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Roy Graham
The thumbs up/ thumbs down rating is hopeful,
but not an endorsement of this candidate.

Put your persuasive powers to work:
Website: www.grahamforgovernor.org/
Contact info: roy@grahamforgovernor.org

Posted January 8, 2004:

    Ray  Graham withdrew from the Governors Race.  We thank him for his opposition to the Alternative 3 routing of I-69.

Graham exit leaves Kernan as lone Democrat in race:

http://www.myinky.com/ecp/local_news/article/0,1626,ECP_745_2557824,00.html
By JENNIFER WHITSON Courier & Press Indianapolis bureau (317) 631-7405 or jwhitson@indyweb.net
January 7, 2004

INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan is now the only Democrat seeking that job in the 2004 election.

Bloomington attorney Roy Graham announced late Monday that he is getting out of the race after meeting with Kernan in December. Graham was the last declared gubernatorial candidate to favor using U.S. 41 and Interstate 70 to build the Evansville-to-Indianapolis leg of Interstate 69.

Graham said Kernan asked for his support, which Graham promised only if Kernan takes up some of what he considers key issues.

"I said I would endorse him if he voiced approval of issues that I believe are important to Hoosiers," Graham said in a statement.

Graham is against the death penalty and the currently planned route for Interstate 69. He also wants Indiana to adopt a higher minimum wage, declare Election Day a holiday and raise judges' salaries.

Kernan now goes into the primary unopposed, while Republicans still have four candidates in the mix.

Former White House Budget Director Mitch Daniels, conservative activist Eric Miller, former Petersburg Mayor Randy Harris and Indianapolis businessman Bob Parker are all seeking the Republican nomination.




Posted Nov. 8, 2003:

On November 8th, we elevated Roy Graham to Thumbs Up.  This is as encouragement for him to stay in the race.  On November 6th, 2003 Governor Kernan announced his intention to enter the race for Governor 2004.  This resulted in the leading Democratic candidates Andrew and Simpson dropping out in support of Kernan.  An excerpt of analysis we sent our e-mail members on November 7th follows:

Roy Graham (D), a Bloomington Attorney, according to one report in the Evansville press is the only candidate to express support of US-41 & I-70.  Graham is an independent democratic candidate, and perhaps he will stay in the race through the primary.
 
Kernan changes mind, plans to run
By JENNIFER WHITSON Courier & Press
November 7, 2003
http://www.myinky.com/ecp/indiana_elections/article/0,1626,ECP_1957_2409506,00.html

But outsider candidate Roy Graham, a Bloomington, Ind., attorney, said that unless Kernan adopts his views on seven points in his platform, including abolishing the death penalty and stopping a "new terrain" route for Interstate 69, he will stay in the race. 

We suspect that proponents of New Terrain I-69 including would prefer that all of our support go to Graham.  If you chose to support candidate Roy Graham, COUNT US! PAC recommends that you contact the major party candidate who you would otherwise perhaps voted for and let them know of your "protest" vote that more closely represents what you believe on I-69.  As a spokesman for our views, be sure to inform him of the facts and offer your encouragement.


Posted Mid October 2003:
Graham has not been very vocal on I-69, but his recent statements could excite us should they be widely promoted by his campaign.
    Only once, a reporter has mentioned his opposition to New Terrain I-69.
    To date based on frequency, and perhaps strength of conviction, he falls short of  our thumbs up endorsement.

Posted Early October 2003:
  www.myinky.com/ecp/news/article/0,1626,ECP_734_2302957,00.html

Daniels to take close look at I-69 Not sure about section near Indy 

       By JENNIFER WHITSON Courier & Press Indianapolis bureau (317) 631-7405 or jwhitson@indyweb.net 
       September 27, 2003 
excerpt....
So far the only candidate who has been decidedly pro-U.S.41/I-70 is Bloomington lawyer Roy Graham, who announced his bid to be the Democratic contender in August. Graham said he would be open to running I-69 down Indiana 37 all the way to I-64 or to not building it at all. But, he said, his first choice would be to build it through Terre Haute with any route including an extension of upgraded roads to the Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center. 
 


Posted Late August 2003:
The Gary Post Tribune

 Governor candidates owe voters  a detailed platform

  Wednesday, aug. 20, 2003

Our opinion: They also should announce choices for lieutenant governor as Joe Andrew has done.

Roy Graham's chances of winning the Democratic nomination for governor are about as good as Indiana University going to the Rose Bowl this year.

Graham, a lawyer, announced his candidacy Aug. 6 and will face former state chairman Joe Andrew and state Sen. Vi Simpson in the May Democratic primary. ...

While Graham's chances are thin, we will give him credit for something the other leading candidates don’t have — a platform.

Upon his announcement, Graham issued a 12-point platform, adding that other issues will be forthcoming as the campaign progresses.

Too often, candidates on both the local and state levels announce for  office and talk about jobs and crime and education and infrastructure without really saying anything other than “trust me.”

It is not that we agree with everything in Graham’s platform, although he does make good points about taxes, eliminating the death penalty, alternate penalties for many drug crimes and incentives to keep the state’s college graduates in Indiana.

The point is that he stands for something.