BRIAN HOWEY: 83 percent of Hoosiers support gun background checks

There’s always something in Howey Politics Indiana polling that raises at least one eyebrow, and sometimes both.

BRIAN HOWEY: Move up Indiana's primary election

In April 2008, Hillary Clinton made a campaign appearance at the Wigwam in Anderson. About two hours before she took the stage, a huge line of thousands of people encircled the historic basketball gym, waiting to get in.

DOUG ROSS: Speedway bailout taxes imagination, too

Indiana legislators seem to be racing toward handing over state tax money to the Terre Haute company that owns the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. This has irony written all over it.

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BRIAN HOWEY: Daniels era has obliterated Indiana Democrats

From a political perspective, the decade-long "Mitch Daniels era" has been devastating for Indiana Democrats.

Misreading electorate likely cost Mourdock Senate victory

INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Richard Mourdock has never changed who he is or what he believes for the sake of higher office, and likely never will.

Indiana Republicans stand by their man Mourdock

CARMEL, Ind. | Proving party loyalty trumps all, Hoosier Republicans enthusiastically greeted embattled U.S. Senate candidate Richard Mourdock with a standing ovation at their semiannual dinner Monday night.

Dems' Gregg smiles while shredding Pence in folksy campaign ads

INDIANAPOLIS | Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Gregg may be running the folksiest attack ads in the history of political campaigning. And his rival, Republican Mike Pence, is so positive in his ads, a casual observer might not even realize he has an opponent in the Nov. 6 race.

BRIAN HOWEY: Mourdock trying to soften stance against compromise

It is admirable when a politician or officeholder finds or is confronted with new information that prompts a shift in position.

Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate wants to end the Fed

INDIANAPOLIS | Libertarian Andrew Horning will work to eliminate the Federal Reserve System if Hoosiers elect him to the U.S. Senate.

Indiana not 'battleground' state this year

INDIANAPOLIS | A once-in-a-generation presidential candidate with a huge campaign cash advantage turned Indiana in 2008 from solidly Republican into a battleground state narrowly won by Democrat Barack Obama.

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Pete Seat, a Schererville native, is former deputy assistant press secretary to President George W. Bush.

Region Republican delegates eager for national convention

In years long gone by, the delegates to a political convention picked their party's nominees for president and vice president. This year there is no doubt the Republican Party's ticket will be Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan.

Lawson starts unifying process for Dems with email

INDIANAPOLIS | New House Democratic Leader Linda Lawson, D-Hammond, is wasting no time in working toward her goal of electing a Democratic majority.

Lawson elected House Democratic leader

INDIANAPOLIS | State Rep. Linda Lawson, D-Hammond, was chosen Thursday to lead the Indiana House Democrats as they try to regain control of the Republican-dominated chamber.

Daniels quitting politics may leave Republicans in lurch

INDIANAPOLIS | The most immediate effect of Gov. Mitch Daniels' election as Purdue University president won't be felt on campus, but in the smaller crowds, fewer donations and perhaps lost races for Indiana Republican candidates.

Indiana Republicans pass party torch to Pence

INDIANAPOLIS | Promising to run "a positive campaign of ideas," Mike Pence told delegates to the Republican convention Saturday that if elected governor he will make Indiana "the state that works."

Senator considered to be VP front-runner to talk in M'ville

MERRILLVILLE | The man said to be among the front-runners to be presidential candidate Mitt Romney's running mate, U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, is coming to Merrillville to raise money for Hoosier Republicans.

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 Richard Mourdock — seemed to be bridging a divided party when he took the stage shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday as the magnitude of the 61-39 percent land…

DOUG ROSS: Tea Party wasn't only reason Lugar lost

For months now, I've been calling the U.S. Senate race a battle for the heart and soul of the Indiana Republican Party. Now I'm not so sure we've seen the true picture.