APNewsbreak: Donnelly to run for US Senate in Ind.

[nofurylike]

By Henry C. Jackson
May 8, 2011

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110508/ap_o...ana_senate

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Two Democrats with firsthand knowledge of Donnelly's plans told The Associated Press that the congressman is entering the race because he believes that Lugar will lose a Republican primary offering him a path to the Senate. Lugar is facing a strong challenge from his right, State Treasurer Richard Mourdock.

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he is announcing on monday.
i look forward to more information about this, from those who know. about this Representative, and about this race. will this risk another house seat? is there a Dem hopeful who might replace Donnelly?

[Cha]

I had to look him up and glad I did..

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2006
On May 2, 2006, Donnelly defeated Steve Francis for the Democratic nomination, setting up a rematch against Chris Chocola.[30]

Because Chocola was a strong supporter of George W. Bush, the race was expected to be more competitive than in 2004 in light of Bush's waning popularity. The website Moveon.org identified Donnelly as a top contender to defeat a Republican incumbent in the house, and began running its "Red-Handed" ads against Chocola early in the campaign. Chocola still maintained a significant money advantage over Donnelly, but in 2006, Donnelly had enough to maintain a competitive advertising presence throughout the campaign.

The campaign was heated, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sponsoring ads attacking Chocola as being beholden to monied interests in the insurance, pharmaceutical, and energy industries. Chocola returned fire by attacking Donnelly over a late tax filing and by attempting to link him to liberal House leader Nancy Pelosi.[31]

On November 7, 2006, Donnelly defeated Chris Chocola by 15,145 votes, or 8% of a substantially larger total of votes relative to 2004.[32] The key difference between the 2006 and 2004 elections for Donnelly lay in the results within St. Joseph County, the location of South Bend and by far the largest county in the district. Traditionally reliably Democratic, voters in the county chose Donnelly over Chocola by only a few hundred votes in the 2004 election. In 2006, however, Donnelly amassed 58% of the county's votes, generating a 14,000-vote margin.

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2010

Donnelly was challenged by Republican nominee State Representative Jackie Walorski. Despite huge GOP gains Donnelly was re-elected with 48% of the vote to Walorski's 47%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

Thanks for the "newsbreak", nofurylike. I should add..he lost some races early on but just kept trying!

[nofurylike]

(05-08-2011 02:26 PM)Cha Wrote:  I had to look him up and glad I did..

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2006
On May 2, 2006, Donnelly defeated Steve Francis for the Democratic nomination, setting up a rematch against Chris Chocola.[30]

Because Chocola was a strong supporter of George W. Bush, the race was expected to be more competitive than in 2004 in light of Bush's waning popularity. The website Moveon.org identified Donnelly as a top contender to defeat a Republican incumbent in the house, and began running its "Red-Handed" ads against Chocola early in the campaign. Chocola still maintained a significant money advantage over Donnelly, but in 2006, Donnelly had enough to maintain a competitive advertising presence throughout the campaign.

The campaign was heated, with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee sponsoring ads attacking Chocola as being beholden to monied interests in the insurance, pharmaceutical, and energy industries. Chocola returned fire by attacking Donnelly over a late tax filing and by attempting to link him to liberal House leader Nancy Pelosi.[31]

On November 7, 2006, Donnelly defeated Chris Chocola by 15,145 votes, or 8% of a substantially larger total of votes relative to 2004.[32] The key difference between the 2006 and 2004 elections for Donnelly lay in the results within St. Joseph County, the location of South Bend and by far the largest county in the district. Traditionally reliably Democratic, voters in the county chose Donnelly over Chocola by only a few hundred votes in the 2004 election. In 2006, however, Donnelly amassed 58% of the county's votes, generating a 14,000-vote margin.

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2010

Donnelly was challenged by Republican nominee State Representative Jackie Walorski. Despite huge GOP gains Donnelly was re-elected with 48% of the vote to Walorski's 47%.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Donnelly

Thanks for the "newsbreak", nofurylike. I should add..he lost some races early on but just kept trying!

thank you so much for adding that information, Cha! it sounds like he is strong for the race!