2002 Indiana Elections
House of Representatives Secretary of State Democrat John Fernandez (mayor of Bloomington) and Republican Todd Rokita (Deputy Secretary of State) faced off in this election. Todd Rokita won with 55% of the vote Auditor Republican Connie Nass faced off against Democrat Barbara Huston, and Nass won by a huge margin of nearly 60% Treasurer Republican Tim Berry beat Democrat Day Smith by a considerably large margin, of around 61% References Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...

2004 Indiana Elections
Presidential Senate Popular Incumbent Evan Bayh won by a considerably large margin, even as George W. Bush won this state by 20 points at the national level. House Governor Incumbent Joe Kernan lost in an upset against Mitch Daniels (former Director of the Office of Management and Budget The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States (EOP). OMB's most prominent function is to produce the president's budget, but it also examines agency programs, pol ... under George W. Bush), this was the first time that the Republicans had held the office in 16 years, and that the Republican Party had control of most of the most important statewide offices Attorney General Incumbent Republican Steve Carter won with 59% of the vote against Democrat Joseph Hogsett (former Secretary of State and Chair of the Indiana Democratic Party) References {{DEFAULTSORT:2004 Indian ...
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Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP ("Grand Old Party"), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. Since Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s, conservatism has been the dominant ideology of the GOP. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. The Republican Party's intellectual predecessor is considered to be Northern members of the Whig Party, with Republican presidents Abraham Lincoln, Rutherford B. Hayes, Chester A. Arthur, and Benjamin Harrison all being Whigs before switching to the party, from which they were elected. The collapse of the Whigs, which had previously been one of the two major parties in the country, strengthened the party's electoral success. Upon its founding, it supported cl ...
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Democratic Party (US)
The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled a wide cadre of politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.M. Philip Lucas, "Martin Van Buren as Party Leader and at Andrew Jackson's Right Hand." in ''A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents 1837–1861'' (2014): 107–129."The Democratic Party, founded in 1828, is the world's oldest political party" states Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s. The party is a big tent, and though it is often described as liberal, it is less ideologically uniform than the Republican Party (with major individuals within it frequently holding widely different political views) due to the broader list of unique voting blocs that compose it. The historical predecessor of the Democratic Party is considered to be th ...
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Libertarian Party (United States)
The Libertarian Party (LP) is a Political parties in the United States, political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, ''laissez-faire'' capitalism, and Limited government, limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David Nolan (libertarian), David F. Nolan in Westminster, Colorado, and was officially formed on December 11, 1971, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist, Murray Rothbard. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Presidency of Richard Nixon, Nixon administration, the Vietnam War, Conscription in the United States#Vietnam War, conscription, and the introduction of fiat money. The party generally promotes a Classical liberalism, classical liberal platform, in contrast to the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party ...
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Green Party (United States)
The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroots democracy; anti-war; anti-racism; libertarian socialism and eco-socialism. On the political spectrum, the party is generally seen as left-wing. The GPUS was founded in 2001 as the Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) split from the Greens/Green Party USA (G/GPUSA). After its founding, the GPUS soon became the primary national green organization in the country, surpassing the G/GPUSA, which was formed in 1991 out of the Green Committees of Correspondence (CoC), a collection of local green groups active since the year 1984. The ASGP, which formed in 1996, had increasingly distanced itself from the G/GPUSA in the late 1990s. John Rensenbrink and Howie Hawkins were co-founders of the Green Party. The Greens gained widespre ...
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John Fernandez (Indiana Politician)
John Fernandez is an Indiana politician, the former mayor of Bloomington, Indiana from 1995 to 2003. A graduate of Indiana University, he was nominated by President Barack Obama to the post of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, leading the Economic Development Administration. Fernandez was sworn into office on September 14, 2009. As the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA), Fernandez is charged with leading the federal economic development agenda by promoting innovation and competitiveness, preparing American regions for growth and success in the global economy. With over 13 years of executive experience, Fernandez has earned a reputation as a strategic thinker, creative problem solver and effective manager. Prior to his appointment, Fernandez led the new development and acquisition team at First Capital Group, an Indiana-based real estate investment firm. Fernandez played a critical role in expan ...
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Bloomington, Indiana
Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. According to the Monroe County History Center, Bloomington is known as the "Gateway to Scenic Southern Indiana". The city was established in 1818 by a group of settlers from Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, and Virginia who were so impressed with "a haven of blooms" that they called it Bloomington. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. Bloomington is the home to Indiana University Bloomington, the flagship campus of the IU System. Established in 1820, IU Bloomington has 45,328 students, as of September 2021, and is the original and largest campus of Indiana University. Most of the campus buildings are built of Indiana limestone. Bloomington has been designated a Tree City since 1984. The city was also the location of the Academy Award–wi ...
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Todd Rokita
Theodore Edward Rokita (born February 9, 1970) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 44th and current Attorney General of Indiana. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served two terms as Secretary of State of Indiana from 2002 to 2010. When Rokita was elected to office in 2002 at age 32, he became the youngest secretary of state in the United States at the time. Rokita was a candidate to replace Mike Pence in the 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election after Pence withdrew from the race to be Donald Trump's running mate in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He lost to Eric Holcomb, Pence's lieutenant governor. Rokita vacated his U.S. House seat and unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2018. In 2020, Rokita defeated incumbent Curtis Hill for the Republican nomination for Indiana Attorney General, and in November 2020, Rokita won the general ...
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Connie Kay Nass
Connie Kay Nass is an American politician from the U.S. state, state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, she served in various local level positions before serving as Indiana State Auditor from 1999 to 2007. Political career In 1980, Nass was elected to Huntingburg, Indiana, Huntingburg Common Council and served two terms. In 1987, Nass was elected mayor of Huntingburg, defeating six-term Democratic incumbent Dale Helmerich. She served for two terms, and was succeeded in 1996 by Republican candidate Gail Kemp, with no Democrats contesting the election. Nass retired from politics in 2007 after serving as Indiana State Auditor for eight years. She was accused by Democrats of "injecting partisan rhetoric" into the typically-neutral role due to her criticisms of Democratic governor Frank O'Bannon. Nass later served as chairwoman of Indiana's Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission. Honours In 1990, she was awarded the Protect Our Woods ...
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Tim Berry (politician)
Timothy J. Berry (born August 1, 1961) is an American politician who served as the State Auditor of Indiana from 2007 to 2013 and as State Treasurer of Indiana from 1999 to 2007. He resigned as State Auditor after being elected Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party on July 22, 2013. He left his post as State Party Chairman on April 30, 2015. He was replaced by Jeff Cardwell. Education and early career Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Berry graduated from Wayne High School in 1980. Berry received his Bachelor of Business Administration from Bowling Green State University, and his Master of Business Administration from the Indiana University School of Business. Berry worked as an administrative assistant in the office of then- Fort Wayne Mayor Paul Helmke before workings as a financial officer for North American Van Lines. Berry was elected Treasurer of Allen County, Indiana Allen County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 Census, the population was ...
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2002 Indiana Elections
House of Representatives Secretary of State Democrat John Fernandez (mayor of Bloomington) and Republican Todd Rokita (Deputy Secretary of State) faced off in this election. Todd Rokita won with 55% of the vote Auditor Republican Connie Nass faced off against Democrat Barbara Huston, and Nass won by a huge margin of nearly 60% Treasurer Republican Tim Berry beat Democrat Day Smith by a considerably large margin, of around 61% References Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th s ...