Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoff

← Independent Americans with Paul Rieckhoffvor 5 Tagen · 38 Min.

Hope in the heartland. Greg Ballard on standing up to gerrymandering and the GOP in Indiana.

Hope in the heartland. Greg Ballard on standing up to gerrymandering and the GOP in Indiana.vor 5 Tagen38 Min.

Indiana isn't supposed to be where the independent movement breaks through. It's a deep-red state, 41st in voter turnout, where 95% of the legislature is effectively decided in May primaries by a sliver of the electorate. That's exactly why Greg Ballard — Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel, two-term Republican mayor of Indianapolis, and now independent candidate for Secretary of State — is running. Paul Rieckhoff sits down with Ballard a few weeks out from Election Day to talk about why he walked away from the GOP, what it cost him to even get his name on the ballot, and why this race matters far beyond Hoosier country.