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COUNT US! PAC is neutral on incumbent Baron Hill (D).  As we would advise you to vote for a Green Party candidate Jeff Melton in this election, we would want to point to a couple issues of possible connection to I-69 as a vote for Melton might take your vote from the candidate of second choice for you the voter.

We think his proposed bill still alive in Congress to raise the portion of the federal gas tax returning to states from 90.5% to 95% is pandering to INDOT, but that it will bring so little additional funds to the state that might be used for I-69 as to be a non factor.  It has been a factor as smoke-and-mirrors factor as INDOT and Kernan have suggested that this money would make a dent in the needed $3.28 billion dollar price tag for I-69. 


Baron Hill has never  seemed one likely to forward our cause, but he does have a competing interest in INDOT funds as he tries to secure a new bridge over the Ohio River near Louisville.  So far this has only caused him to not make waves, in fact "buddy up" with INDOT.

On the other hand, there is unsettling news about his Republican Challenger --- David Sodrel --- who might get elected if you don't support Hill:

Indianapolis WTHR TV13 reports:

"A district is considered competitive if the incumbent won the last election by 55 percent of the vote or less. ... Hill, 51, in the 9th both won just 51 percent of the vote in 2002.  The national Republican Party has tried to give Sodrel the exposure he needs to unseat Hill, a three-time incumbent.  Vice President Dick Cheney visited Evansville in March to help raise money for Sodrel's campaign. Sodrel, 58, also had a brief speaking spot at the Republican National Convention."Mike Sodrel is one of our top challenger candidates anywhere in the country and has the full support of President Bush and the party," said Bo Harmon, spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee.  The Hill-Sodrel race in 2002 was the district's most expensive, with the candidates spending a total of nearly $2.3 million. According to Federal Election Commission reports from June 30, Sodrel had raised $816,162 and Hill $1,014,240 in this campaign.  The 9th District consists of Louisville, Ky., suburbs, Ohio River counties in the south and rural counties to the north. It has historically been Democratic but has become more Republican in recent years, particularly in the east, according to the Almanac of American Politics."

We find it unsettling that an elected Sodrel would have favors to return to "Evansville" financial backers on the western side of Indiana in district 8, for this Eastern Indiana district, district 9.

It's your vote!  Good luck!

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