Live Election Coverage – Indiana Capital Chronicle

Live Election Coverage  Indiana Capital Chronicle

Hoosiers go to the polls today in Indiana's general election. Keep track of all the news throughout the day and evening. Hoosiers go to the polls today in Indiana’s general election. We have five journalists out and about tracking the key races. Keep up with all the news throughout the day and evening right here. Indiana Democratic chair Karen Tallian is exuberant as people started arriving for the party’s election night gathering. “I hope to be speechless at that podium,” Tallian told the Capital Chronicle. “I think we have early numbers coming in, and not just from Indiana but from across the country, show a lot of blue going on.

… I’m trying to not be overexcited, but it’s really hard right now.” Tallian hopes for a breakthrough of statewide victories that Democrats haven’t achieved since 2012. Over at the Indiana Republicans’ party, the mood is upbeat. Supporters are still trickling in. Retirees joined couples with strollers and briefcase-carrying professionals on Tuesday afternoon at Allisonville Christian Church, where the line of several dozen voters snaked outside and down the sidewalk. The church, located 10 miles northeast of downtown Indianapolis, attracted voters with starkly different opinions on the ballot-topping secretary of state race. Competing for the job of administering Indiana’s elections are Republican Max Engling, Democrat Beau Bayh, Libertarian Lauri Shillings