By Hannah Troyer
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS – Republican and Democratic candidates running for statewide and congressional offices will be traveling the state this weekend looking for votes in advance of Tuesday’s election.
Republicans will visit eight cities on Saturday and Monday as part of the GOP Road to Victory bus tour. Democrats meanwhile will campaign in eight cities on Saturday and Sunday on their Better Indiana Tour.
Gov. Mike Pence will lead the Republican trip, joining Secretary of State Connie Lawson, state Auditor Suzanne Crouch and treasurer candidate Kelly Mitchell along with three members of Congress who are seeking reelection. Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann will also be on the trip.
The group will begin the bus tour at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Freimann Square in Fort Wayne.
In the afternoon, the group will head to Warsaw, arriving at 1:30 p.m. at the Kosciusko Courthouse. At 3:30 p.m., the group will make an appearance in South Bend at the St. Joseph County GOP headquarters.
The day’s tour will end in Lowell when the group makes an appearance at 5 p.m. Niemeyer’s Farm.
The tour will continue on Monday with stops in Brazil, Evansville, Huntingburg and Jeffersonville.
The candidates will stop at 9:30 a.m. at the Clay County Republican Headquarters in Brazil.
In the afternoon, the group will head to Evansville, where they will greet supporters at noon at the Vanderburgh County GOP headquarters. Later, the governor will travel with the candidates to 3:30 p.m. appearance at Huntingburg Event Center.
The tour will end at 6 p.m. at Warder Park in Evansville.
The Democratic tour will feature secretary of state candidate Beth White, auditor candidate Mike Claytor, and treasurer candidate Mike Boland. The group will start with a get-out-the-vote rally from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the IBEW Local 481 in Indianapolis, where they’ll be joined by Sen. Joe Donnelly and Rep. Andre Carson.
At 12:30 p.m., they’ll be at Laborers Local 204 in Terre Haute to help with a phone bank. Then they’ll have three more stops on Saturday: 2:30 p.m. at the Knox County Democratic Headquarters in Vincennes, 3:30 p.m. CT at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 16 in Evansville, and 8 p.m. at Habana Blues in New Albany.
On Sunday, the group will make stops in Jeffersonville, Scottsburg and North Vernon.
Democrats will go at 1 p.m. to a Clark County phone bank at 4404 Utica Sellersburg Road in Jeffersonville. They’ll be at the UniServ office at 2 p.m. in Scottsburg and at the Jennings County Democratic headquarters at 4 p.m. in North Vernon.
Hannah Troyer is a reporter at TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
By Hannah Troyer
TheStatehouseFile.com
INDIANAPOLIS – Republican and Democratic candidates running for statewide and congressional offices will be traveling the state this weekend looking for votes in advance of Tuesday’s election.
Republicans will visit eight cities on Saturday and Monday as part of the GOP Road to Victory bus tour. Democrats meanwhile will campaign in eight cities on Saturday and Sunday on their Better Indiana Tour.
Gov. Mike Pence will lead the Republican trip, joining Secretary of State Connie Lawson, state Auditor Suzanne Crouch and treasurer candidate Kelly Mitchell along with three members of Congress who are seeking reelection. Lt. Gov. Sue Ellspermann will also be on the trip.
The group will begin the bus tour at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Freimann Square in Fort Wayne.
In the afternoon, the group will head to Warsaw, arriving at 1:30 p.m. at the Kosciusko Courthouse. At 3:30 p.m., the group will make an appearance in South Bend at the St. Joseph County GOP headquarters.
The day’s tour will end in Lowell when the group makes an appearance at 5 p.m. Niemeyer’s Farm.
The tour will continue on Monday with stops in Brazil, Evansville, Huntingburg and Jeffersonville.
The candidates will stop at 9:30 a.m. at the Clay County Republican Headquarters in Brazil.
In the afternoon, the group will head to Evansville, where they will greet supporters at noon at the Vanderburgh County GOP headquarters. Later, the governor will travel with the candidates to 3:30 p.m. appearance at Huntingburg Event Center.
The tour will end at 6 p.m. at Warder Park in Evansville.
The Democratic tour will feature secretary of state candidate Beth White, auditor candidate Mike Claytor, and treasurer candidate Mike Boland. The group will start with a get-out-the-vote rally from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday at the IBEW Local 481 in Indianapolis, where they’ll be joined by Sen. Joe Donnelly and Rep. Andre Carson.
At 12:30 p.m., they’ll be at Laborers Local 204 in Terre Haute to help with a phone bank. Then they’ll have three more stops on Saturday: 2:30 p.m. at the Knox County Democratic Headquarters in Vincennes, 3:30 p.m. CT at the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 16 in Evansville, and 8 p.m. at Habana Blues in New Albany.
On Sunday, the group will make stops in Jeffersonville, Scottsburg and North Vernon.
Democrats will go at 1 p.m. to a Clark County phone bank at 4404 Utica Sellersburg Road in Jeffersonville. They’ll be at the UniServ office at 2 p.m. in Scottsburg and at the Jennings County Democratic headquarters at 4 p.m. in North Vernon.
Hannah Troyer is a reporter at TheStatehouseFile.com, a news website powered by Franklin College journalism students.
