| The Green Papers: Indiana 2007 Off Year Election |
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Indiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Republican | Senator Richard G. Lugar • First elected: 1976; re-elected: 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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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, Jr. • 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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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 4 Democratic (4 Undetermined); 4 Republican (4 Undetermined); 1 Vacancy | |||||
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Democratic | Congressman Peter J. Visclosky • First elected: 1984 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Mark Edward Souder • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Steve Buyer • First elected: 1992 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Danny L. "Dan" Burton • First elected: 1982 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Republican | Congressman Mike Pence • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Julia M. Carson • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Vacant Office - We extend our condolences to the family and friends of Congressman Julia M. Carson who passed away on Saturday 15 December 2007 from lung cancer. She was first elected in 1996. On 2 November 2007 Congressman Carson officially requested a medical leave through 14 December 2007. She announced that she had terminal lung cancer on 25 November 2007 and the following day, announced her retirement. |
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Democratic | Congressman Brad Ellsworth • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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Democratic | Congressman Baron P. Hill • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Secretary of State Todd Rokita • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office. | |||||
| 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: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Treasurer Richard E. Mourdock • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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Marge O'Laughlin, who was previously elected and served as Treasurer of State from 1987 to 1995, was sworn in by Governor Daniels on 2 January 2007 to serve out the unexpired term of Tim Berry, who resigned to become Auditor of State. Treasurer O'Laughlin will serve until 10 February 2007 when Richard E. Mourdock will begin his four-year term as Treasurer of State. Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office. | |||||
| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor Tim Berry • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office. | |||||
| Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2000. In 2021, this office will be become an appointed position. | |||||
| Republican | Public Instruction Superintendent Suellen K. 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. | |||||
| 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. |