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Rosa Uhrin's avatar

So if Turning Point USA is helping to fund political ads, why is our governor pushing for that organization to be facilitated in our school organizations. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Zachary Baiel's avatar

To run political ads and campaigns in the schools.

David Sanders's avatar

Interesting reference to the undesirability of being a political puppet. There is an alternative to both of these Republican Senate 23 candidates. I am the Democratic candidate.

Jenn B's avatar

Yes. I had a similar comment in an earlier thread. These Republican candidates won’t be our only options.

Side note - I’m wondering what the R support will look like in the general, if their super-funded challengers lose in the primaries. I assume there will be a lot of backpedaling.

Zachary Baiel's avatar

The race keeps heating up!

Mo's avatar

I have been seeing TWO very annoying ads - the Deery one and the Alting one against his competitor in the primary. The Alting one (and I am aware of the other guy's background) comes across as low class and I would think a Senator would not have stooped that low to ok it.

The Deery one will not influence me as much as the connections each have. What is worse/better -Beckwith or Daniels?

Redistricting attempts are over and done with. Get over it and move on focusing on policies, not on getting back at a candidate.

This is just like the campaign literature and form letters we get from some of these people - no accountability and constant blame or wanting to "get even".

Zachary Baiel's avatar

Hello, Mo. I have not seen the Alting one. Do you happen to have a copy or link you could share?

Mo's avatar

Sorry It just shows up on tv at various times. It's a definite bashing of the other candidate. Very negative.

I prefer candidates who stand on their own without blaming, criticizing and trying to convince me to not

vote for the other person - very lacking in confidence in promoting his own positives Does that translate into maybe he doesn't have his own positives to promote?

Zachary Baiel's avatar

Thanks, Mo. I do not have television, so I have not seen it. Maybe it's online, too.

I agree that I enjoy hearing about the positive contributions and actions an elected official has done in office.

Shelley Lowenberg-DeBoer's avatar

I believe the voter registration is April 6, not April 8.

Dave Bangert's avatar

You’re correct. I’ll fix that. Thanks for flagging that.

Zachary Baiel's avatar

Thanks, Dave. I just saw that same Hoosier Leadership for America anti-Deery ad on YouTube. Deery only addressed the China farmland one in his video. The three claims were:

Claim: Spencer Deery voted for higher property taxes via SB1 2025

Claim: Spencer Deery voted with Democrats to help the liberal squad on redistricting via SB1 2025

Claim: Spencer Deery voted to let China own our farmland via HB1183 2024

I am curious how he would answer the other two claims.

The race is heating up.