Indiana Supreme Court Issues Ruling in Senate Primary Race
The court said six ballots were wrongly discarded and ordered election officials to restore Deery as the Republican nominee.
- On Thursday, the Indiana Supreme Court restored Incumbent State Sen. Spencer Deery's primary victory, reversing a previous recount decision that had handed the nomination to challenger Paula Copenhaver.
- The Indiana Recount Commission previously disallowed six ballots for Deery due to clerical omissions, flipping the race outcome after President Donald Trump endorsed Copenhaver in the primary.
- Justices cited Indiana code stating ballots remain countable despite election official errors, rejecting arguments that the commission possessed broad discretion to discard votes missing clerk validations.
- The court ordered the commission to recertify primary results to the Indiana Election Commission, with election preparations for District 23 resuming to include Deery's name on the ballot.
- Deery faces Democrat David Sanders and independent Joshua Brant in November, while noting the case highlights a need for the General Assembly to modernize outdated election laws.
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Indiana Supreme Court rules for state senator over Trump-backed candidate in GOP primary recount
Indiana’s Supreme Court ruled after a months-long recount that a Republican incumbent state senator narrowly defeated his Trump-backed challenger in the GOP primary for the state Senate seat.
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