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V15, N32 ?.,0%5'*@&<=063&AB@&ACDC Weary Souder expects one last hurrah Final term if GOP congressman can defeat the ‘self-funder’ By BRIAN A. HOWEY and JULIE CROTHERS INDIANAPOLIS - With the Washington Post/ABC News poll showing an intense anti-incumbency mood and only three in 10 Repub- licans “leaning” toward backing an incumbent in the fall, is U.S. Rep. Mark Souder - facing a $500,000 on- slaught from a local auto dealer - on the brink? “I think we’re going to be ["#$P&'()*#+&,(-*&./0&12&3#&*1+,#*& 4"&1"*&(),&(5&,3#&.()2#&63178#+2& Wednesday afternoon casting votes. “But I’ve been miserable.” A few minutes later, Souder Souder for his refusal to debate and supporting the cash- added, “I was thinking this was going to be my last term. for-clunkers program on which Thomas’ own auto dean- This just sealed it.” ships made more than $1 million. Auto dealer Bob Thomas, who moved into Fort A SurveyUSA poll released by the Mike Downs Cen- Wayne to run against Souder, has spent $245,000 on TV, ter showed Souder leading with 35 percent, Thomas with $270,000 on radio, has conducted three polls and put 29 percent, Phil Toyer at 16 percent, 2 percent for Greg another $60,000 in mailers, Souder estimates. Then there are the mailers and billboards Thomas has used assailing Continued on page 4 Top 10 primary upsets By CHRIS SAUTTER & 9:'.0;<=>;&?&&/+471+@&)A2#,2&1+#&+1+#$&A#+ - haps, rarer in Indiana. Even in volatile political years when incumbents have been defeated in greater than usual numbers, very few lost in primary elections. On Tuesday, U"#X%&'(&)'%*&)(+,-.&/+01&#+&a33& Dan Burton Mark Souder or Dan Coats - who for all practical purposes is an +,#4&"&a33)5&6#&+,#&6(&'&7.689:;633:<& incumbent--might join the short list of ='096(-&3+#4V primary upset victims, but the odds 1+#&1B14"2,&4,C&.#+#&1+#&,#"&(5&0"*41"1R2& - State Sen. Marlin Stutzman, historic primary upsets in recent years !"#a%%&"'#!()#*&+#a","-&,%#.&+-%! - which prove anything is possible in politics: +(/0#1!/2 1. Bobby Kennedy Over Bra- HOWEY Politics Indiana E'-)&A Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics ?.,0%5'*@&<=063&AB@&ACDC Howey Politics Indiana is a non-partisan newsletter based in Indianapolis and published on the campus of Franklin College. It was founded in 1994 in Fort Wayne. Brian A. Howey, Publisher Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington Jack E. Howey, editor Beverly K. Phillips, associate editor nigin, McCarthy (1968) Indiana to try to bring together an America Subscriptions was for Robert F. Kennedy what West torn apart by racial divisions and an EFGH&1"")1--@&./0&9##I-@ Virginia was for his brother John F. unpopular war. EGGH&1"")1--@&./0&9##I-@&1"*& Kennedy in 1960 — an inhospitable 2. Pete Visclosky Unseats ./0&J14-@&94+#C but necessary stop on the way to the Katie Hall (1984) &V1,4#&.1--&K12&,3#& ! Democratic nomination. RFK had to [+2,&:5+461"&:7#+461"&,(&+#A+#2#",& Call 317.627.6746 overcome intense opposition from Indiana in Congress after winning a the party establishment who backed 2A#641-&#-#6,4("&4"&MSPQ&,(&2)66##*& Contact HPI favorite son Adam Benjamin who .(K#@&/(-4,462&0"*41"1 candidate Gov. *4#*&4"&(5[6#C&T),& Roger Branigin, facing Democratic 6255 N. Evanston Ave. organized labor, primary voters for the Indianapolis, IN 46220 business, and [+2,&,47#&4"&MSPR$&.1--& www.howeypolitics.com the Indianapolis was challenged by [email protected] Star. Even most Lake County Prosecu- !.(K#@R2&6#--L&FMNCGHOCHPPF anti-war voters tor Jack Crawford and ! were already former Benjamin aide 91234"B,("L&NHFCQRPCHSHS supporting Peter Visclosky. Most !T)24"#22&>5[6#L&FMNCOQNCONRO Senator Eugene observers predicted McCarthy. That .1--&K()-*&K4"&12& QHMH$&.(K#@&/(-4,462&0"*41"1C& forced Kennedy Crawford and Visclosky All rights reserved. Photocopy- 4"&342&[+2,&,#2,&15,#+&8#-1,#*-@&#",#+4"B& split the white vote. But Visclosky, the presidential race to forge a new originally handicapped as third in ing, Internet forwarding, fax- coalition made up of “Black Power and the race, prevailed in the Byzantine ing or reproducing in any form, T16I-123CP&.42&)"4U)#&63#742,+@&K4,3& politics of Northwest Indiana, defeat- whole or part, is a violation of lower classes allowed him to make 4"B&.1--&1"*&3#+&A(K#+5)-&A1,+("&<1+@& federal law without permission critical inroads among the state’s W1@(+&X4631+*&.1,63#+&8@&+)""4"B&12& from the publisher. ! white blue-collar workers and family a reform candidate and the natural farmers. It was in Indiana that Ken- successor to the popular Benjamin. "#*@&8#617#&,3#&[+2,&A(-4,461-&-#1*#+& 3. Adam Benjamin prevails HOWEY Politics Indiana Page 3 Weekly Briefing on Indiana Politics ?.,0%5'*@&<=063&AB@&ACDC over Ray Madden (1976) &X1@&W1**#"&K12&PR&@#1+2&(-*& undecided voters into Carson’s camp as her ground troops 1"*&31*&2#+Y#*&1-7(2,&FR&@#1+2&4"&,3#&.