IN-Governor Who will it be W/O Pence?

[libertpaulian]

Correction: Bayh NOT interested in running for Governor

He's still an entitled POS.

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I seriously doubt that. Gregg is gonna get crushed.

[libertpaulian]

Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I seriously doubt that. Gregg is gonna get crushed.

The Dems won't have anyone left to run for Governor until Joe Hogsett in 2024 at the earliest.  Pete Buttigieg might also be a dark horse candidate.

[Figueira]

Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I realize you're a delusional Democratic hack, but how would you not know that Pence running for re-election was the entire reason that this race was so competitive?

Governors rarely lose re-election.

[136or142]

Correction: Bayh NOT interested in running for Governor

What a surprise.  This false news report came from a local Fox 'News' Affiliate.

[IceSpear]

Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I seriously doubt that. Gregg is gonna get crushed.

Just like Young, Donnelly, and Trump got crushed, right?

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Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I seriously doubt that. Gregg is gonna get crushed.

Just like Young, Donnelly, and Trump got crushed, right?

Something something LIEberal media

[Ebsy]

Congratulations Governor Gregg.

I realize you're a delusional Democratic hack, but how would you not know that Pence running for re-election was the entire reason that this race was so competitive?

Governors rarely lose re-election.

I mean, I guess I'm just a delusional Democratic hack for acknowledging that open seats are much easier to win than those with incumbents, but I appear to have offended the moderate hero off color avatars of atlas forum lately.

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The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

[windjammer]

The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

Well, no.
He lost by 3 points in 2012 while Pence definitely wasn't unpopular at all at this time.

[BuckeyeNut]

The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

Well, no.
He lost by 3 points in 2012 while Pence definitely wasn't unpopular at all at this time.

This. Very important. The 2012 gubernatorial election in Indiana was the closest in 50 years.

[libertpaulian]

The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

Well, no.
He lost by 3 points in 2012 while Pence definitely wasn't unpopular at all at this time.

This. Very important. The 2012 gubernatorial election in Indiana was the closest in 50 years.

I think that was mostly due to the Mourdock/Akin Factor, though.

[Maxwell]

The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

Well, no.
He lost by 3 points in 2012 while Pence definitely wasn't unpopular at all at this time.

This. Very important. The 2012 gubernatorial election in Indiana was the closest in 50 years.

I think that was mostly due to the Mourdock/Akin Factor, though.

IDK he's ran significantly behind Romney as well.

[Ebsy]

Terrible awful incumbents win elections quite reliably. The only one two that went down in 2014 were Quinn and Corbett, and those were unusual circumstances.

[Senator Cris]

If Brooks and/or Rokita lose, will they be able to run for re-election as US Representatives?
And if Holcomb loses, can he be re-nominated as LG candidate?

[Miles]

^ Brooks and Rokita can be selected as their own replacements candidates if they lose. Holcomb isn't the LG nominee anymore, so the Gubernatorial nominee could chose someone else.

[IceSpear]

Terrible awful incumbents win elections quite reliably. The only one two that went down in 2014 were Quinn and Corbett, and those were unusual circumstances.

A non Brownback Republican would've won by double digits. So there are many times when an incumbent running is a net negative. I think this is probably one of them.

[Kingpoleon]

The facts are that Pence wasn't that popular, and that Gregg is a weak candidate whose campaign more or less revolved around how bad Pence is.

Well, no.
He lost by 3 points in 2012 while Pence definitely wasn't unpopular at all at this time.

This. Very important. The 2012 gubernatorial election in Indiana was the closest in 50 years.

I think that was mostly due to the Mourdock/Akin Factor, though.

IDK he's ran significantly behind Romney as well.

I pointed that out to someone who was drawn towards Trump by Pence. I was told that "the Democrat" had regional appeal.

I went over it and found that Pence largely underperformed Romney in the southwest. Gregg represented  Knox, Greene, Daviess, Vigo, and Sullivan counties, all in the southwest, which may explain why Pence ran about four points under Romney.

[Drew]

Terrible awful incumbents win elections quite reliably. The only one two that went down in 2014 were Quinn and Corbett, and those were unusual circumstances.

Also Parnell in AK.

[windjammer]

Honestly,
I think I will likely keep my lean rep ratings unless they choose Eric Holcomb.

[libertpaulian]

Honestly,
I think I will likely keep my lean rep ratings unless they choose Eric Holcomb.

What would Holcomb make it?  Likely R?

[windjammer]

Honestly,
I think I will likely keep my lean rep ratings unless they choose Eric Holcomb.

What would Holcomb make it?  Likely R?

Honestly? I see Eric Holcomb as a weak candidate. He never ran for office before, he seems to be little known, and for his senate campaign he ran little money.
I would change my rating from lean Rep to toss up (R hold), until I could figure out if he's decent or not.

[Maxwell]

I think the reason Holcomb didn't raise much money for his Senate race was because there were already two power house candidates who represented their respective factions of the party and Holcomb really had no place to go.

That being said, I'd bet Holcomb is the weakest of the three, though Brooks and Rotika are generic right-wingers who could be branded as Pence-ites.

[Kingpoleon]

I think the reason Holcomb didn't raise much money for his Senate race was because there were already two power house candidates who represented their respective factions of the party and Holcomb really had no place to go.

That being said, I'd bet Holcomb is the weakest of the three, though Brooks and Rotika are generic right-wingers who could be branded as Pence-ites.

From my understanding, Brooks is actually an ally of Ballard's, and she would probably do very well with the female vote against John Gregg.

[Bismarck]

Rokita is horrible. The kinda guy you wanna punch in the face when you talk to him, he oozes fake politician. Brooks would be strong, I think Holcomb would do well if he could quickly get his name ID up.