Bio highlights of Indiana attorney general candidates

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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A look at the two candidates for Indiana attorney general in the Nov. 3 election:

TODD ROKITA

Party: Republican

Age: 50

Residence: Brownsburg

Education: bachelor’s degree, Wabash College; law degree, Indiana University

Career: Indiana state secretary of state, 2003-2011; member U.S. House of Representatives, 2011-2019; unsuccessfully sought 2016 Republican nomination for governor; lost 2018 bid for U.S. Senate; general counsel for Indianapolis-based health benefits consulting company Apex Benefits since 2019

Family: Wife, Kathy, and two sons.

JONATHAN WEINZAPFEL

Party: Democratic

Age: 54

Residence: Evansville

Education: bachelor’s and law degrees, Indiana University; master’s degree, Georgetown University

Career: member Indiana House of Representatives, 1999-2003; two-term mayor of Evansville, 2004-12; chancellor of Ivy Tech State College’s Evansville campus, 2014-2019; partner with Evansville law firm Jones Wallace since 2019

Family: Wife, Patricia; one daughter and two sons


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