()2#&K3#"&',1,#& 2K17A#*&,3#&(AA(24,4("C&J#\1"#@$&6("[*#",&(5&Y46,(+@&1"*& Sen. Adam Benjamin took him on for the second time in looking ahead to the general election, ended the primary the 1976 Democratic primary. Benjamin had narrowly lost campaign with money in the bank. to Madden in 1972. But now Benjamin was challenging him 7. Jill Long Thompson Holds Back Jim in a post-Watergate environment and the younger, more Schellinger (2008) Political novice Jim Schellenger was dynamic and independent Benjamin was more in tune with recruited by party leaders to run against Gov. Mitch Daniels the times. and enjoyed strong establishment support and a substan- 4. Brent Waltz Upsets Larry Borst (2004) tial fundraising advantage over former Congresswoman Larry Borst, a 36-year state Senate veteran who served as 1"*&]-4",("&1*74"42,+1,4("&(5[641-&^4--&\("B&=3(7A2("C&T),& the powerful chairman of the Finance Committee, began Schellinger’s inexperience and controversies related to his K4,3&1&3)B#&2##74"B-@&4"2)+7()",18-#&-#1*&(Y#+&QP?@#1+& architectural business undercut the advantages handed to old conservative Johnson County Councilman Brent Waltz. him. Long Thompson, with the help of a key endorsement Waltz’s campaign was unrelentingly aggressive, hitting from the Steelworkers, rolled up large enough margins in Borst repeatedly for his moderate votes on taxes, abortion, the northern part of the state to give her the narrow upset 1"*&2A#641-&A#+I2&2)63&12&-45#,47#&3#1-,3&8#"#[,2C&:5,#+&1& (Y#+&'63#--4"B#+&1"*&A1+,@&(5[641-2C +#6()",$&91-,Z&31*&"(2#*&(),&T(+2,&8@&1&7#+#&FP&Y(,#2C 8. Dan Burton Beats Bruce Melchert (1982) 5. Greg Walker Knocks Off Bob Garton Danny Burton’s familiar campaign strategy of divide-and- (2006) Bob Garton’s 36 years and status as Pro-Tem in 6("U)#+&K12&"#Y#+&8#,,#+&#_#6),#*&&,31"&K3#"&3#&K("& the Indiana Senate counted for little when political new- the race for an open suburban Indianapolis seat created by comer Greg Walker (pictured) challenged him. Garton ,3#&X#A)8-461"?6(",+(--#*&<#"#+1-&:22#78-@&2A#64[61--@&5(+& had been a moderate Republican, even championing the ',1,#&]314+&T+)6#&W#-63#+,C&&T)+,("&31*&[+2,&8##"&#-#6,#*& [U)1-&X4B3,2&:7#"*7#",&4"&342&#1+-@&*1@2C&T),&-4I#&T(+2,$& ,(&,3#&2,1,#&-#B42-1,)+#&K3#"&3#&K12&QP&@#1+2&(-*$&8),&31*& Garton’s moderate views had grown out-of-favor with an lost congressional bids in 1970 and 1972. Burton won in increasingly conserva- MSPQ&8@&(),3)2,-4"B&W#-63#+,&1"*&342&,3+##&(,3#+&(AA( - tive Republican base. "#",2C&.#&2#",&Y(-)",##+2&4",(&271--&.((24#+&,(K"2&("&1&[+#& Walker, following ,+)6I&3#&31*&A)+6312#*&5(+&,3#&617A14B"&1"*&8#"#[,#*&8@& Brent Waltz’s play- a tough image projected in his TV ads. book against Larry 9. Jeff Ellington Sneaks Up On Jerry Bales Borst, won with the (1998) Maverick 11-term State Rep. Jerry Bales was help of conservative popular and considered close to untouchable in the gen- churches, anti-abor- eral election in this Bloomington area Republican seat. But tion activists, and conservative Jeff Ellington edged him in the primary by insurance magnate only 26 votes with the help of Monroe County churchgoers J. Patrick Rooney. who were upset with Bales over his abortion votes. Pro-life Garton’s role in cre- Democrat Peggy Welch defeated Ellington in the general ating lifetime health election and has held the seat since. 8#"#[,2&5(+&2,1,#& 10. Hostettler Surprises Republican Field senators became an (1994) ^(3"&.(2,#,,-#+R2&)"(+,3(*(_&8#-(K?,3#?+1*1+&1A - albatross as a majority A+(163&,(&617A14B"4"B&#"`(@#*&4,2&[+2,&2)66#22&1B14"2,&1& of Republican voters concluded Garton had grown out-of- -1+B#&[#-*&4"&,3#&X#A)8-461"&P,3&J42,+46,&A+471+@&4"&MSSRC& touch. Attorney/conservative talk-show host Les Shively was the 6. Julia Carson Surprises Ann DeLaney party favorite and presumptive front-runner while local at- (1996) Ann DeLaney was not an incumbent, but she had torney Jeff Devine had the support of former Governor and been a top adviser to Gov. Evan Bayh and served as the [Y1"2Y4--#&"1,4Y#&X(8#+,&>++C&T),&.