Английская Википедия:2010 Indiana's 3rd congressional district special election

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Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Unreliable sources Шаблон:Infobox election Шаблон:Elections in Indiana The 2010 United States House of Representatives special election for Indiana's Third congressional district occurred on November 2, 2010 to elect the successor to Mark Souder (R) who resigned upon admitting to an extramarital affair. This election coincided with the regularly scheduled election.

Background

Two weeks after winning renomination, Souder resigned both from office as U.S. Representative and as the Republican nominee for the Third district following the revelation of an affair with Tracy Meadows Jackson, a married female staffer. Governor Mitch Daniels (R), in the interest of cutting the costs of holding the election, scheduled the special election to succeed him to occur on the same day as the general election.

Nominating caucuses

As per Indiana state law, the parties held caucuses within thirty days following Souder's resignation to choose their nominees for the special election.

Republican

Republicans held their caucus on June 12. State Senator Marlin Stutzman, the runner-up in the Republican U.S. Senatorial primary, won the nomination decisively in the second round over state Representative Randy Borror, car salesman Bob Thomas, Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Liz Brown, and Ryan Elijah.

Democratic

Democrats choose former Fort Wayne city councilman Tom Hayhurst, who had won the Democratic primary for the general election earlier, as their nominee for the special election.

Libertarian

Tea Party activist and ex-Republican Scott W. Wise, also their nominee for the general election, was chosen as the Libertarian nominee for the special election.

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Marlin Stutzman (R)	Tom Hayhurst (D)	Scott Wise (L)	Undecided
American Viewpoint	July 19–20, 2010	400	±4.9%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 56%	29%	2%	n/a
SurveyUSA	October 21–25, 2010	400	±4.9%	Шаблон:Party shading/Republican| 57%	32%	7%	2%
Riggs Research	October 27–28, 2010	400	±4.9%	36%	Шаблон:Party shading/Democratic| 40%	3%	n/a

Election results

Given the district's strong conservative bent, which at the time had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+14, Stutzman, as predicted by many political prognosticators, handily won the simultaneous special and general elections in November.