BRIAN HOWEY: Valuable state debates need some tweaking

Hoosier voters are extremely fortunate. It may seem like a very minor point, but we have the Indiana Debate Commission, a group of journalists and academics that formed in 2007 to provide a fitting forum for decision making in gubernatorial and U.S. Senate races.

Romney endorses Mourdock in new ad

INDIANAPOLIS | Ahead of Tuesday's final U.S. Senate debate, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is telling Hoosiers in a new ad airing on Northwest Indiana cable TV stations that he needs them to elect Richard Mourdock.

Debate could break deadlock in Indiana's U.S. Senate race

INDIANAPOLIS | Despite months of campaigning and millions of dollars spent on ads by the candidates and their allies, polls continue to show Democrat Joe Donnelly and Republican Richard Mourdock statistically tied in their race to become Indiana's next U.S. senator.

Debates last chance for shake-up in governor's race

INDIANAPOLIS | The three candidates for Indiana governor will meet Wednesday night for the first of three debates this month.

Debates ahead for Indiana governor, U.S. Senate candidates

INDIANAPOLIS | The three candidates for Indiana governor will meet in three debates next month -- while the three U.S. Senate candidates are tentatively scheduled to debate twice.

Governor candidates agree to three debates

INDIANAPOLIS | The three candidates for Indiana governor will meet in three televised debates this fall.

Republican U.S. Senate candidates debate Wednesday

INDIANAPOLIS | U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar and state Treasurer Richard Mourdock will meet Wednesday for their only debate prior to the May 8 primary election.

GUEST COMMENTARY: Got a question for Lugar-Mourdock debate? Submit it

Hoosier voters, especially those who choose a Republican ballot for the May 8 primary election, face a difficult decision this spring. Longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Lugar faces a spirited re-election challenge from state Treasurer Richard Mourdock for the GOP Senate nomination.

Max Jones

Max Jones, editor of the (Terre Haute) Tribune-Star, is chairman of the Indiana Debate Commission.

Questions sought for Lugar, Mourdock debate

INDIANAPOLIS | The Indiana Debate Commission is seeking questions from Hoosiers for the two candidates running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.