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Obama storms to presidential victory

Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation’s first black president Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself. “Change has come,” he told a jubilant hometown Chicago crowd estimated at nearly a quarter-million people.

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Who will be the next president?

43 different presidents have shaped our country into what it is today. What the 44th will do is pivotal. In 2004 Barack Obama was a little-known state senator from Illinois. The political newcomer had only been in politics for eight years, but was already making a name for himself in the party.And then came the speech.“Hope” means something different for John McCain.It means surviving five years as a prisoner of war and fighting cancer. After a failed campaign in 2000, it means the chance of winning in 2008.

Potential heads of state

Indiana might historically like its presidents to be conservative, but when it comes to its governors, it’s long been a swing state. Hoosier gubernatorial history is rich in representatives from both sides of the political scale, and the switch of power happens frequently. The two governors elected before Republican incumbent Mitch Daniels were Democrats – Frank O’Bannon and current Sen. Evan Bayh,  both two-term governors. Before that, Republicans held the office with a pair of two-term governors of their own – Robert Orr and Otis Bowen. This year’s gubernatorial election pits Daniels against former Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson, a Democrat, and Andy Horning, a Libertarian.For more election information visit www.idsnews.com/news/politics

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Candidate profile 9th Congressional District: Eric Schansberg

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Candidate profile 9th Congressional District: Mike Sodrel

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Obama: The campaign machine

In 2004 Barack Obama was a little-known state senator from Illinois. The political newcomer had only been in politics for eight years, but was already making a name for himself in the party. And then came the speech.

The rise of John McCain

"Hope” means something different for John McCain. It means surviving five years as a prisoner of war and fighting cancer. After a failed campaign in 2000, it means the chance of winning in 2008.

Trading places

The race for Indiana’s 9th Congressional District is coming to a close, and voters will choose Tuesday between two familiar candidates and one newer one. Mike Sodrel (R) and incumbent Rep. Baron Hill, D-9th, have contested Southern Indiana’s congressional seat each election since 2002, making the 9th District one of the most competitive swing districts on the national stage. At the same time, Eric Schansberg, an IU-Southeast New Albany professor of economics who ran in 2006, is shaking up the race with an independent perspective.

Candidate profile 9th Congressional District: Baron Hill

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Candidate profile Governor: Andrew Horning

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Candidate profile Governor: Mitch Daniels

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Candidate profile Governor: Jill Long Thompson

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Candidate profiles: County Commissioner at-large

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Election Results

Candidate profiles: County Commissioner District 3

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Candidate profiles: Auditor

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Candidate profiles: Surveyor

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Candidate profiles: Coroner

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