Indiana elections, 2018

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A general election will be held in the U.S. state of Indiana on November 6, 2018. Three of Indiana's executive officers will be up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and all of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are currently 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory and shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders. Four states use the term commonwealth rather than state in their full official names.

Indiana State of the United States of America

Indiana is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern and Great Lakes regions of North America. Indiana is the 38th largest by area and the 17th most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th U.S. state on December 11, 1816. Indiana borders Lake Michigan to the northwest, Michigan to the north, Ohio to the east, Kentucky to the south and southeast, and Illinois to the west.

United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprises the legislature of the United States. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.

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United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Secretary of State

Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who was appointed to the office in 2012, is running for re-election to a second full term in office. [1]

Secretary of State of Indiana Constitutional office in Indiana, United States

The Secretary of State of Indiana is one of five constitutional officers originally designated in Indiana's State Constitution of 1816. Since 1851 it has been an elected position. The Secretary of State oversees four divisions, and is the third highest constitutional office of the state government. The Secretary serves as the State's chief election officer, enforces state securities regulations, regulates automobile dealerships in Indiana, and manages the state business services division. The current office holder is Connie Lawson, who was appointed by Gov. Mitch Daniels to serve out the term of former Secretary of State Charlie White, who was removed from office due to felony convictions. The annual salary of the Secretary of State of Indiana is $74,580.

Connie Lawson American politician

Connie Lawson is the 61st Indiana Secretary of State. A Republican, Lawson is a former member of the Indiana Senate where she served as Majority Floor Leader.

Jim Harper, an attorney and 2016 Democratic nominee for the state senate in the 5th District, is seeking the Democratic nomination. [2] Potential Democratic candidates include Monroe County Councilwoman Shelli Yoder. [3]

Indiana Senate

The Indiana Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Senate is composed of 50 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. Senators serve four-year terms without term limits. According to the 2010 census, the average State Senator represents 129,676 people.

Shelli Yoder American businessman

Shelli Renee Yoder is an American politician serving on the County Council for Monroe County, Indiana. A former Miss Indiana and a Miss America 1993 contestant, Yoder has held positions at a number of nonprofit organizations. She was the Democratic nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Indiana's 9th congressional district in 2012 and 2016. In 2012 she lost to Republican incumbent Todd Young, and in 2016, she was defeated by Republican nominee Trey Hollingsworth.

The Indiana Green Party is running George Wolfe, a Professor Emeritus at Ball State University and former Director of the Ball State University Center for Peace and Conflict Studies. [4] The party has to collect 30,000 signatures to get George Wolfe on the ballot in November. [5] The Libertarian Party nominee is Mark Rutherford, chairman of the Indiana Public Defender Commission and former vice chairman of the Libertarian National Committee. [6]

Ball State University public university in Muncie, Indiana, United States

Ball State University, commonly referred to as Ball State or BSU, is a public coeducational research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States, with two satellite facilities in Fishers and Indianapolis. On July 25, 1917, the Ball brothers, industrialists and founders of the Ball Corporation, acquired the foreclosed Indiana Normal Institute for $35,100 and gave the school and surrounding land to the State of Indiana. The Indiana General Assembly accepted the donation in the spring of 1918, with an initial 235 students enrolling at the Indiana State Normal School – Eastern Division on June 17, 1918.

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Connie
Lawson (R)		Jim
Harper (D)		Other [7] Undecided
Gravis Marketing May 10–15, 2018400± 4.9%33%23%14%31%

Results

Indiana Secretary of State election, 2018 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Connie Lawson1,261,87856.2
Democratic Jim Harper910,74440.6
Libertarian Mark Rutherford71,1793.2
Write-InGeorge William Wolfe3740.0
Write-InJeremy Heath280.0
Majority351,13415.6
Total votes2,244,203100

Treasurer

Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Kelly Mitchell is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office.

The Indiana Treasurer of State is a constitutional and elected office in the executive branch of the government of Indiana. The treasurer is responsible for managing the finances of the U.S. state of Indiana. The position was filled by appointment from 1816 until the adoption of the new Constitution of Indiana in 1851, which made the position filled by election. As of 2018, there have been fifty-five treasurers. The incumbent is Republican Kelly Mitchell who has served in the position since November 18, 2014.

Kelly Mitchell is the current Indiana State Treasurer. She was elected on November 4, 2014. She took office early on November 18, 2014. She replaced interim Treasurer, Daniel Huge, who took over after Richard Mourdock resigned. Mitchell was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Indiana. All 57 delegates from Indiana were bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.

Auditor

Incumbent Republican State Auditor Tera Klutz was appointed to the office on January 9, 2017 to replace Republican Suzanne Crouch, who was elected Lieutenant Governor. [9] Klutz is running for election to a first full term. [10]

Indiana State Auditor

The Indiana State Auditor is a constitutional and elected office in the executive branch of the government of the U.S. State of Indiana. The Auditor of Indiana is elected to a four-year term and is subject to term limits where the officeholder is bound to serving eight years out of any twelve-year period. In this position, the auditor serves as the state's chief financial officer and is in charge of the oversight of state funds and revenue. The incumbent state auditor is Tera Klutz. Klutz has held this position since being appointed by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb. Klutz was appointed to the position after her predecessor, Suzanne Crouch resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. In 2008, the annual salary of the auditor of Indiana was $66,000.

Tera Klutz politician

Tera Klutz is a CPA and the Auditor of Indiana. She was appointed to the position after her predecessor, Suzanne Crouch resigned to become Lieutenant Governor of Indiana.

Suzanne Crouch American politician

Suzanne Crouch is an American politician who serves as the 52nd and current lieutenant governor of Indiana, since January 2017. She previously served as the 56th state Auditor of Indiana.

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References

  1. ↑ Carden, Dan (May 4, 2017). "Lawson seeking re-election as Indiana secretary of state". The Times of Northwest Indiana . Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  2. ↑ Kasarda, Bob (January 17, 2018). "Porter County attorney Jim Harper seeking Democratic nomination for secretary of state". NWI Times. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ↑ Howey, Brian A. (April 6, 2017). "As Trump tanks in polls, 2018 Indiana cycle begins to form" (PDF). Howey Politics. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ Morris, Tyrone (January 26, 2018). "Indiana Green Party Announces Secretary of State Candidate". 44News. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Ball State professor campaigning to run for Indiana Secretary of State". Ball State Daily News. January 29, 2018. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  6. ↑ Carden, Dan (May 8, 2018). "Valparaiso law school grad is Libertarian Party nominee for Indiana secretary of state". The Times of Northwest Indiana . Retrieved May 9, 2018.
  7. ↑ Mark Rutherford (L) 10%, George Wolfe (G) 4%
  8. ↑ "Indiana Election Results". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
  9. ↑ Smith, Brandon (January 9, 2017). "Holcomb, Four Others Inaugurated For Statewide Offices". Indiana Public Media . Retrieved July 21, 2017.
  10. ↑ Grant, Mike (May 19, 2017). "Appointed State Auditor ready to make run". Washington Times Herald . Retrieved July 21, 2017.
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