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Goodin confirmed as McCormick’s running mate at Democratic state convention – Inside INdiana Business
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The ticket for the Indiana Democratic Party is set after the party’s delegates confirmed Terry Goodin as their lieutenant governor candidate Saturday evening to run alongside gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick this November.
McCormick, the former state superintendent of public instruction, endorsed Goodin as her preferred candidate in June, saying the former state representative reflected her priorities and countered what her campaign calls an “extreme agenda” by her Republican opponents Mike Braun and Micah Beckwith.
Delegates at Saturday’s state convention largely supported their gubernatorial candidate’s choice with 1,209 votes. Tamie Dixon-Tatum, who failed to garner enough signatures to get on the gubernatorial ballot, also tallied 162 votes. Clif Marsiglio received 145 votes and perennial political candidate Bob Kern ended up with nine. A total of 1,932 delegates attended the convention.
Also on Saturday, Destiny Wells topped Beth White to become the Democratic candidate for attorney general to challenge incumbent Todd Rokita.
McCormick will face Braun and Libertarian Donald Rainwater in November’s election to replace Gov. Eric Holcomb, a Republican, who could not run for reelection due to term limits.
Democrats are attempting to capitalize on what Party Chair Mike Schmuhl calls “the most extreme ticket the Republicans have ever put forward in our state’s history.”
While Goodin’s reputation as a “socially conservative Democrat” added another layer to McCormick’s centrist ticket, some Democrats have criticized the campaign for lacking competitiveness and leaning too far center (especially considering her past as a Republican).
When McCormick announced him as her preferred pick, he gave similar positions but also recanted his previous conservatively aligned positions on abortion and same-sex marriage.
Goodin spent two decades representing the 66th District in southern Indiana in the state House of Representatives. He lost his reelection in 2020 to Republican Zach Payne.
Since his time in the Statehouse, Goodin has served as the Indiana State Rural Development Director for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Representing the rural demographic McCormick needs to persuade, he is a native of Austin, Indiana, and grew up on and still tends to a cattle farm. Goodin belongs to the Indiana Farm Bureau and the National Rifle Association as well as beef cattle, religious and superintendent groups. He also identifies as Pentecostal.
In his acceptance speech, Goodin recounted campaign priorities to support rural economic development, improve public school education and reduce poverty. He also spoke of fighting against injustice and gave his support to the LGBTQ community.
“Indiana’s better days are ahead of her,” he said. “We will reach those days when we elect Jennifer McCormick the governor of the great state of Indiana.”
McCormick and Goodin told reporters they believe their “common sense” ticket will convert voters, especially in southern Indiana.
Amid fundraising deficits and an ideological supermajority, the pair said it will take a widespread effort and a lot of campaigning. But, McCormick smiled when Goodin said he’s competitive and looking forward to the challenge.
“It’s going to be a big lift, but we’re energized,” McCormick said. “It’s going to take very much a grassroots coalition.”
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RIPLEY COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — A statewide Silver Alert has been issued for two young children in Indiana.
Police in Ripley County, southeast of Indianapolis, are looing for the children who may be siblings.
The first child is 3-year-old Aaliyah Buckingham.
She was last seen wearing a pink cat shirt and tie-dye shorts.
The younger child is 1-year-old Shane Buckingham, last seen in a red shirt and diaper.
Police think both are with 45-year-old Timothy Buckingham, who was last seen driving a brown GMC truck.
Timothy is described as a 6′ 3″ white man weighing 225 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
Photo of Timothy Buckingham provided by Indiana State Police
Police have not confirmed the relationship of the three, or why the children are believed to be in danger.
Anyone who sees the three are asked to contact the nearest police department.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A firefighter for the Indianapolis Fire Department was sent to the hospital Wednesday after battling a fire at a vacant house.
According to a Facebook post made by IFD, the fire happened around 10:15 a.m. at a house on Bluff Rd. IFD says that there were several complications, including limited access to fire hydrants and “interior hoarder conditions” that IFD says was due to squatters.
The injured firefighter received “slight injury,” the Facebook post said.
It took over an hour and a half to get the fire under control, according to IFD, and another hour to put out all the remaining hot spots in the building.
According to IFD, the cause of the fire is currently unknown. Their Fire Investigations Unit is working on figuring out what caused the fire.
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