The situation in Indiana in the wake of the retirement of Evan Bayh is becoming a bit clearer. Tamyra d’Ippolito, the cafe owner from Bloomington who had been running a no-budget campaign for the primary, used the tail end of her 15 minutes of fame to punch out multiple updates on her Facebook page, claiming [...]

Barring some miracle of Tamyra D’Ippolito qualifying for the primary ballot in the Indiana Senate race, a miracle that even she doubts as she’s only collected 77% of the required signatures with one day to go and will have no support from the state party, it’s likely that Indiana Democrats will be able, by virtue [...]

I just spoke with Tamyra D’Ippolito, the candidate who was already running in the US Senate primary as a Democrat in Indiana before Evan Bayh ended his re-election bid today. D’Ippolito’s potential presence on the primary ballot complicates the ability for Indiana Democrats to handpick a nominee. If nobody qualifies for the primary, Indiana Dems [...]