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Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:22 Written by rslcpol Monday, 28 June 2010 01:48
From CourierPress.com:
Democrats chose Vop Osili, a 47-year-old Indianapolis architect, to run for the secretary of state’s office vacant because Todd Rokita has reached his two-term limit. In what turned out to be no contest, Democratic delegates chose him over Carmel attorney Tom McKenna.
Osili will face Republican nominee Charlie White, a 40-year-old Fishers town councilman, in November.
The key issue in that race is likely to be the voter identification law that Rokita championed. The law requires Hoosiers to present state-issued photo IDs when they go to the polls.
White has said he will vigorously defend it, while Democrats have called it unfair.
For state treasurer, incumbent Republican Richard Mourdock, 59, a former Vanderburgh County commissioner, will face South Bend businessman Pete Buttigieg, 28.
Mourdock has rocketed into the public eye in the last year because of his challenge of the Chrysler bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of two Indiana pension funds. That challenge is a likely focal point of the state treasurer’s race.
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