Polar opposite candidates face off in Attorney General race
The two candidates for Indiana attorney general’s office agree on one thing: Their backgrounds are polar opposites.
The race pits Greg Zoeller, the Republican mediator, versus Linda Pence, the Democratic litigator.
As a certified mediator, Zoeller said he believes he can solve problems without having to go to court for all cases.
“Always litigating is not the appropriate role of the attorney general,” he said.
As a practicing trial attorney for the past 34 years, Pence is a litigator.
Pence, the only Democrat to file for the race before the primary, said she wants the Attorney General’s office to do more including eradicate children’s deaths, protect children and teens from sexual predators and battle against domestic violence.
“I entered the attorney general race because I believe the attorney general can do much more to protect Hoosier families and children,” she said.
She said she also wants to take the office to a higher level for emergency response.
Zoeller has his own plans for what to change once in the attorney general’s office. One of his biggest concerns is protecting Hoosiers’ privacy. He wants to expand privacy that resulted from the Do Not Call list to other areas.
His campaign has also been emphasizing his knowledge of how to manage the 140 lawyers and his work toward keeping criminals in jail.
“Once the prosecutors get a conviction their [attorney general’s office] job is to keep them in jail,” Zoeller said.
Though both are running strong campaigns, both have found problems with the race.
Zoeller had a total of five months after finding out Carter decided not to seek re-election to raise funds and run his campaign.
Pence said the biggest problem to her campaign was the fact the race is overshadowed by the more public races.
