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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

Ind. Law - Another editorial on paucity of contested primary races

The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette has an editorial today titled "Empty Ballot Slots," that begins:

Voters in northeast Indiana and across the state face woefully few decisions in the May primary, and Hoosiers should be concerned about the lack of competition for elected positions.

Consider the 100 Indiana House seats, all of which are up for election this year. Democrats have failed to field any candidate in 24 districts – nearly a quarter of the entire Indiana House. Republicans didn’t do much better – they have empty slots in 22 House districts. In the majority of districts, each party is fielding just one candidate. Democrats have a choice in just 16 of the 100 House districts; Republicans in only 19.

See also this ILB entry from yesterday.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 22, 2006 09:06 AM
Posted to Indiana Government | Indiana Law