The Green Papers: Indiana 2005 Off Year Elections |
Indiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Richard G. Lugar First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 3 | Democratic | Senator Evan Bayh First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors | |||||
Republican | Governor Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels First elected: 2004 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. |
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Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected on a ticket with Governor. | |||||
Republican | Lieutenant Governor Becky Skillman First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Undetermined); 7 Republican (7 Undetermined) | |||||
CD 1 | Democratic | Congressman Peter J. Visclosky First elected: 1984 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 2 | Republican | Congressman Chris Chocola First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Mark Souder First elected: 1994 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Steve Buyer First elected: 1992 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 5 | Republican | Congressman Dan Burton First elected: 1982 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 6 | Republican | Congressman Mike Pence First elected: 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 7 | Democratic | Congressman Julia M. Carson First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 8 | Republican | Congressman John N. Hostettler First elected: 1994 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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CD 9 | Republican | Congressman Mike Sodrel First elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
Republican | Secretary of State Todd Rokita First elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Republican | Attorney General Steve Carter First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction are not nominated via Primary but, instead, will be (per Indiana Code 3-8-4-2) nominated at each Party's respective State Conventions. | |||||
Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
Republican | Treasurer Tim Berry First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
Republican | Auditor Connie Nass First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
Republican | Public Instruction Superintendent Suellen Reed First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000; 2004 Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction are not nominated via Primary but, instead, will be (per Indiana Code 3-8-4-2) nominated at each Party's respective State Conventions. | |||||
Clerk of State Supreme Court 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002 | |||||
Republican | Clerk of State Supreme Court David C. Lewis Appointed: 23 November 2003 to fill the vacant seat caused by the resignation of Clerk of State Supreme Court Brian Bishop Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
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