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 ..."My leadership will not be asking for your vote based on party or platform, but on the issues directly affecting Indiana," McNamara said in announcing her candidacy at the Posey County Courthouse in Mount Vernon, Ind.

 

McNamara said it is time for change to better our communities, rather than change for change's sake. She said her work is based on principle, conviction and new and independent leadership.

 

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EVSC's McNamara to face Van Haaften

-Courier & Press September 11, 2009

 

"McNamara said...'For the last 15 years, I have been heavily involved with education, with students in civics and looking at the way our founders intended for the country to be run makes me have this desire to make a change.'"

 

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 -Courier & Press October 3, 2009 

 

"...While District 77 might be tough, the numbers indicate District 76, which includes all of Posey County, the southern tip of Gibson County and a western portion of Vanderburgh County, should be one where Republicans have a strong shot. After all, McCain won 51 percent of the vote there, Zoeller won 52 percent and Daniels won 61 percent.

 

Republicans haven't even fielded a challenger since 2004 for current Rep. Trent Van Haaften...

Wendy McNamara hopes to change that. The longtime educator is the director of the Early College High School for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corp."

 

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 -Courier & Press October 6, 2009 

 

"The people of Evansville and Vanderburgh County, indeed, the people of all political districts, must have two strong, competing voices to consider in weighing public policy. And even though Republicans have managed to hold on to control of the Vanderburgh County Council, this community has not had a strong two-party system for some time now.

 

...We applaud local Republicans who, after some troubled times, seem to have gotten a good start on attracting some credible candidates."

 

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 -Courier & Press October 15, 2009 

 

“'(The) women who have been selected to participate in the program are extraordinary in their dedication to their communities,' Lugar said in a written statement. 'I am confident that (they) will accept new and important roles in public service. The women who have graduated from the series are enriching our public policy discussions and enhancing the quality of life in our state and our nation.'” 

 

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