Indiana mayor starts challenge to Republican US Sen. Young
Associated Press— The Democratic mayor of Hammond has started a campaign to challenge Republican Todd Young’s reelection bid in Indiana’s U.S. Senate election next year. “I’m hoping the Democratic Party is willing to try to help me overcome history.” McDermott unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination last year for an open U.S. House seat in northwestern Indiana, finishing second in the primary to now-Rep. Frank Mrvan. McDermott, 52, has hinted for months about a Senate run, frequently criticizing Young’s opposition the federal COVID-19 relief package and the $1 trillion federal infrastructure plan backed by President Joe Biden. “In particular, the U.S. Senate, in my opinion, is the place where good bills go to die, and Todd Young is part of the problem.” Haneefah Khaaliq, who is executive director of the Gary Human Relations Commission, is the only other Democratic candidate who has raised money and filed with federal officials for the stoDemocratic Senate primary next May.
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