Indiana Election Commission removes GOP 6th District candidate from ballot

A Greenwood man running for the Republican nomination in Indiana’s 6th Congressional District was kicked off the ballot by a state commission Tuesday. The bipartisan Indiana Election Commission voted 4-0 Tuesday to remove Sid Mahant, a trucking company owner who loaned his campaign $2 million, from the Republican primary ballots after Johnson County GOP Chair Beth Boyce filed a candidacy challenge against him. She was joined in the challenge by the Republican party chairs in all 10 other counties that make up the 6th District: Bartholomew, Fayette, Hancock, Henry, Marion,...