Election Coverage

Twenty people gathered in front of the Winfield K. Denton Federal Building on New Year's Eve to pray for national, state and local political leaders.

INDIANAPOLIS — A month after his 21-month bid for the U.S. Senate failed, Richard Mourdock is blaming the decision voters made on news media.

Stan Way, a Latter-day Saint from Jasper, Ala., had just finished dinner out with some Mormon missionaries when he noticed a car slowing as it approached.

Former U.S. Rep. David L. Cornwell, 67, who served one term (1977-79) in Congress from Indiana's 8th District, died earlier this month at his home in Annapolis, Md.

Fresh off a victory that sent shock waves through Indiana's education and political establishments, Glenda Ritz must now navigate a tricky path as the Democratic state superintendent of public instruction in an otherwise Republican-dominated Statehouse.

After a grueling and bitter campaign season, it can take a little Hoosier wisdom to put things in perspective.

President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney failed to convince an estimated 94 million eligible Americans to cast ballots this month, making none-of-the-above the actual and easy winner.

Eighteen months ago, Rick Davis was on top of the world. Nominated for mayor by Evansville's majority party, he was the man of the hour at a wild election night party attended by scores of delirious supporters.

Hoosier voters left Indiana's government in Republican hands after Tuesday's election, but not before extracting a steep toll from candidates who had strayed too far from the middle.

A day after voters ousted the leading champion of Indiana's education reform efforts, the state's current and future governors quickly directed his successor to the sidelines.

Democrats dominated the few contested races on Southern Illinois ballots in Tuesday's general election.

Altering the course of U.S. social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown with federal authorities by legalizing recreational use of marijuana.

Hoosier voters left Indiana’s government in Republican hands in Tuesday’s election, but not before extracting a steep toll from candidates who had strayed too far from the middle

George Nash looked down the line of about 150 people in front of him waiting to cast their ballots at Washington Square Mall Tuesday evening and couldn't believe the polls were closed.

U.S. Rep. Larry Bucshon waited about 25 minutes to cast his vote at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Newburgh before heading out for some last-minute campaigning in the northern part of Indiana's 8th District.