Political Clippings

The Corydon Democrat reports Indiana 9th District Congressman Baron P. Hill faces three challengers this spring. “But the Democrat is expected to get his party’s nomination, setting up a fourth showdown with New Albany’s Mike Sodrel, who is unopposed in the Republican Primary,” the paper reports. Hill has won two races and lost one to Sodrel. Hill defeated Sodrel in 2002 and then lost in 2004 as a three-term incumbent. Hill then recaptured the seat in 2006. “Each of those races was decided by 5 percentage points or less, and local chairs of both parties don’t expect a potential fourth race to be any different,” the paper reported. “I think this will be a very close race,” Crawford County GOP Chair Daniel Crecelius said.