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Secretary of State Shelton?
That may seem more likely than you
think. While incumbent Holli Sullivan
and former Pence aide Diego Morales
are technically considered to be the
frontrunners in the race for the
nomination, it's not too much of a
stretch of the imagination to see how
Dave Shelton, the Knox County Clerk,
can win.
To see how Shelton wins, you have to
go back to the State Treasurer's race in
2014, when you had Kelly Mitchell,
Marion Mayor Wayne Seybold, and
financial advisor Don Bates, Jr. For
those of you who recall that convention
fight, Seybold and Bates, Jr., hated
each other. The feeling was mutual
with their supporters. In the
Republican primary convention, the
first ballot was a "relative toss-up,"
Although no candidate won a majority
on the second ballot, Mitchell gained
votes. Bates, who was in third place,
was dropped after the second ballot.
Mitchell won the third ballot by 860
votes to 497. The Bates, Jr. supporters
went to Mitchell after he dropped out.
Fast forward eight years later, and we
could see history repeating itself.
The Sullivan and Morales supporters
can't stand each other, so if Shelton can
come in first or second, odds are he
has the nomination.
Stay Tuned.

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A Brief Explanation from Your
Favorite LNG
This past week, we got some pushback
on the stories we wrote regarding
Diego Morales' work history with the
Secretary of State's Office. We wrote
about how he was fired from his job
under Todd Rokita and quit under
Charlie White under questionable
circumstances. You can read the
stories here and also here.
We got pushback, with folks accusing
the Holli Sullivan camp of releasing
the information to harm Diego. We can
definitely let you know that we did not
get that information from the Sullivan
camp. In fact, we've known about this
for the past few years.
It dates back to 2018 when Diego was
getting ready to run against then-
Secretary of State Connie Lawson,
arguing she was term-limited from
running. We got a copy of those
documents back then. We never used
them because Morales dropped out of
the race.

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Fast forward, it was actually Diego who
brought up the subject of his work
history in a couple of emails, and once
he did that, his work record, in our not
so humble opinion, became fair game.
We can't understand why the Morales
camp didn't address this issue early
on. He could have easily said he was a
younger man, not very responsible
with his job, and was let go. Since
then, he's grown and matured and is
ready to serve Hoosiers. It's pretty
simple math, folks.
What's even worse in all this, though, is
Attorney General Todd Rokita, who
is either a liar or has no clue as to what
Morales did when he worked for him.
This is odd because Morales was hired
to be Rokita's driver. And part of those
responsibilities was for him to drive
Rokita around to all 92 counties, but
the job wasn't getting done. And the
reports of Morales' work record
completely contradict Rokita's
statements, so by that logic, Rokita is
either a liar or doesn't know what he's
talking about.
We'll let you make that call.

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A Couple Other Items of
Note
You might want to think again if you're
expecting gas tax or property tax
assessment relief when Indiana
lawmakers meet on Tuesday for
technical correction day. Under the
law, the House and Senate can only
take up legislation that has been
introduced in the previous session,
and since neither gas taxes nor
assessments were introduced and
passed, neither will likely be
addressed. This doesn't mean
lawmakers can't come back under a
special session and address these
issues; they just can't do it on technical
corrections day.
And speaking of cutting taxes, TCS is
hearing that if there is any talk about
suspending the gas tax, it would be the
sales tax on gasoline and not the
direct tax on gasoline. The direct tax
on gas goes for roads, bridges, and
other infrastructure. The state sales tax
on gas is about 24 cents a gallon. And
the money goes into the state's general
revenue fund. That tax can be
suspended and the money replaced
with revenue from the state surplus.

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The race for HD 32, Fred Glynn and
Susie Jawoworksi, features two legal
heavy hitters. Terre Haute attorney
Jim Bopp is going up against
Indianapolis attorney David Brooks.
You might recall the last time these
two went head-to-head was in 2016,
regarding whether Todd Young had
enough signatures to remain on the
ballot. Brooks was Young's attorney.
The rest, they say, is history.
We hear Pike Township Trustee
Annette Johnson is a possible
contender to run for Indianapolis
Mayor next year.
So who will be the next chairman of the
Indiana House Ways and Means
Committee? We've heard a few names
pop up, Chuck Goodrich, Hal Slager,
Jack Jordan, and Ed Soliday. There
was some discussion that Sharon
Negele was in the running, but she
took herself out. There was also talk
that Dan Leonard was also a
contender, but he lost his re-election
bid.
Quick Correction:
In the last Cheat Sheet we stated that
Doug Rose of Leadership for Indiana
PAC who gave to Peat Seat also
donated to Joe Donnelly and Barack
Obama. That was not the case.
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