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- 07/17/08 - Sen. Barack Obama attends summit in Lafayette Obama was in West Lafayette as part of an invitation-only roundtable discussion on emerging national security threats, such as nuclear weapons, bioterrorism and cyber security. He was joined by Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., former Georgia Sen. Sam Nunn and five experts on those issues. Bayh and Obama walked onto the stage together to a standing ovation in the Purdue Memorial Union's north ballroom. MORE
- 07/14/08 - Obama setting up shop in Indiana The election is four months away, but for now the score in Indiana is Barack Obama, 6; John McCain, 0. Zero campaign offices, that is. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has opened five campaign offices -- in Evansville, Fishers, Fort Wayne, Muncie and South Bend -- and will open a sixth in Bloomington on Monday. MORE
- 07/11/08 - Obama, Clinton volunteers gather in show of unity On Thursday night, party officials brought the two sides together for pizza and chatter in hopes, pundits would say, of unifying the party perhaps divided by a contentious primary campaign. In hopes? Where has the media been, South Bend resident Vera Peele said. "I was unified from the beginning," she said. "I'm a Democrat." MORE
- 07/07/08 - Obama gives Indiana an (electoral) college try "There's not a head fake in any of these states," said Plouffe, the Illinois Democrat's campaign manager. "We believe that there is a path to victory for Senator Obama in all of these states. This is not strategically about draining John McCain's resources. This is about aggressively playing in the states that we think we can win." MORE
- 07/02/08 - Obama spending resources in ‘red’ Indiana Conventional wisdom was that Indiana's 15 minutes of political fame were over when the frenzied Democratic presidential campaign rolled out of the state after the May 6 primary. But Sen. Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee-in-waiting, is retrenching in Indiana in hopes of keeping a traditional stronghold for Republican presidential candidates in play heading toward the November general election. MORE
- 06/24/08 - Obama campaign: Indiana is “very much in play” And Indiana is one of the 18 states where Obama is running his first general election ad. Swain said the Obama team plans to campaign aggressively in Indiana. "They feel Indiana is very much in play,” Swain said. MORE
- 06/23/08 - Democrats rally behind party’s fall ticket “Together we stand ready for a fight and it’s a fight we must win – not for ourselves and our party – but for hardworking Hoosier families across our state,” Long Thompson said. “Hoosiers want a new direction for our state, and frankly it is time to bring an end to the Bush-Daniels era here in Indiana.” As governor, Long Thompson promised to “restart” Indiana’s economy with a plan that would improve the economic climate in all areas of the state. MORE
- 06/19/08 - Dr. Richard Wood announces bid for Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard Wood may be retiring from the Tippecanoe School Corp., but he says, he "would still like to be a positive contributor to what is happening in this state." To do that, he announced to a crowd of about 50 people outside the Tippecanoe County Courthouse Wednesday morning, he is running as a Democratic candidate for state superintendent of public instruction. MORE
- 06/10/08 - Workers protest rising gas prices Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jill Long Thompson spoke at the event, calling for Gov. Mitch Daniels to declare an energy emergency, which would result in the suspension of state sales tax on gas. Former Gov. Frank O'Bannon declared such an emergency in 2000. Long Thompson also publicized her plan to stop charging sales tax once the average price hits $2.75 a gallon. MORE
- 06/06/08 - Linda Pence announces bid for Attorney General
Saying she will impartially fight for Hoosiers, attorney Linda Pence on Thursday officially kicked off her campaign for Indiana attorney general. The Democrat from Indianapolis stopped in Fort Wayne as part of a six-city swing to announce her campaign. She formed her exploratory committee in January and has already raised $248,000.
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