Posted on 05/02/2022 3:33:50 PM PDT by cotton1706
If Curt Nisly wins Tuesday, May 3, in the Republican Primary for State District 22, it will be without the support of most elected Republican colleagues in the General Assembly.
In recent weeks, it’s become clear the Republican leadership in Indianapolis and some Republican leaders in north central Indiana have turned on Nisly, in doing so, throwing a large amount of campaign money and other support toward State Rep. Craig Snow’s campaign.
Nisly and Snow are seeking to win Tuesday’s Republican primary in the redrawn District 22.
Nisly has served as the District 22 representative for eight years and perfected a reputation as an ardent supporter of gun rights and an end to abortion, but very little beyond those hot topic issues.
In four previous elections, the 49-year-old who lives outside of Milford has cruised to victory with the closest battle coming two years ago when Republican Bill Dixon challenged Nisly and won 40 percent of the vote.
But the political landscape – with its epicenter in Indianapolis – appears to have shifted against Nisly.
Nisly has prided himself on going against leadership and instead relying on constituents. He was one of the first Republicans to criticize Gov. Eric Holcomb’s handling of the shutdown and continues to lobby to remove the governor’s emergency powers.
Nisly’s lack of willingness to work with Republican leaders in Indianapolis has stymied all of his major legislative efforts. In recent years, none of his bills have even received a committee hearing, and Nisly no longer caucuses with his Republican colleagues.
When it came to redistricting, Republican leaders reshaped the district to include Snow, who is finishing his first term as a state representative for District 18.
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Emergency powers in Indiana around covid were handled badly. A ton of rank and file republicans were telling their state reps that a public health matter is not an emergency after 120 days and the virus was well known not to be deadly to people under 60 in the general case. As it is indiana, you are voting for who is going to be your state rep, review what a candidate actually has done for the past 2 years.
> Establishment Republicans Appear To Abandon Nisly
I know nothing about him but that sure is a good sign.
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