10/6/26 - Ellspermann endorses Ballard, Dems attack Engling on Sherfick, Vance defends Trump ad

Greg Ballard scored an interesting endorsement yesterday.

And it's really...

A bigger question of whether endorsements even actually matter.

And it's also a story of your sort of more establishment Republicans that have boldly been breaking from their party.

And I think that's the interesting thing that's at play with the secretary of state's race.

From the Capitol Chronicle, Lincoln Party Secretary of State candidate Greg Ballard picked up a notable endorsement Monday from former Lieutenant Governor Sue Elsperman.

Now, you guys may remember Elsperman was the Lieutenant Governor under Pence from 2013 to 2016.

And then...

Now, it depends on who you ask, right? There's a lot of people who believe that she said, I ain't running with Pence again.

Because Pence was going to have to go super negative on Greg.

That is the story that's been out there for years.

And she said, I ain't doing it.

And so they conveniently found, of all the people in the state of Indiana, she was the most qualified person to be the president of Ivy Tech.

It's amazing how it worked out.

And then, of course, that meant a guy who was dead last at the U.S. Senate race and was completely out of money.

somehow conveniently became lieutenant governor, and that guy was Eric Holcomb.

Right, you see how this all works? It's amazing, isn't it? But Sue Ellsperman is a name.

She's obviously a known quantity.

She's well thought of, certainly in the more traditional Republican circles, and I think it is, at least from a news story, a big deal, that she has publicly broken with her party and is supporting Greg Ballard.

Now, the question is, oh, this is probably the most important question of all.

Is she now a Republican in bad standing? Is Sue Elsperman now banned from the Lincoln days? Phil Clay, head of the Hendricks County Republican Party.

Can you clarify for me, Phil Clay, is Sue Elsperman now a Republican in bad standing? And is she banned from the Lincoln days because she's supporting a candidate, publicly endorsing, publicly supporting a candidate other than the Republican?

Anybody from state party, can you guys let

me know if Sue Elsperman is now banned from all the Lincoln days and is a Republican in bad standing? I just need to know what the rules are and we need to apply them equally.

quote, I've always been about good governance, and that has been the top priority, even above a party.

Greg Ballard scored an interesting endorsement yesterday.

And it's really...

A bigger question of whether endorsements even actually matter.

And it's also a story of your sort of more establishment Republicans that have boldly been breaking from their party.

And I think that's the interesting thing that's at play with the secretary of state's race.

From the Capitol Chronicle, Lincoln Party Secretary of State candidate Greg Ballard picked up a notable endorsement Monday from former Lieutenant Governor Sue Elsperman.

Now, you guys may remember Elsperman was the Lieutenant Governor under Pence from 2013 to 2016.

And then...

Now, it depends on who you ask, right? There's a lot of people who believe that she said, I ain't running with Pence again.

Because Pence was going to have to go super negative on Greg.

That is the story that's been out there for years.

And she said, I ain't doing it.

And so they conveniently found, of all the people in the state of Indiana, she was the most qualified person to be the president of Ivy Tech.

It's amazing how it worked out.

And then, of course, that meant a guy who was dead last at the U.S. Senate race and was completely out of money.

somehow conveniently became lieutenant governor, and that guy was Eric Holcomb.

Right, you see how this all works? It's amazing, isn't it? But Sue Ellsperman is a name.

She's obviously a known quantity.

She's well thought of, certainly in the more traditional Republican circles, and I think it is, at least from a news story, a big deal, that she has publicly broken with her party and is supporting Greg Ballard.

Now, the question is, oh, this is probably the most important question of all.

Is she now a Republican in bad standing? Is Sue Elsperman now banned from the Lincoln days? Phil Clay, head of the Hendricks County Republican Party.

Can you clarify for me, Phil Clay, is Sue Elsperman now a Republican in bad standing? And is she banned from the Lincoln days because she's supporting a candidate, publicly endorsing, publicly supporting a candidate other than the Republican?

Anybody from state party, can you guys let

me know if Sue Elsperman is now banned from all the Lincoln days and is a Republican in bad standing? I just need to know what the rules are and we need to apply them equally.

quote, I've always been about good governance, and that has been the top priority, even above a party.