Mike Sodrel announces bid for 2008

Former Rep. Mike Sodrel announced Tuesday that he will run for Indiana’s 9th District Congressional House seat in 2008. \nIt will be his fourth election running against current 9th District Rep. Baron Hill. Sodrel, a Republican, ran against Hill, a Democrat, in 2002, 2004 and 2006. Hill defeated Sodrel in 2002, though Sodrel won the seat in 2004. Hill was reelected in the last election, winning by a margin of less than 5 percent, according to a press release from Dr. Eric Schansberg, the third 9th district congressional seat candidate.\n“A lot of voters voted for change in 2006,” Sodrel said in a press release. “I don’t think higher taxes, more spending and more programs were what they had in mind. I’m not running for Congress to be important, I’m running to do some things that are important.”\nSodrel ran in 2006 on the platforms of “protecting traditional marriage,” “protecting the flag” and creating jobs in Indiana, according to advertisements listed on Sodrel’s Web site.