The Cheat Sheet reports on various political developments in Indiana, including former mayoral candidate Jefferson Shreve's congressional run and Todd Rokita's reelection challenges as Attorney General. Shreve aims to appeal to voters outside the die-hard Trump and Second Amendment supporter crowds, while Rokita faces potential intra-party opposition and a more competitive landscape. Additionally, the article highlights legislative tensions in the Indiana General Assembly and ongoing controversies in the race for governor.

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Shreve, The Dark Horse
Former Indianapolis Mayoral
candidate Jefferson Shreve
announced last week that he was
officially running in the Sixth
Congressional District, you know,
the race where the ballot looks like a
CVS pharmacy receipt. Yeah, that
Sixth District.
At first glance, conventional wisdom
says Shreve doesn’t have a shot,
particularly with his position on guns
and permitless carry. In his public
safety plan during the Mayor’s race, he
called for raising the age to buy a gun
to 21, an assault weapons ban and the
end for permitless carry in Marion
County.
Normally, those would be a death wish
for any Republican, but that may not
necessarily be the case with Shreve.

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There are eight candidates running in
the Republican primary in CD 6. And
remember, in Indiana, you don’t need
a majority to win and election, just a
plurality. That means that instead of
Shreve needing 51 percent of the vote
to win, he only needs 13 percent.
And that’s a very similar scenario as
the other candidate try to cannibalize
the Trump vote. Trump is very
popular in CD 6. And so are second
amendment rights, but not all
Republicans in the Sixth are die-hard
Trump supporters or 2A-type folks.
So, with the other candidates going for
the Trump/2A crowd, Shreve can focus
his attention on those other voters.
And, as we know first-hand, he has the
money to compete.
The only candidate who can likely
match Shreve’s financial prowess is
businessman Jamison Carrier.
Definitely stay tuned for this one.
This race is going to get interesting.

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Is Rokita Running Out of
Steam?
Is the soon to be former Attorney
General known as Todd Rokita
starting to run out of steam? One
national political expert thinks so.
National political analyst Larry Sabato
of the University of Virginia’s Center
for Politics has been looking at the
Indiana Attorney General’s race and
found it becoming more competitive.
According to the report, the Indiana
Attorney General’s race is the only
2024 AG race to prompt a ratings shift
so far from Safe Republican to Lean
Republican.
The report also stated the following…
● Rokita has been highly visible,
and controversial, particularly for
pursuing sanctions against a
physician who spoke to the
media about the case of a 10-
year-old rape victim that
attracted national attention.
Televised comments Rokita made
about the physician later drew
him a reprimand from the
Indiana Supreme Court, making
him the second consecutive
Republican AG in the state to be
reprimanded by the court. In
turn, Rokita has adopted a
Trumpian, bare-knuckled
response.

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● Establishment Republicans
already weren’t thrilled with
Rokita, and it’s possible he could
get intra-party opposition in the
Republican nominating
convention. Rokita himself
became the GOP nominee in
2020 by securing the convention
nod over Curtis Hill. Hill is
currently running for governor
but could drop back into the AG
race. Alternately, a more
pragmatic Republican could seek
the convention nod.
● However the GOP primary plays
out, the Democrats are expecting
to have a credible nominee. The
early frontrunner has been
Destiny Wells, an Afghanistan
War veteran and attorney who
lost to Republican Diego Morales
in the 2022 secretary of state
contest. Entering the race more
recently is Beth White, the former
elected clerk in Marion County.
● Either Democrat would receive
significant party support,
because the AG race is expected
to be Indiana’s marquee race in
2024, more than even the
gubernatorial and Senate
contests.
● It would be a heavy lift for any
Democrat to beat Rokita—no
Democrat has won a statewide
contest in Indiana since 2012—
but a Democratic win is no longer
outside the realm of possibility.
Is anyone really surprised at this?
We’re not. What’s most interesting
about this is that Sabato is saying what
we all knew instinctively.

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A Few Other Items Worth
Mentioning
So, where is that thing that usually
happens around this time of year at the
Indiana General Assembly at throws
everything out of whack? We’re still
keeping an eye out, but we are
hearing rumblings that a lot of industry
groups are not happy with Indiana
lawmakers these days. As lawmakers
promised a “quiet, uneventful”
session, that’s apparently not
happening with a lot of bills moving
through, particularly with health care,
insurance and hospitals. This is
causing some major trust issues right
now. And TCS hears things are only
going to get worse next year. And
when we say worse, we mean totally
f******* up!
State Senator Greg Goode is looking
at lowering Indiana’s drinking age
from 21 to 18 when it comes to beer.
That is a beer with an ABV rate of five
percent or less. ABV stands for
Alcohol by volume. It’s used to

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measure the alcohol content of beer,
wine, distilled spirits, and other
alcoholic beverages. Beers typically
fall in the 3.0 to 13.0 percent ABV
range, with the majority being 4.0 to
7.0 percent ABV. Some can be weaker
or stronger than this.
There’s another poll floating out there
in the race for Governor. It was just a
one-question text poll, asking if the
2024 Republican primary election for
Governor was held today; who would
you vote for?
1. Mike Braun
2. Brad Chambers
3. Suzanne Crouch
4. Eric Doden
5. Curtis Hill
6. Undecided
We thought it was interesting that
Jamie Reitenour was left off the list, as
she did manage to do pretty well with
signatures.
Speaking of signatures, look for a
challenge to Nikki Haley’s
signatures, particularly in CD 7 where
she got 500 signatures, the bare
minimum to be on the ballot. TCS is
hearing that the Donald Trump folks
are going through the signatures with
a fine-toothed comb to see if any
signatures are invalid and Haley can
be removed.
In the race for governor and U.S.
Senate, things are about to get ugly.
We hear Brad Chambers is going to
get hit for allegedly flying his private
plane to Florida on the weekends
during COVID. And John Rust has
been accused of showing up at Jim
Banks’ office in Ft. Wayne
unannounced. Banks’ office is a
federal building and you need an
appointment to get it.
And we’re hearing the subject of the
FBI’s investigation at the statehouse
may involve alcohol legislation and
they are reportedly looking at
lawmakers and lobbyists.
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