Ballard is hoping for another once-in-a-lifetime upset

By: Leslie Bonilla Muñiz

Outlets: Indiana Capital Chronicle

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 1,564

Last Updated: 2 days, 10 hours ago

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This is the second of four profiles in Indiana’s secretary of state race.

Greg Ballard has overcome the odds before.

As an unknown Republican in 2007, he forced a popular Democratic mayor out of the Indianapolis City-County Building by just 5,000 votes, despite being outspent 10-1.

Ballard widened his reelection margin in 2011, even as Democrats took control of the City-County Council. He chose not to seek a third term, leaving office at 66% approval.

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