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About Brian A. Howey
A third generation Hoosier journalist, Howey has deep roots to Northwest Indiana.
Howey has been writing his weekly political column since 1985 and has worked for the Warsaw Times-Union, Elkhart Truth, Fort Wayne Journal Gazette and NUVO Newsweekly.
He began publishing Howey Politics Indiana in 1994 at www.howeypolitics.com. Howey resides in Indianapolis and Nashville.
BRIAN HOWEY: The forging of the gender trend line
It was one of the most utterly painful political episodes I have ever had to watch as a political writer.
BRIAN HOWEY: Brooks, Walorski take aim at GOP glass ceiling
Susan Brooks’ 5th Congressional District campaign conducted internal polling in mid-April and the news was disheartening. She trailed the fron…
BRIAN HOWEY: The forging of the gender trend line
It was one of the most utterly painful political episodes I have ever had to watch as a political writer.
BRIAN HOWEY: Brooks, Walorski take aim at GOP glass ceiling
Susan Brooks’ 5th Congressional District campaign conducted internal polling in mid-April and the news was disheartening. She trailed the fron…
BRIAN HOWEY: Mourdock, Donnelly and the great divide
U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar — vanquished by age, longevity, barrel bottom congressional approval ratings and an aggressive opponent in Treasurer Rich…
BRIAN HOWEY: Why I view a Lugar defeat with great reluctance
Last Monday, a steel girder rose 1,271 feet above New York City and was affixed to the Freedom Tower, making it the tallest building in the me…
BRIAN HOWEY: Hoosier Republicans are at a crossroads
Two stories piqued my interest recently. The first was an interview by the Evansville Courier & Press with Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourd…
BRIAN HOWEY: Mourdock's combustible campaign cowboy
From the presidency right down to your very own mayor, the way you conduct yourself, the people you surround yourself with, and your temperame…
BRIAN HOWEY: Who benefits from the Santorum withdrawal?
The Indiana presidential primary has fizzled. When Rick Santorum pulled out of the race in Gettysburg, Pa., on Tuesday, it left Mitt Romney ba…
BRIAN HOWEY: Dumbing down the complexities of energy
One of the most complex issues Americans face is energy — the cost of it and the national security threats it poses. With $4 a gallon gas, we …
BRIAN HOWEY: What we need to hear from Lugar, Mourdock
At this point in the critical Republican U.S. Senate primary, the battle is being waged over Dick Lugar's residency and Richard Mourdock's mee…
BRIAN HOWEY: Why Indiana Dems are in bed with Mourdock
In the television age of Indiana politics, no incumbent U.S. senator has ever faced a credible challenge in a primary. Thus, Indiana Treasurer…
BRIAN HOWEY: Romney better learn about pork tenderloin
Memo to Mitt Romney's Indiana team: In the next six weeks, tune up the candidate on all things Hoosier. Get him familiar with the pork tenderl…
BRIAN HOWEY: Mourdock's office and campaign in the shadows
The strangest thing happened to me last week. A political campaign sent an email to newspaper editors around the state who publish this column.
BRIAN HOWEY: Is the governor's race a slam dunk for Pence?
And then there were three, for what Politico might have described prematurely as a "slam dunk" election of U.S. Rep. Mike Pence to the Indiana…
BRIAN HOWEY: Pro-earmark doesn't mean pro-deficit
A cornerstone to Richard Mourdock's Republican primary challenge to U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar has been his vociferous opposition to congressional e…
BRIAN HOWEY: House Democrat exodus is a crisis for the party
The magnitude of seismic Republican Statehouse gains that have Indiana Democrats careening from disaster to catastrophe came into clearer focu…
BRIAN HOWEY: Why is Obama opening an office Indiana? Autos
On Thursday, the Obama for America campaign opened an office in Indiana, a state with a century-old love affair with the internal combustion e…
BRIAN HOWEY: Keeping Peyton in the Hoosier pantheon
When it comes to the pantheon of Hoosier sports heroes — Johnny Wooden, Knute Rockne, Bob Knight, Larry Bird, Reggie Miller, Rick Mount, Bobby…
BRIAN HOWEY: Bauer leading Dems from disaster to catastrophe
In the end, it was the crushing fines set up in the 2011 anti-bolt legislation that caused B. Patrick Bauer and House Democrats to cave on rig…
BRIAN HOWEY: Daniels gives an emphatic endorsement of Lugar
Gov. Mitch Daniels offered an emphatic endorsement of his mentor — U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar — before about 300 Republicans on Wednesday night, cal…
BRIAN HOWEY: Mitch, Morton and Statehouse charades
Gov. Mitch Daniels, facing west as he gave his final State of the State address Tuesday, essentially stood back to back with the statue guardi…
BRIAN HOWEY: House Dems, Mourdock and showing up for work
With Indiana House Democrats not showing up for the people's business Wednesday — the first day of the Indiana General Assembly — they are on …
BRIAN HOWEY: Remembering a visionary
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