Indiana election

The number of Allen County voters who cast a straight-ticket ballot for the Democratic party was higher than in recent years.

Outside of Fort Wayne, Northeast Indiana is reliably Republican. But there are Democrats in the rural spaces, and they are working to connect with voters in the last few weeks of the midterm election cycle.

The switch to vote centers delayed the usually-speedy election returns. But county officials said voters were happy with the ease and locations of the vote centers.

Allen County's election board recently adopted vote centers, cutting the number of voting locations from 110 precincts. But experts say change isn't a reason to worry.

Letter to election administrators critiques Secretary of State Diego Morales.

He cited trouble organizing a campaign ahead of the May 5 primary for the District 19 seat in northeastern Indiana covering all of Adams, Blackford, Jay and Wells counties and part of Allen County.

Former Evansville Mayor Jonathan Weinzapfel is the Indiana Democrats’ nominee for attorney general.Weinzapfel – a former state lawmaker and Ivy Tech…