Indiana voters will not choose a U.S. senator or governor on Nov. 3. The statewide offices on the ballot are secretary of state, comptroller and treasurer, according to the ACLU of Indiana’s election guide.
The races that will decide control of the U.S. Senate are in the states around Indiana. Republicans hold the chamber 53-47, and Democrats need a net gain of four seats for a majority, Newsweek reported. The same report said the Cook Political Report rates the Senate races in Michigan and Ohio, two states that border Indiana, as toss-ups.
For some IU Indianapolis students, those races are on their own ballots. A student from Michigan who kept a home address there can vote absentee in a Senate race where Democrat Abdul El-Sayed led Republican Mike Rogers by 5.3 percentage points in the RealClearPolling average as of Nov. 1…