(2,#,,-#+$&K3(7&A1+,@& Democratic State Chair. DeLaney’s fundraising advantage +#B)-1+2&1"*&,3#&7#*41&1-7(2,&6(7A-#,#-@&*426()",#*$&U)4 - bought extensive television advertising that along with an etly worked the churches, evangelicals, right-to-lifers, and Indianapolis Star poll showing DeLaney ahead gave the gun groups to win the nomination on his way to defeating appearance of DeLaney as the frontrunner.
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    Suffolk University/USA Today National July 2015 Region: (N=1,000) n % Northeast ---------------------------------------------------------- 207 20.70 South --------------------------------------------------------------- 354 35.40 Midwest ------------------------------------------------------------ 227 22.70 West ---------------------------------------------------------------- 212 21.20 Hello, my name is __________ and I am conducting a survey for Suffolk University/USA Today and I would like to get your opinions on some issues of the day. Would you like to spend seven minutes to help us out? {ASK FOR YOUNGEST IN HOUSEHOLD} 1. Gender (N=1,000) n % Male ---------------------------------------------------------------- 484 48.40 Female ------------------------------------------------------------- 516 51.60 2. How likely are you to vote in the election for President in 2016 --very likely, somewhat likely, 50- 50 or not likely? (N=1,000) n % Very likely --------------------------------------------------------- 928 92.80 Somewhat likely ------------------------------------------------- 48 4.80 50-50 ---------------------------------------------------------------- 24 2.40 3. Do you think of yourself as a Democrat, Republican, or Independent? {IF INDEPENDENT, “Which party would you lean toward/feel closest to”} (N=1,000) n % Democrat ---------------------------------------------------------- 369 36.90 Republican -------------------------------------------------------- 313 31.30 Independent ------------------------------------------------------ 279
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    IRANIAN AMERICAN POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE Congressional Scorecard 109th Congress 2 0 0 5 - 2006 Please visit us on the web at www.iranianamericanpac.org About IAPAC IAPAC is a registered bipartisan political action committee that contributes to candidates for public office who are attuned to the domestic concerns of the Iranian American community. IAPAC focuses exclusively on domestic policy issues such as civil rights and immigration, and it encourages Americans of Iranian descent to actively participate in civic affairs. Mission • To support and promote the election of candidates for federal, state and local office, regardless of party affiliation, who are attuned to the domestic needs and issues of the Iranian American community • To support and promote Iranian American participation in civic affairs Issue Advocacy Civil Liberties: Balancing Civil Liberties and National Security in the Post-9/11 Era. Protecting our security and ensuring that the government does not infringe upon basic constitutional rights have long been important issues for civil libertarians and certain ethnic communities. IAPAC believes that our government must take the appropriate measures to protect our nation from further atrocities, but that it can do so without eliminating basic constitutional rights. Immigration: Immigration reform that is driven by proper national security concerns and remedies based on a fair and accurate appraisal of deficiencies in the immigration process, and not simply on national origin. Specifically, IAPAC advocates for a fair and measured execution of federal regulations governing the issuance of non-immigrant and immigrant visas for Iranian nationals. Congressional Scorecard The IAPAC 2005-2006 Congressional Scorecard rates members of Congress on votes and other positions taken in the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 109th Congress, which affect the domestic needs of the Iranian American community.