Despite what I said above about Sakbun, it is pretty surprising he was able to unseat Duke Bennett, who handily won multiple elections and was in office the entire time I’ve been here, which is about 10 years. I do attribute it to people being fed up with Republicans, especially since this town is heavily populated by union members. We have a whole bunch of union halls and people with ‘union strong’ signs outside their houses. That didn’t stop them from voting Republican in the past, but maybe they’ve finally realized that Republicans have done nothing for them.
That said, Indiana has had a Democrat for governor in living memory (Evan Bayh), a Democrat in the senate relatively recently (Joe Donnelly) and it went for Obama in 2008, so it’s not as red as it seems. And, of course, Pete Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.
Despite what I said above about Sakbun, it is pretty surprising he was able to unseat Duke Bennett, who handily won multiple elections and was in office the entire time I’ve been here, which is about 10 years. I do attribute it to people being fed up with Republicans, especially since this town is heavily populated by union members. We have a whole bunch of union halls and people with ‘union strong’ signs outside their houses. That didn’t stop them from voting Republican in the past, but maybe they’ve finally realized that Republicans have done nothing for them.
That said, Indiana has had a Democrat for governor in living memory (Evan Bayh), a Democrat in the senate relatively recently (Joe Donnelly) and it went for Obama in 2008, so it’s not as red as it seems. And, of course, Pete Buttigieg was mayor of South Bend, Indiana.