Auditor Jim Kopp to run for re-election in Porter County

Porter County Auditor, who took attacks from both Republicans and Democrats over the last couple years regarding property tax bills, announced his desire to run for re-election.

Some intrigue of course surrounds this announcement, since Democrat leaders were seemingly endorsing Vicki Urbanik for this same seat when she announced last month. In one conversation last night a political observer noted that it's entirely possible that Kopp will win his primary, under that theory that Democrats don't knock off their own incumbents historically.

Keeping this trend in mind, and perhaps some research to see if this is correct, I wonder aloud if Ms. Urbanik will move her announcement to County Assessor, since she did obtain some training for that position. Also, isn't it interesting that the County Assessor, John Scott, was present in endorsing Ms. Urbanik for Auditor ... wasn't he the one that did such a bad job assessing that the state had to come in and do the trending for hiim?

Maybe I'm thinking too much?