Rupert Boneham – a reality TV star and local advocate for at-risk young adults – said he’ll wait until Oct. 22 to announce whether he is running for governor. But in a conversation last week with the Franklin College Statehouse Bureau, the Libertarian hinted that he’s leaning toward a yes – even as he’s learned that he’ll need millions of dollars just to be competitive.
U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., will keynote the Indiana Republican Party Fall Dinner on Oct. 21, state GOP chairman Eric Holcomb announced Monday. The event will be at the Ritz Charles in Carmel.
Republican Rep. Mike Pence said Wednesday that social issues will not dominate his agenda should he be elected governor in 2012, despite comments earlier this year that conservatives must “not remain silent when great moral battles are being waged.”
John Gregg, a Democratic candidate for governor of Indiana, filed paperwork with the state Tuesday to change his exploratory committee to an official statewide campaign.
More than half of the money raised by U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, R-Ind., his fellow Republican Jim Wallace and Democrat John Gregg for the 2012 governor’s race came from about 3 percent of the total number of reported contributions.
Republican Mike Pence and Democrat John Gregg have something in common besides a desire to be Indiana’s next governor. They also both had shows air on the same station – WIBC in Indianapolis.
U.S. Rep. Mike Pence, a Republican, squares off against Democratic challenger Barry Welsh for the second election in a row. Pence was first elected in 2000 to the district that encompasses much of eastern Indiana.
