Greg Goode, a Republican challenger to freshman Democrat Brad Ellsworth, stepped down from his job at Indiana State University today in order to meet voters and explore the district he’s running in:
Goode announced his candidacy for the 8th District Congress on Aug. 1. He has since then gained the support from the 8th District Republican Committee and plans on devoting his time and attention to the campaign and election.“My goals are to criss-cross the 15 counties that make up the Indiana 8th Congressional District,” Goode said. “I will be doing that for the next one year and one month of my life. This is a big district geographically speaking. It is one the largest districts in Indiana and it is going to take a lot of time. That’s why we announce this early.” (Emphasis added)
That sounds very nice… until you realize that Indiana’s 8th district has 18 counties.
I wonder which three counties Goode plans to ignore?
(H/T to the indispensable Blue Indiana)
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Before he decided against it, the Blackwater dude who was going to run in the 2nd district had prominently displayed on his congressional candidate website a picture of him with the capital building photogenically in the background — the INDIANA state capital building — raising questions of which legislative body he thought he was running for.