DNC has bigger focus on Indiana 85 delegates represent state this weekBob Pastrick, one of 85 Indiana delegates here, is no stranger to conventions. After all, he’s been going to them for almost 50 years. Pastrick, 80, and thousands of other Democrats descended on Denver on Monday for the start of the Democratic National Convention, the first of two week-long gatherings of the nation’s major political parties. His first was in 1960. “I’ve been a delegate for a hundred years,” joked Pastrick, who was mayor of East Chicago for 33 years until voted out of office in a special election, having been linked with a voter fraud scandal that forced out three top aides and three city councilmen.
Farm Bureau PAC skips endorsement from The Third House
The Indiana Farm Bureau ELECT – the political action committee affiliated with the Indiana Farm Bureau – will not endorse either candidate for governor, according to a written statement issued Monday. The PAC’s state committee of trustees considered Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels and Democrat Jill Long Thompson, but neither received the two-thirds vote needed to gain the endorsement.
