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Barry Welsh is the Democratic candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for 6th Congressional District (map) of Indiana. On May 6, 2008 he won the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)., by winning the Democratic nomination running unopposed.^[1]

Positions, record and controversies

Bio

2006 elections

Welsh was the Democratic nominee in the 2006 congressional elections against incumbent Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), who was reelected.^[2][3]

2008 elections

On May 6, 2008 Welsh won the Democratic nomination to challenge incumbent Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)., by winning the Democratic nomination running unopposed.^[4]

Money in politics

Committees and affiliations

Committees

Welsh will be assigned committees if and when he is elected to Congress.

Affiliations

More background data

Contact

Articles and resources

See also

• 2008 U.S. congressional elections
  • 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
• Portal:Indiana and the U.S. Congress

References

1. ↑ AP "Indiana-Summary Vote Results" The Courier Journal, May 7, 2008
2. ↑ 2008 Race Tracker page on Indiana's 6th Congressional District
3. ↑ Barry Welsh, "Blog Post: Why I ran and Why I will run again" DailyKos, April 3, 2007.
4. ↑ AP "Indiana-Summary Vote Results" The Courier Journal, May 7, 2008

Wikipedia also has an article on Barry Welsh. This article may use content from the Wikipedia article under the terms of the GFDL.

External resources

• 2008 Race Tracker page on Indiana's 6th Congressional District
• Official Welsh for Congress website
• Barry Welsh, "Blog Post: Why I ran and Why I will run again" DailyKos, April 3, 2007.

External articles