“Indiana Primary Returns”
I didn’t know it left....
(I crack myself up!)
First returns are from Allen (Coats home) and Miami counites:
Republican
Don Bates, Jr. 223
Richard Behney 221
Dan Coats 5479
John N. Hostettler 1072
Marlin A. Stutzman 3101
Currently Coats is leading. U.S. Senate GOP - Primary -- 1,481 of 5,306 precincts reporting (28%)
Dan Coats 73,626 42%
Marlin A. Stutzman 52,546 30%
John Hostettler 33,872 20%
Richard Behney 6,642 4%
Don Bates 6,988 4%
On a sad note, IN is going to get the govt they deserve. In our precinct as of 5:00 PM; (according to hubby who voted then) only 211 out of 5-10 K people had bothered to vote. Pathetic.
Messer pulls nearly even with Burton in 5th District race
http://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/politics/dan-burton-jumps-to-early-lead-in-5th-district-race
The establishment candidates mostly won, though not by the margins they are accustomed to winning.
Dan Coats won the primary wtih 39% of the vote for the U.S. Senate.
In District 4, Todd Rokita won a multiple-candidate primary with 40%.
In District 5, Dan Burton was barely renominated with 30% of the vote. Now he can go back to missing votes to play golf with lobbyists.
In Distict 8, NRCC recruit/heart surgeon Larry Buchon barely outpolled Tea Party candidate Kristi Risk 32% to 29%.
District 9 was the exception. Mike Sodrel finished in third place in the multi-candidate primary. It appears that Todd Young will be the Republican nominee, though it’s still undecided.