Ex-lawmaker planning to run for governor

[AwakeAtLast]

IndyStar.com Metro & State Politics
July 10, 2007

Ex-lawmaker planning to run for governor

By Karen Eschbacher
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Former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson today will make official what has long been expected: She's running for governor.

Long Thompson has scheduled announcement events for today in South Bend, Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, and plans to travel to Evansville and Terre Haute Wednesday. She joins Indianapolis architect Jim Schellinger and Senate Minority Leader Richard Young Jr., D-Milltown, who also are seeking the Democratic nomination and hope to take on Gov. Mitch Daniels in 2008.

Long Thompson said she is running on a promise to "reinvest in Indiana."
"I know that we can create good-paying jobs here in Indiana with good leadership," she said Monday.

More at link: http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070710/LOCAL19/707100398

[Sadie5]

1. I remember Jill

Met her in the early eighties. She and Bayh were bousom buddies back then. The repigs are pissed about property taxes but are in a love fest with Mitch.

[AwakeAtLast]

2. Read the comments

I'm not so sure about said love fest. We'll see!

I think it would be great to have a woman for Governor, BTW.

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