Indiana

Elrod Stays In 97TH

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Republican Jon Elrod is abandoning his race for Congress and instead focusing on the 97th House District. Elrod told me he was at a crossroads and weighed where the voters were and where he could do the most good. He said it was better to focus on a hard-fought return to the statehouse rather than go for a long-shot bid for Congress.

The decision may have also been influenced by the fact that in the March 11 special election, Elrod actually beat Democrat Andre Carson by several hundred votes, even though Carson won by a comfortable margin in the total district.

Elrod would have to be put on the ballot by the County party.

He faces a challenge from Democrat Mary Ann Sullivan.

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 18, 2008 (boomark / email).