republicans is hosting one of this election season's first gatherings, inviting the men seeking their party's nomination to run for the District 6 U.S. House of Representatives seat to meet with the folks they'd represent.
President Donald Trump is an influential figure all over the 2018 Senate map. The problem for Republicans: He doesn't seem interested in using his power for the party's good.
Rep. Luke Messer spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives last week, asking House colleagues to support House Resolution 2817 . The legislation would allow only taxpayers with Social Security numbers to claim the Child Tax Credit, which provides a federal tax credit of $1,000 per child for low-income families.
In this March 24, 2015, photo, State Rep. Mike Braun, R-Jasper, right, shows Marvin and Vicky Eisenhut, of Haysville, Ind., and their grandson Cooper Uebelhor of Ferdinand, 12, his office at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. The little-known but independently wealthy Indiana state lawmaker is plunging roughly $800,000 into his GOP Senate primary bid.
In the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, most Republican leaders issued statements condemning white supremacists and neo-Nazis. U.S. Rep. Luke Messer, R-Ind., posted pictures of himself side-by-side with Vice President Mike Pence.
Indiana U.S. Representative Todd Rokita visited the Tri-State on Thursday to announce he is running for the U.S. Senate. Rokita will face off against fellow U.S. Representative Luke Messer and Indiana State Representative Mike Braun in the primary.
Rep. Todd Rokita officially jumped into the Indiana Senate race on Wednesday, a long-expected decision that formalizes what's already become a brutal Republican primary in the bid to unseat vulnerable Sen. Joe Donnelly Anti-abortion Democrats fading from the scene Senate Dems unveil trade agenda Senate pivots to tax reform fight MORE The Indiana congressman has long been gearing up for a bid and has not shied away from bruising battles with GOP opponent fellow Rep. Luke Messer , with whom he has sparred for months in one of the more contentious primaries ahead of the 2018 midterms.
When last we wrote about next year's U.S. Senate race, we were warning Hoosier Republicans not to take the seat for granted. Incumbent Joe Donnelly is not just a lucky Democrat who drew a bad candidate in Richard Mourdock in 2012.
Indiana Rep. Luke Messer announced Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Joe Donnelly, who is considered one of the most vulnerable Democrats up for re-election next year. The GOP congressman, who represents Vice President Mike Pence's former southeastern Indiana district, took to Twitter to make the announcement.
Rep. Jim Banks, R-3rd, said Monday that his proposal to place Veterans Affairs counselors at colleges and universities has been included in legislation that would expand benefits of the GI Bill.