V21, N3 Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015 McIntosh, Club to bundle $1M for Marlin which currently total Stutzman will get $848,853 in cash on TV ads to help hand, according to the Federal Election fend off Young Commission. In the fall, the and Holcomb Club For Growth super PAC, Club For By MARK SCHOEFF JR. Growth Action, will WASHINGTON – An develop television influential conservative organi- ads for Stutzman zation that has endorsed Rep. that tout his vot- Marlin Stutzman (R-3rd CD) for ing record and offer Senate will soon launch an ef- contrasts with his fort to increase substantially his two major opponents campaign warchest. for the GOP Senate The Club For Growth nomination, Rep. political action committee will Todd Young (R-9th start sending letters to its CD) and former state approximately 100,000 mem- Republican Chairman bers over the next week or Eric Holcomb. two asking them to donate to In an HPI in- Stutzman, according to the terview, McIntosh organization’s president, David U.S. Reps. Todd Young and Marlin Stutzman chat at the Republican said that Stutzman is the McIntosh. The group hopes to National Convention in Tampa in 2012. The two will be in a dog fight bundle $1 million for Stutzman, for the U.S. Senate nomination. (HPI Photo by Randy Gentry) Continued on page 4 a big boost to his coffers, Gregg bucking history By BRIAN A. HOWEY INDIANAPOLIS – John Gregg is poised to achieve something that legendary Indiana governors Oliver P. Morton and Thomas A. Hendricks did, which is to win a gubernatorial nomination after losing a prior race. With Supt. Glenda Ritz “If ... I am faced with a vote to and State Sen. Karen Tallian exiting the Democratic guber- authorize military force against natorial race over the past two Iran, I owe it to the men and weeks, Gregg is now a clear frontrunner for the right to a women of our armed forces ... to rematch with Gov. Mike Pence. It is an opportunity that have exhausted every other has been elusive in Hoosier option to stop Iran.” politics over the past 75 years. In modern Indiana politics, - U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly, who defeated nominees have often will support the Iran deal faced a one-and-done dynamic, Page 2 though in the 19th and early 20th Larry Conrad, Robert Rock, Wayne centuries vanquished nominees often Townsend, Stephen Goldsmith, and had a second or even third shot. John Mutz won nominations, lost elec- Since Indiana changed and tions and never returned to the top allowed governors to serve two con- rung of Indiana politics. secutive terms, there has not been The Democratic gubernato- a rematch. Pence defeated Gregg in rial race took a decisive turn during 2012 by 1,274,424 to 1,200,016, or by the first two weeks of August when a 49.49 to 46.56 margin. Only Govs. Ritz and Tallian dropped out, giving Evan Bayh (1,382,151 in 1992) and the beleaguered super minor party a is a non-partisan newslet- Frank O’Bannon (1,232,525 in 2000) chance to avoid a costly and divisive have received more votes than Gregg primary. Tallian told the NWI Times ter based in Indianapolis and among Democratic nominees. Gov. that she was ending her campaign Nashville, Ind. It was founded Mitch Daniels holds the Indiana record saying, “I’ve got no choice.” That in 1994 in Fort Wayne. with 1,563,885 votes in 2008. came after the Indiana Steelworkers It is published by Among defeated nominees endorsed Gregg over the weekend, WWWHowey Media, LLC who received a only to be followed second chance, the by the AFL-CIO. 405 Massachusetts Ave., famed Civil War Gov. “I can’t fight all of Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN Morton lost the 1856 that.” Tallian, who 46204 governor’s race as a had hoped to find Know Nothing can- labor support, follows Brian A. Howey, Publisher didate, ran as the Supt. Glenda Ritz, Republican lieutenant who abruptly ended Mark Schoeff Jr., Washington governor candidate in her campaign on Jack E. Howey, Editor 1860 and won, then Aug. 7. Mary Lou Howey, Editor ascended to the gov- Tallian Maureen Hayden, Statehouse ernorship when Gov. explained, “After Matthew Butler, Daily Wire Henry Lane resigned, much consideration, only to be appointed I am announcing Mark Curry, photography by Morton to the U.S. my withdrawal as Senate. Morton won a a candidate for the Subscriptions full term on his own in Democratic Party’s HPI, HPI Daily Wire $599 1864. nomination for HPI Weekly, $350 Democrat Thomas A. governor. My congratulations go out Hendricks lost razor-thin races to to John Gregg, and I support his ef- Ray Volpe, Account Manager Lane in 1860 (51-48%) and 1868 to forts to lead this state. I am humbled 317.602.3620 Republican Gov. Conrad Baker by just by the welcome I received from all email: [email protected] 961 votes, before finally defeating corners of the state over the last few Republican Thomas Browne by just months. I will continue to build on my Contact HPI over 1,000 votes in 1872. In 1900 decade of experience as a state sena- and 1904, Democrat John Kern lost tor, fighting to ensure equal rights, www.howeypolitics.com to Republican Govs. Winfield Durbin well-paying jobs, and quality educa- [email protected] and Frank Hanly. And in 1920 and tion for all Hoosiers.” Howey’s cell: 317.506.0883 1924, Democrat Carlton McCullough In a statement from AFL- Washington: 202.256.5822 lost races to ignoble Govs. Warren CIO President Brett Voorhies, the Business Office: 317.602.3620 McCray (who was indicted, convicted 300,000 member union is standing by and served a term in federal prison), the 2012 Democratic nominee, say- and Edward L. Jackson (the Ku Klux ing, “John has spent his entire career © 2015, Howey Politics Indiana. Klan governor). Republican Ray- standing up for working families and All rights reserved. Photocopy- mond Springer lost consecutive races we know that he will continue to do ing, Internet forwarding, fax- against Govs. Paul McNutt and Clifford that as our next governor. John Gregg ing or reproducing in any form, Townsend in 1932 and 1936 at the will not only bring some much needed height of President Franklin Roos- balance back to the Statehouse, he whole or part, is a violation of evelt’s New Deal. will bring the right priorities and right federal law without permission Since then, notable political temperament to the office. He will from the publisher. figures such as Richard O. Ristine, focus on improving working people’s Page 3 lives instead of a partisan agenda that does nothing to cre- Ritz also quickly discovered that Gregg had cut off poten- ate jobs, improve schools or fix our infrastructure.” tial funding and support. “We are proud to support John Gregg for governor After Ritz pulled out of the race on Aug. 7, Gregg because we know that he will work to rebuild our economy burnished his list with endorsements from the United and unite Hoosiers with common sense policies that im- Steelworkers last Saturday, and from the AFL-CIO on Mon- prove the lives of everyday working people like us,” said day. The United Auto Workers will gather in French Lick on United Steelworkers District 7 Director Mike Millsap. “From Saturday to make an endorsement decision. Then came crumbling roads and bridges, challenges in public educa- the support from 37 mayors, including Gary Mayor Karen tion, to an economy that is failing far too many Hoosier Freeman-Wilson on Wednesday. Of that group, Gregg families, we can’t afford to continue to be distracted by the picked up endorsements from Crown Point Mayor David radical ideological fights that Mike Pence has engaged in.” Uran, East Chicago Mayor Anthony Copeland and Whit- The unions have played a traditional role in ing Mayor Joe Stahura, potentially depriving support from Democratic gubernatorial politics, though that has dimin- potential rival Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott Jr. ished in the past decade. In 2008, key unions such as In addition to McDermott, former Evan Bayh sheet metal workers and building trades actually endorsed aide Tom Sugar is weighing a bid. But if either Sugar or Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels, even as their banners McDermott gets in, he will find a frontrunner with a big projected sponsorship of the Democratic Jefferson-Jackson money advantage, and widespread and growing union and Dinner that featured Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. municipal support. v The Indiana State Teachers Association has not been as prominent due to field problems, though the UAW and Steelworkers are still prodigious in field operations and phone banking. The result were GOP super majorities that passed Right to Work and repealed the common construc- tion wage since 2012. How did Gregg claw his way into the position to Region intrigue as sideline a modern trend? Gregg certainly used the Republi- can encroachments into the labor portfolio as he appealed Tallian exits gov race for early support in the 2016 cycle. But it goes deeper than that. By RICH JAMES “A couple days after the election, he put together MERRILLVILLE – It has been a terribly interesting a list of things he did right and things he did wrong,” said week for Northwest Indiana in terms of statewide politics. Jeff Harris, who is voluntarily handling media for the Gregg And, what transpired has left several questions unan- campaign. “He learned it is quite a leap running statewide swered. than for state representative. I think he learned a lot from News accounts surfaced on Tuesday that state four years ago.