Republican Todd Rokita has won the race for Indiana attorney general, beating Democrat Jonathan Weinzapfel.
Rokita, former Secretary of State and four-term congressman, secures Republican control over the statewide office for the sixth consecutive election. Democrats haven’t won the position since 1996.
There was a brighter spotlight on the campaign this cycle because of the current officeholder, Curtis Hill. The Indiana Supreme Court temporarily suspended Hill’s law license earlier this year after it said he criminally battered four women.
Indiana Republican Party state convention delegates narrowly chose Rokita as their nominee over Hill.
Rokita has promised to restore normalcy to the office while hewing to the same kind of conservative principles Hill did.
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