St. Joseph County Democratic Party

Indiana statute requires city common council members to have lived in the city for a year and in their council district for six months, but property records show Heidi Beidinger bought her South Bend home only nine months ago.

A caucus has been scheduled to replace Troy Warner on the South Bend Common Council. Warner is stepping down from the council next Friday, to become Mayor James Mueller’s chief of staff.

South Bend Mayor James Mueller Thursday announced that Common Council member Troy Warner will become his chief of staff. St. Joseph County Democratic Party Chair Don Westerhausen is taking applications from people interested in the council seat and will soon set a party caucus to pic Warner's replacement.

Republican St. Joseph County Commissioners President Carl Baxmeyer would only say that commissioners have made no decisions on what to do with the Portage Manor property.

St. Joseph County Prosecutor Ken Cotter's chief deputy, Amy Cressy, plans to run next November to succeed him. Cotter was elected in 2015 after serving as Prosecutor Michael Dvorak's chief deputy.

St. Joseph County Democratic Party Vice-Chair Don Westerhausen is the first to declare his candidacy for party chair.

After seeking legal advice, the St. Joseph County Democratic party says that Sharon McBride's intent to return to her home, despite staying elsewhere temporarily, means she hasn't officially moved.

Democratic Portage Township Trustee Jason Critchlow, a former St. Joseph County party chair, says young voters are newly energized to vote against Donald Trump.

Indiana Democratic Senator David Niezgodski allegedly sent dozens of texts to a former employee in 2017 and paid to settle her claims of sexual harassment.

County party leaders stress they don't endorse any candidates in primary elections