A blue wave washed over Indiana during the midterm elections. Here's what Statehouse seats flipped for Democrats

Indiana Republicans experienced significant losses on election night, including House Speaker Todd Huston's upset defeat. The GOP lost its supermajority in the General Assembly, with Democrats gaining 16 House seats and at least five Senate seats.

House Republicans have chosen Rep. Ben Smaltz (R-Auburn) to lead them through the upheaval caused by Tuesday's blue wave. Why it matters: With a slim majority, the caucus will need to be in lockstep over the next two years to get its priorities passed — something that hasn't always been the case or necessarily a concern over the last decade. Driving the news: After a lengthy closed-door meeting Wednesday, House Republicans selected Smaltz, who...

Republican Ben Smaltz is the new Indiana House Speaker after Todd Huston's unexpected electoral defeat.

Democrats flipped many Republican seats in the midterm elections, resulting in the party having a strong majority in the next Congress. Rep.-elect J.D. Ford (D-IN) joins Peter Alexander to share more on his victory over three-term incumbent Republican Rep.

The chair of the House Education Committee for 17 years, Behning’s defeat could signal a new era of education policymaking in the state.

In an upset that many analysts did not see coming, Democratic nominee J.D. Ford defeated three-term Rep. Victoria Spartz in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District in Tuesday's election.

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Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, lost Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, a surprise flip by Democratic nominee J.D. Ford. The race was called for Ford at 1:03 a.m. by the Associated Press. Ford garnered 51.7% against Spartz’s 48.3%, with 99% of the vote counted. Spartz won her third term […]