(UPDATE: March 7, 2024):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – John Rust remains banned from running for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate seat in Indiana.
The Indiana Supreme Court upheld the state’s party affiliation law that says candidates must have voted for the party they want to represent in their last two primary votes.
Rust voted in the Republican primary in 2016 and the Democratic primary in 2012, and those were his last two primary votes. He says his candidacy will eventually be settled by the U.S. Supreme Court.
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UPDATE (February 28, 2024):
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – John Rust will not be on the Indiana Republican primary ballot for the U.S. Senate in May.
The Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to remove him over challenges to his candidacy as he had voted in the Democratic primary in 2012. State law requires candidates to vote in the primary for the party they wish to represent in the two previous elections. Rust called it a “very disappointing” ruling and says the Indiana Republican Party wants to keep him off the ballot.
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ORIGINAL STORY:
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (ADAMS) – The Indiana Supreme Court has ruled against Republican U.S. Senate candidate John Rust in his bid to stay on the primary ballot.
Justices ruled his placement on the ballot can be challenged, but he remains on it currently unless the Indiana Election Commission rules he should be removed.
That commission, Secretary of State Diego Morales, and Jackson County Republican Party chairwoman Amanda Lowery challenged the original ruling that Rust could run as a Republican for the Senate seat.
Rust had voted in Democratic Party primaries before 2016 when he voted Republican, and he did not vote in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19.
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