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(THREAD) This one stings. Rex Early, a longtime Indiana GOP activist and donor, has died, according to the Indy Star. Early was Trump's spokesman in the 2016 Trump Indiana campaign. Early was 88. #ingov #insen #indiana (1)
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Early was a former state rep in the 1960s and a Marine vet. He became Reagan's Indiana campaign chair in the 1980s. In 1991, he became party chair and raised money to stave off the state GOP's insolvency. (2)
Primarily historical #thread:
This makes 3.5 #INGov polls in the last month. The first of those got a ton of attention: the Change Research poll which showed Holcomb's lead shrinking to 6 points and Libertarian Don Rainwater pulling 24%. Since then:
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This makes 3.5 #INGov polls in the last month. The first of those got a ton of attention: the Change Research poll which showed Holcomb's lead shrinking to 6 points and Libertarian Don Rainwater pulling 24%. Since then:
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Change Research: Holcomb 36/Myers 30/Rainwater 24
Internal R poll (per @lerdody): Holcomb 60/Myers 21/Rainwater 6
Crowdfunded @surveyusa poll released today: Holcomb 55, Myers 25, Rainwater 10
Unspecified poll per @AttyAbdul: Holcomb "mid-50s," Myers "mid-20s," Rainwater 8
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Internal R poll (per @lerdody): Holcomb 60/Myers 21/Rainwater 6
Crowdfunded @surveyusa poll released today: Holcomb 55, Myers 25, Rainwater 10
Unspecified poll per @AttyAbdul: Holcomb "mid-50s," Myers "mid-20s," Rainwater 8
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Any of those polls except the first would make Holcomb a shoo-in for reelection. But all of them would make Rainwater the most successful Libertarian #INGov candidate ever. In fact, since the 1851 constitution, only one 3rd-party candidate has ever managed even 6%:
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Now the @INDems ticket, starting with two candidates of whom only one will be on the ticket: @TallianforAG and @WeinzapfelforAG.
After a video message from @JoeBiden, @LawsonForIN, live from Brown County. She's back in politics as LG nominee after retiring from the House in 2018.
Lawson: "Hoosiers are thirsty for change after years of going unheard by the Republican supermajority" in #INLegis. She says minorities in particular have gone unheard, and slams "a lack of leadership" in the weeks since the #GeorgeFloyd shooting.
