Public polling shows race in virtual tie; Hollingsworth attack ads rated “false”
In new House rankings announced this morning, the Cook Political Report moved Indiana’s 9th District open seat race between Democrat Shelli Yoder and Tennessee Trey Hollingsworth to a “Lean Republican,” confirming that this race is becoming more competitive.
This comes after a second public poll shows it in a virtual tie.
Hoosier race-watchers have long known this race is close – calling it “neck-and-neck” during a recent political show – due to the stark difference between the two candidates. While Shelli Yoder is a lifelong Hoosier who now teaches at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business, Tennessee Trey Hollingsworth is a millionaire businessman whose father is single-handedly funding a super PAC to get him elected, and who only moved to Indiana last year from – you guessed it – Tennessee.
Both Hollingsworths are under fire for airing misleading attack ads on TV and radio that non-partisan fact-checkers have rated false across the board.
Key sections:
Hollingsworth largely avoided local media, spent millions of his own money touting himself as a “conservative Hoosier” (along with a family-funded Super PAC)
Democrats have an ideal “contrast” candidate: former 1993 Miss Indiana Shelli Yoder.
READ THE FULL COOK POLITICAL REPORT WRITE UP HERE.