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Jim DeMint: Conservative 'Kingmaker' or Inside-the-Beltway Interloper?
By Matt Lewis - Politics DailyThanks to his aggressive involvement in a number of primary campaigns, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) has been dubbed by some in the media as the conservative "kingmaker." But now, even some conservatives are quietly questioning whether that's an apt title. In recent months, DeMint has pulled a power play of sorts with his Senate Conservatives Fund, which essentially serves as a shadow National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC). The PAC is run by Matt Hoskins, who also serves as DeMint's spokesman and who, according to one conservative who asked not to be named, "tries to be DeMint's 'big ...
Senate and Governor Races Shaping Up as Close So Far in Ohio, Illinois
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThe races for governor and senate in two key Midwestern states -- Ohio and Illinois -- are starting out as close matches but not so in Indiana where GOP senate primary victor Dan Coats has a big lead over his Democratic foe, according to three polls released Friday. In Ohio, Democratic Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher, coming off his primary victory this week over Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, is statistically tied with former Republican Rep. Rob Portman in their contest to fill the seat of retiring GOP Sen. George Voinovich, with Fisher ahead 43 percent to 42 percent with 4 percent preferring ...
Primaries in Indiana, Ohio and North Carolina Begin to Set Stage for Midterms
By Carl M. Cannon and Mary C. Curtis - Politics DailyIn Indiana, former Sen. Dan Coats continued his march on the comeback trail, besting four other Republican challengers in Tuesday's primary election and setting up a November contest in which he will be the likely favorite to capture the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Evan Bayh. Coats' opponent will be Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth, a former police officer and county sheriff, who is serving in his second term in Congress. Coats retired from the Senate in 1998 and served as ambassador to Germany during the presidency of George W. Bush. He hasn't lived in Indiana in several years, but ...
Indiana Primary: Four Against Former Sen. Dan Coats in One of Many GOP Slugfests
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySOUTH BEND, Indiana -- Today's Indiana primary could once again prove the political unpredictability of Hoosier voters, who in the 2006 midterm flipped three of the state's U.S. House seats from the Republicans to the Democrats, and in 2008 favored Barack Obama, the first time a Democratic presidential candidate had won here since Lyndon Johnson in 1964. While this year's primary is ho-hum for Democrats, Republicans across the state are energetically violating Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment about speaking ill of any fellow member of the GOP. Former Sen. Dan Coats is on the receiving end ...
Dan Coats Leads Primary, General Election Rivals in Bid to Return to Senate
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyFormer GOP Sen. Dan Coats, who represented Indiana from 1989 to 1999, holds double-digit leads over rivals both in the race for the Republican senatorial nomination and the general election contest, according to a SurveyUSA poll conducted April 22-26 for the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics. As Tuesday's primary nears, Coats had support of 36 percent of likely voters, followed by former Rep. John Hostettler at 24 percent and state Sen. Marlin Stutzman at 18 percent, with two other candidates in single digits and 13 percent undecided. The margin of error is 5 points. Stutzman has been ...
Indiana's Hidden-Party Election Campaign: A Partisan Puzzle
By Robert Schmuhl - Politics DailySOUTH BEND, IND. -- With Indiana's primary coming up May 4, political ads crowd broadcast airwaves and yard signs decorate the Hoosier landscape. Except in rare instances, though, these messages refrain from identifying the party of the candidate seeking nomination to run in the fall's general election. This state isn't alone in trying to solve today's partisan puzzle. At a time when we read and hear about hyper-partisanship leading to more pronounced polarization, politicians seem reluctant to inform the electorate what party they represent. ...
Democrats' Ellsworth Trails in Bid to Hold Bayh's Senate Seat in Indiana
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth, who voted for the health care reform despite strong opposition to it among Indiana voters, trails all three Republicans running for the seat being vacated by Sen. Evan Bayh, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted April 13-14. Former GOP Sen. Dan Coats, who served from 1989 to 1999, leads Ellsworth 54 percent to 33 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate. Former Rep. John Hostettler leads him 50 percent to 33 percent with 5 percent preferring another candidate and 12 percent undecided. ...
GOP Candidates for Bayh's Senate Seat All Lead the Democratic Contender
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyThree Republicans vying for their party's nomination to run for the Indiana's open Senate seat lead Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth, with two of the GOP hopefuls enjoying double-digit margins over him, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted March 17-18. Former Rep. John Hostettler has the biggest lead over Ellsworth at 50 percent to 32 percent with 4 percent preferring some other candidate and 15 percent undecided. He's followed by Dan Coats, who was Indiana's senator from 1989 to 1999. Coats leads Ellsworth, 49 percent to 34 percent, with 6 percent preferring another candidate and ...
Hostettler Looks Like Strongest GOP Candidate for Bayh's Indiana Seat
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyIn the race for the seat being vacated by Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, former Republican Rep. John Hostettler looks for now to be a stronger candidate against the Democratic hopefuls than his rival for the GOP nomination, former Sen. Dan Coats, according to a Daily Kos/Research 2000 poll conducted Feb. 22-24. Hostettler leads Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth by 40 percent to 34 percent with 26 percent undecided, while Coats edges Ellsworth by 37 percent to 36 percent with 27 percent undecided. The margin of error is 4 points. Hostettler leads Rep. Baron Hill 42 percent to 36 percent with 22 ...
Poll Gives GOP Big Edge in Indiana Senate Race With Bayh Gone
By Bruce Drake - Politics DailyDemocratic Sen. Evan Bayh's decision not to seek re-election has given Republican hopefuls a decided advantage in the race for his Indiana seat, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll conducted Feb. 16-17. In the first survey since Bayh's announcement, three potential Republican standard-bearers all lead the Democrats mentioned as possible candidates. Former Sen. Dan Coats, who is seeking a return to Washington, leads Democratic Rep. Baron Hill, 48 percent to 32 percent, with 6 percent preferring another candidate and 14 percent undecided. He leads Rep. Brad Ellsworth by 46 percent to 32 ...
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