United States Senate Primary Poll

In the very interesting race between long time Senator Dick Lugar and challenger Richard Mourdock, the newest independent poll was released this morning showing Mourdock increasing his lead among likely primary voters  From Ogden on Politics

"The much anticipated Howey/DePauw poll on the Indiana Senate race was released this morning.  It shows State Treasurer Richard Mourdock leading Senator Richard Lugar 48% to 38%.   A previous Howey/DePauw conducted March 26-27, had Lugar ahead 42% to 35%.  That's a 17 point swing in the election in just 5 weeks"

From Howey Politics

 "INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Sen. Richard G. Lugar's iconic career of elected public service appears to be in great jeopardy. A Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll conducted Monday and Tuesday shows that Lugar is trailing Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock 48-38% in Indiana's Republican Senate primary. That head-to-head figure includes so-called "leaners," who could conceivably change their minds in the final 72 hours of the campaign. Without the leans, Mourdock still leads 43-35%.

Based on this survey data, Howey Politics Indiana is moving the Senate race into a "Likely Mourdock" category. It had been "Leans Lugar" until the March 26-28 Howey/DePauw survey had Lugar leading Mourdock 42-35%, at which time HPI moved the Senate race into "Tossup."

The survey, conducted by Republican pollster Christine Matthews of Bellwether Research and Democratic pollster Fred Yang of Garin-Hart-Yang Research Group, is based on 700 likely voters with a +/- margin of error at 3.7%. The sample was made up of 76% Republicans, 14% independent, 8% independent/lean Republican, 1% lean Democrat and 1% independent/lean Democrat. Survey top lines will be posted under the "Howey/DePauw Poll" tab at www.howeypolitics.com."

Region's Social Media Politics

Update:  Indiana now features a very dynamic voter information site:  look up your polling place, review the ballot, confirm the districts you reside in, make sure your registered.   Check it out due to redistricting it's worth a look for everyone who plans on voting Tuesday.  

After finishing a list of social media leaders in NW Indiana over at another blog, it occurred to me that we could use something similar for the upcoming primary.   Now, before anyone goes off the deep-end and thinks this is an endorsement of any candidate ... take a deep breath, it's not.   If someone or a link gets missed, put their social media links in the comments below and we'll revise and update over the next couple days.

Lake County
Commissioner (R)   District 2 Jerry Tippy (Facebook, Website), Kenneth Stevenson (Website) and Daniel Langmesser (none found)

Commissioner (D)   District 2 Gerry Scheub (Website, Facebook, Youtube), Roy Dominguez (none found), Kenneth White (none found)

Commissioner (D)   District 3 Peter Katic (Facebook), Rich Novak (Website) and Mike Repay (Facebook, Website, Twitter)

Commissioner (R)   District 3 Debbie Astor (Facebook Personal Page) and Mark Leyva (none found)

Surveyor         (R)   Eric Krieg (Facebook), Peter Papageorgakis (none found), Jayson Reeves (none found) and Arthur Santos (none found)

Surveyor         (D)  George Van Til (none found), John Garcia (Facebook, Website)

Coroner          (R)   Andy Koultourides (none found)

Coroner          (D)  Lana Kaiser (none found), Merrilee Frey (Facebook), Darryl Fortson (none found), Daniel Bade (none found), George Deliopoulos (none found)

Recorder         (R)   Pamela Drangmeister (Facebook)

Recorder         (D)  Michelle Fajman (Facebook)

State Rep 19   (R)   Ron Johnson  (Facebook)

State Rep 19   (D)  Shelli Vandenburgh  (Facebook)

State Rep 15   (R)   Hal Slager (none found)

State Rep 15   (D)  Thomas O'Donnell  (none found)

State Rep 12   (R)   Bill Fine (Facebook, Website) and Peter Karagan (Website)

State Rep 12   (D)  Mara Candelaria Reardon (Facebook)

State Rep 11   (R)   Rick Neimeyer (none found) and Eric Olson (Facebook, Website)

State Rep 11   (D)   Lon Childress (none found),  John Hart (none found), Al Cottingham (none found)

Porter County

Commissioner  (D)   District 1 Laura Blaney (Facebook Personal Page, Website) and Jerry Puckett (none found)

Commissioner  (R)   District 1  Mike Heinold (Facebook Personal Page) and Jim Polarek (Facebook Personal Page)

Commissioner  (R)   District 3   John Evans (Facebook Personal Page) and Jim Biggs (Facebook, Website, Twitter)

Surveyor          (D)   Keven Breitzke (none found)

Surveyor          (R)   Richard Hudson (Facebook) and William Rensberger (none found)

Treasurer         (D)   Mike Bucko (Facebook Personal Page)

Council            (R)   Mark Hoffman (none found), Ralph Neff (Facebook, Website, Twitter), Joe Wszolek (Facebook), Edward Morales (Facebook Personal Page, Website), Ralph Iler (Facebook) and Ethan Lowe (Facebook)

Council            (D)   Sylvia Graham (Facebook Personal Page), Bob Poparad (none found), Dan Whitten (Facebook Personal Page) and Ned Kovachevich (none found)

State Senate    (R)   Senate 5 Ed Charbonneau  (Facebook Personal Page)

State Senate    (D)   Senate 5 Deb Porter (none found)

State Rep        (R)   House 4  Ed Soliday (Facebook)

State Rep         (D)  House 4   Greg Simms (Facebook Personal Page)

State Rep        (R)   House 9  Dan Granquist  (Facebook)

State Rep        (D)  House 9   Scott Pelath (Facebook)

State Rep        (D)  House 10  Chuck Mosely  (Facebook)

State Rep 11   (R)   Rick Neimeyer (none found) and Eric Olson (Facebook, Website)

State Rep 11   (D)   Lon Childress (none found),  John Hart (none found), Al Cottingham (none found)


See House Districts Map if you are confused about your district
See Senate Districts Map as well