Feb. 3, 2010, 11:02 a.m.
By Greg Giroux
Roll Call Staff
Former Indiana Sen. Dan Coats (R) is set to announce Wednesday that he will challenge Sen. Evan Bayh (D), and there are already signs that he will run with the backing of influential Republicans.
Coats, who retired from the Senate in 1999 and was succeeded by Bayh, released [...]

On Tuesday, Congressman Mike Pence announced the appointment of Gregg Puls as his new campaign finance director for Indiana.
“Gregg has a solid reputation for integrity, hard work and professionalism. I am pleased to announce that he has joined our campaign team as our new finance director,” Pence said.
Puls has been active in the Hamilton County [...]

The Indiana University College Republicans will host a fundraising event at Indiana State GOP Headquarters, 47 S. Meridian, Indianapolis, Weds., Sept. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Guests of honor will include Lt. Gov. Becky Skillman and State Treasurer Richard Mourdock.
A light dinner will be served at 5:30, and the formal program will begin at [...]

In an editorial, the Anderson (Ind.) Herald Bulletin scrutinizes the tactics of Democrat Scott Reske, as it describes recent public statements as “whining” from a “crybaby.”
The Sept. 14 editorial comes in response to a public statement Reske released on Sept. 5, under the cover of a slow news Labor Day weekend. In the statement, Reske [...]

Fighting for his political life, Democrat Scott Reske has fired off the first rhetorical salvo against Republican Kyle Hupfer in the battle to represent southern Madison County in House District 37 of the Indiana legislature.
Though the election is still 14 months away, Reske finds himself going negative with an attack big on conjecture and [...]