U.S. Congress - Indiana's 9th District
Incumbent: Baron Hill (D)
Challengers: Mike Sodrel (R), Eric Schansberg (L)
The ninth district encompasses southern Indiana including the suburbs of Louisville, Bloomington (the home of Indiana University), and Columbus. This will be the fourth straight match-up between Hill and Sodrel. Hill has a two-to-one edge. Schansberg received a respectable 4% in 2006.
Baron Hill is another Indiana Blue Dog. His bill sponsorship is characterized (by GovTrack) as quite moderate like we've seen from other Indiana Blue Dogs. After reading his positions on the issues, I'd characterize him as slightly less moderate - a little more to the left than the other Blue Dogs we've profiled.
Mike Sodrel served one term in Congress (2005-2007). He has been a small businessman predominantly in the trucking industry. With this background, he places a lot of focus on lower taxes, advocating the fair tax, and is unafraid to bring home the bacon to his district. I'd consider him to be a fairly practical Republican. His campaign site does not discuss his foreign policy views.
Eric Schansberg holds a Ph.D. in Economics and teaches at Indiana University Southeast. He has a respectable website (not that that makes him qualified) and brings his Libertarian views and economics background to his campaign. He has also studied and written on public policy. Schansberg is against ongoing action in Iraq, corporate tax subsidies, and most forms of government intervention.
Endorsement: Schansberg
Prediction: Hill
2 comments:
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Not a problem. Best of luck today. Let's hope you break 5%! Actually, I'd be curious to understand your personal goals for the campaign. If you don't want to share them publicly, I'd respect that and keep them to myself you share.
Thanks for visiting! I plan on adding your blog to my favorites - I didn't get a chance to read as much as I would have liked last night.
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