By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
WABASH,IN Evan Bayh, former Indiana governor and U.S. senator, announced Wednesday, July 13, that he would become the Democrat Party’s candidate for Indiana’s U.S. Senate in the November election.
That announcement has drawn mixed reaction from the two local party leaders.
Chad Harris, Wabash County Democrat Party chair, praised the decision, while Barbara Pearson, Wabash County Republican Party chair, questioned it.
Harris said he was “thrilled” that Bayh “will run for his old Senate seat again.”
Bayh replaces Baron Hill on the Democrat ticket. Hill announced Monday that he was withdrawing from the race and removing his name from the ballot.
“I always question why we have primaries when they end up doing things like that,” Pearson said of the change.
For more reactions from the two local party leaders, see the July 20 issue of The Paper of Wabash County.