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Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ind. Decisions - New twist on Terre Haute mayorial race dispute
Updating this ILB entry from Nov. 15th, Deb Kelly of the Terre Haute Tribune Star has a report today that begins:
A former candidate for mayor of Terre Haute has thrown a new kink in the recent upheaval regarding a legal ruling that invalidated the current mayor’s candidacy.John Cunningham, who ran against Mayor Duke Bennett during the 2007 Republican primary, has issued a statement claiming that he won the primary, based on a court ruling Nov. 12 from the Indiana Court of Appeals that Bennett was ineligible to run for office because it was a violation of the Little Hatch Act.
The Court of Appeals was ruling on a lawsuit filed by former Mayor Kevin Burke, who lost the general election to Bennett.
Cunningham says he is requesting that the Indiana Supreme Court deny the transfer of the case, and that a special election be conducted “as soon as possible.”
In his statement, Cunningham says, “I request that the Honorable David Bolk Judge of Vigo County Superior Court Division 3 put my name on such ballot as the rightful winner of the 2007 Republican primary.”
During an interview Monday, Cunningham said, “If Bennett wasn’t qualified during the general election, then he certainly wasn’t qualified in the primary.
“I would have been the only qualified candidate,” he said.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on November 18, 2008 07:58 AM
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