Tag Archives: 9th district

City Council member Andy Ruff announced last week that he is running for Congress. Ruff will run as a Democrat for the 9th District, which is currently held by Republican Congressman Trey Hollingsworth who will likely run in the coming election. WFHB’s News Director, Kade Young, talks to Andy Ruff about his campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives. City …

Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was in Bloomington on Friday. Sanders is on a 9-state tour to endorse Democratic candidates, including Indiana 9th congressional district candidate Liz Watson. Sanders spoke during a get-out-the-vote rally in Dunn Meadow, on Friday. The former Democratic presidential candidate then marched with Indiana University students and rally attendees to Monroe County Election Central, in downtown …

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) will stump for 9th Congressional District candidate Liz Watson, at Indiana University on Friday. WFHB News Director Wes Martin and Reporter Gabe Donnelly, sit down with Watson to discuss Sanders’ endorsement, the Get Out the Vote rally, the election against incumbent Congressman Trey Hollingsworth, campaign finance reform, and her relationship with defeated primary Democratic rival, Dan Canon. Sanders …

On March 28 at the Monroe County Public Library, the Concerned Scientists at IU hosted a forum of candidates for the 9th Congressional District. Liz Watson, Rob Chatlos and Dan Canon participated. James Dean Alspach attended, though he entered the race after the event was organized and thus could not participate.

British-Indian Author and Booker Prize for Fiction winner, Sir Salman Rushdie, accepts an honorary doctorate from Indiana University; A shortage of volunteers persists at the Monroe County Court Appointed Special Advocates program; Indiana’s Democratic 9th congressional district candidates meet at the Monroe County Public Library; The Monroe County Council hears from Assessor Judy Sharp over an ongoing challenge to the county’s tax collection …

On March 20 at the Monroe County Public Library, the Monroe County Black Democratic Caucus and the Indiana Latino Democratic Caucus hosted a forum of candidates for the 9th Congressional District and county-wide offices.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee put Indiana’s 9th Congressional District on a shortlist of races to watch in 2018. WFHB News Director Wes Martin speaks with Indiana Democratic Party Communications Director Phil Johnson about what that may mean for Democratic candidates next year.

Democratic candidate for US Senate, Baron Hill, announced today that he is withdrawing from the race. Hill will be replaced on the ticket by Evan Bayh, the former Governor of Indiana and Senator who left the Senate in 2010. Bayh will be facing off against the Republican candidate, Todd Young, in November. Young is the current representative for Indiana’s 9th …