1340 AM, Saturday, November 7th, 2009

Complete November 2008 Area Candidate Listing

All names as to be listed on ballot.
Italics indicate incumbent.
Where available, clicking on candidate's names will lead you to their campaign website or similar information.
For races with unresolved primaries, all primary candidates will remain listed until updated information becomes available.
*denotes Write-In candidates

President of the United States of America (w/ Vice President)
Barack Obama (D-IL) - Joe Biden (D-DE)
John McCain (R-AZ) - Sarah Palin (R-AK)
Cynthia McKinney* (Green-GA) - Rosa A. Clemente (Green-NY)
Chuck Baldwin* (Const.-FL) - Darrell L. Castle (Const.-TN)
Lawson Mitchell Bone* (Ind.-TN) - No VP Named
Michael L. Faith* (Ind.-OH) - No VP Named
Brian Moore* (Socialist-FL) - Stewart A. Alexander (Socialist-CA)
Kevin Mottus* (Ind.-CA) - No VP Named
Ralph Nader* (Ind.-CT) - Matt Gonzalez (Ind.-CA)
John Leroy Plemons* (Ind.-OH) - No VP Named
"Lou" Kujawski* (Ind. OH) - No VP Named

Governor
Jill Long Thompson (D-Argos)
Mitch Daniels (R-Indianapolis)
Andy Horning (L-Freedom)
Timothy Lee Frye* (Ind.-Greenwood)
Christopher Stried* (Ind.-West Lafayette)

Lieutenant Governor
Dennie Oxley (D-English)
Becky Skillman (R-Bedford)
Lisa Kelly (L-Indianapolis)

United States Senate
No elections this year.

Attorney General
Linda Pence (D-Indianapolis)
Greg Zoeller (R-New Albany)

Superintendent of Public Instruction
Richard D. Wood (D-Lafayette)
Tony Bennett (R-Clarksville)
Kevin R. Brown* (D-Ft. Wayne)

United States Representative

District 4
Nels Ackerson (D-Zionsville)
Steve Buyer (R-Monticello)

District 6
Barry A. Welsh (D-Connersville)
Mike Pence (R-Anderson)
George T. Holland (L-Rushville)

District 8
Brad Ellsworth (D-Evansville)
Greg Goode (R-Terre Haute)

District 9
Baron P. Hill (D-Seymour)
Mike Sodrel (R-Jeffersonville)
D. Eric Schansberg (L-New Albany)

Indiana State Senate

District 39:
None filed

District 40
Vi Simpson (D-Bloomington)
Leslie O. Compton (R-Bloomington)

District 44
Matthew S. Colglazier (D-Heltonville)
Brent Steele (R-Bedford)

District 48
None filed

Indiana House of Representatives

District 60
Peggy Welch (D-Bloomington)
No Republican filed

District 62:
Sandra Blanton (D-Orleans)
Brook Tarr (D-Orleans)

District 65
Eric A. Koch (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

District 73
Dennie Oxley (D-English)
Steve Davisson (R-Salem)

North Lawrence Community School Board District 4
Barb Alexander
Larry Arnold
Rowena Cross-Najafi
J. Scott Gillespie
L. Tom Harrell
Jeff Lambrecht
Patricia "Trisha" O'Rourke
Samuel "Sam" Shaw
Tony G. Van Pelt
Rickey Dale Wessel

Judge of the Circuit Court

Lawrence (81st Circuit)
Andrea K. McCord (R-Mitchell)
No Democrat filed

Monroe (10th Circuit) Div. V
Kenneth G. Todd (R-Bloomington)
No Democrat filed

Monroe (10th Circuit) Div. VI
Valeri Haughton (D-Bloomington)
Joby D. Jerrells (R-Bloomington)

Monroe (10th Circuit) Div. IX
Elizabeth Ann Cure (D-Bloomington)
Christine Talley-Haseman (R-Bloomington)

Judge of the Superior Court

Greene County
Democratic Party:
Jacob Fish (D-Jasonville)
Dena Benham Martin (R-Worthington)

Jackson County
Bruce Markel, III (R-Brownstown)
No Democrat filed

Lawrence County No. 2
William G. Sleva (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Orange County
Robert Michael Cloud (R-Orleans)
No Democrat filed

Lawrence County Races

Circuit Court Clerk
Myron Rainey (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Coroner
John C. Sherrill (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Recorder
Jessica L. Allen (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Auditor
Billie J. Tumey (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Treasurer
Debbie Harrison Thompson (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Surveyor
Michael D. Arena (R-Bedford)
No Democrat filed

Commissioner - Dist. 2 (Pick 1)
William Luttrell (D-Mitchell)
William Spreen (R-Williams)

Commissioner - Dist. 3 (Pick 1)
Darin S. Kinser (D-Bedford)
David A. Flinn (R-Bedford)

County Council at Large (Pick 3)
Penny Sue Pierce (D-Mitchell)
Kristine Van Pelt (D-Bedford)
Mike Branham (R-Bedford)
James R. Edwards (R-Bedford)
Gene McCracken (R-Bedford)

Orange County Races

Circuit Court Clerk
Roger Purkhiser (R-French Lick)
No Democrat filed

Coroner
Terry L. Pinnick (R-French Lick)
No Democrat filed

Recorder
Stacie L. Wolfington (R-Paoli)
No Democrat filed

Auditor
Diann Mathers (R-Paoli)
No Democrat filed

Treasurer
Sandy D. Hill (R-Paoli)
No Democrat filed

Commissioner - Dist. 2
Donald R. Crockett (R-Paoli)
No Democrat filed

Commissioner Dist. 3
Thomas A. Lamb (R-Orleans)
No Democrat filed

County Council at Large (Pick 3)
Greg Farlow (R-Paoli)
John F. Noblitt (R-Orleans)
Alan D. Waynick (R-Paoli)
No Democrat filed

Updated: 2/25/2008 1:44pm Lawrence County races
Updated: 2/25/2008 1:59pm Orange County races
Updated: 2/26/2008 7:54am Mitchell, Orleans, Paoli, Springs Valley School Boards
Updated: 3/03/2008 10:43pm Migrated from "Politics" section, added cities of origin for several candidates
Updated: 4/07/2008 7:38am Added several campaign websites, plus VoteSmart pages for those candidates without sites.
Updated: 4/11/2008 1:03pm Added several candidate home towns
Updated: 5/8/2008 7:31pm Changed races to reflect move from Primary Election to General Election
Updated: 8/18/2008 10:18am Added several statewide races and third party candidates, also, added races for 6th and 8th District US Congress
Updated: 8/25/2008 6:53am Added candidates for North Lawrence Community School Board District 4
Updated: 9/29/2008 7:45am Finalized list with corrected race listings and all locations-of-origin.

PLEASE NOTE: For incumbent officeholders, websites for official government work were NOT added, as it is illegal for candidates to conduct election/campaign business with government resources. If you know of a regular campaign website that exists but has NOT been added to this list, please e-mail news@wbiw.com with that address and it will be added ASAP.