The slew of candidates campaigning for governor raised a combined $12.5 million in the most expensive and competitive Republican gubernatorial primary in the state’s recent history — all according to the most recent campaign finance reports released Wednesday by the Secretary of State’s office.

A database of all donations the Joe Hogsett and Jefferson Shreve campaigns received in the 2023 Indianapolis mayoral election.

Candidates for Indianapolis mayor, incumbent Democrat Joe Hogsett and challenger Republican Jefferson Shreve, reported their campaign finances to the Marion County Board of Elections last Friday. Altogether, they have raised a combined total of about $20.7 million this year.

The federal investigation into contributions to Republican Brent Waltz's campaign tied to a former casino executive led the Indiana Gaming Commission to force the company out of its lucrative ownership of projects for new casinos in Gary and Terre Haute.

It's still extremely early in the 2024 race for Indiana governor. But the only Republican who's formally announced his bid is trying to stake an early claim in the race.

The indictment of former Sen. Brent Waltz (R-Greenwood) and Spectacle Entertainment Vice President John Keeler comes out of Waltzs 2016 campaign for the 9th Congressional District.

The federal indictment charges Spectacle Entertainment vice president John Keeler and former Republican Sen. Brent Waltz, of Greenwood, with taking part in a scheme to direct more than $25,000 in illegal corporate contributions through straw donors to Waltz's 2016 campaign.

Whiting Mayor Joseph Stahura will plead guilty to illegally using about $255,000 of campaign funds for personal use and expenditures for more than five years.

The state's award of a $17.9 million contract for operating dozens of coronavirus testing sites across Indiana came weeks after a company executive gave $50,000 to Gov. Eric Holcomb's reelection campaign.

New state campaign finance reports filed this week show the Republican governor raised nearly $2 million in the last six months of 2019.