2026 Midterm Elections Live Blog – the indiana citizen

2026 Midterm Elections Live Blog  the indiana citizen

"We ran the campaign we wanted to" Greg Ballard is milling around the room, greeting supporters at his watch party in downtown Indianapolis. Ballard has traveled an improbable journey to becoming a contender in the race for Indiana secretary of state, launching the new Lincoln Party and collecting more than 40,000 signatures in order to Greg Ballard is milling around the room, greeting supporters at his watch party in downtown Indianapolis. Ballard has traveled an improbable journey to becoming a contender in the race for Indiana secretary of state, launching the new Lincoln Party and collecting more than 40,000 signatures in order to appear on the November ballot. Although polling has him trailing far behind the major party candidates, Republican Max Engling and Democrat Beau Bayh, Ballard is proud of his campaign.

“We ran the campaign we wanted to,” Ballard said. “We were above board, positive, talked about policy. We did it all the way through it as I said we would. It’s amazing the comments we got, especially in the last month, people who said, ‘Thank you for running the campaign the way you did.’” With polls closed in Indiana, State Democratic Party Chair Karen Tallian released the following statement: “Tonight, Hoosiers made their voices heard. From the first day of early voting to the last voter in line