Advance Indiana reported earlier today that State Representative Larry Buell (R) would not seek re-election next fall. This opens up the race for Democrat John Barnes, who ran a tight race with Buell in 2006 before Republicans launched a misleading negative TV ad campaign that might well have cost Barnes the election in a close contest decided by less than 600 votes.
One of my earliest posts here in the ol' Blog-O-Rama was about Barnes and his run for State Representative. It's a hard thing to run against an entrenched incumbent, but Barnes made a hell of a run - and he's running again in 2008 and will hopefully make an even better run this time around. Even if he does not win, Buell's retirement works to the good by removing from the Statehouse a conservative Brian Bosma acolyte - the less conservatives in office, the better.
The Barnes For State Representative web site seems to have gone dark, but if it ever comes back up, I'll be sure to post a link (not that I imagine many District 89 residents read this blog, but who knows?) Also, if you're into local politics at all, Advance Indiana is a pretty good blog. It's run by a local Republican lawyer called Gary Welsh, who's not really all that bad, for a Republican.
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