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(THREAD) This one stings. Rex Early, a longtime Indiana GOP activist and donor, has died, according to the Indy Star. Early was Trump's spokesman in the 2016 Trump Indiana campaign. Early was 88. #ingov #insen #indiana (1)

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Early was a former state rep in the 1960s and a Marine vet. He became Reagan's Indiana campaign chair in the 1980s. In 1991, he became party chair and raised money to stave off the state GOP's insolvency. (2)
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) said if you wanted to run for office in Indiana, you approached Rex: "From dog catcher to U.S. President, lines formed at his door for an endorsement." #insen #ingov (3)
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Primarily historical #thread:

This makes 3.5 #INGov polls in the last month. The first of those got a ton of attention: the Change Research poll which showed Holcomb's lead shrinking to 6 points and Libertarian Don Rainwater pulling 24%. Since then:

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Change Research: Holcomb 36/Myers 30/Rainwater 24

Internal R poll (per @lerdody): Holcomb 60/Myers 21/Rainwater 6

Crowdfunded @surveyusa poll released today: Holcomb 55, Myers 25, Rainwater 10

Unspecified poll per @AttyAbdul: Holcomb "mid-50s," Myers "mid-20s," Rainwater 8

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Any of those polls except the first would make Holcomb a shoo-in for reelection. But all of them would make Rainwater the most successful Libertarian #INGov candidate ever. In fact, since the 1851 constitution, only one 3rd-party candidate has ever managed even 6%:

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Now the @INDems ticket, starting with two candidates of whom only one will be on the ticket: @TallianforAG and @WeinzapfelforAG.
After a video message from @JoeBiden, @LawsonForIN, live from Brown County. She's back in politics as LG nominee after retiring from the House in 2018.
Lawson: "Hoosiers are thirsty for change after years of going unheard by the Republican supermajority" in #INLegis. She says minorities in particular have gone unheard, and slams "a lack of leadership" in the weeks since the #GeorgeFloyd shooting.
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