Indiana Official Ruled Eligible to Be Governor
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SHELBYVILLE, Ind. — A Shelby County court Monday ruled that Secretary of State Evan Bayh met the constitutional five-year residency requirement to be governor.
Circuit Judge Charles D. O’Connor concluded that the Democratic candidate did not lose his Indiana residency, as Republicans had argued, when he worked as an attorney in Washington in 1983 and 1984.
O’Connor found that Bayh had always intended to return to his home state and never formally established residence elsewhere.
Bayh, 32, faces opposition from former Kokomo Mayor Stephen J. Daily in the May 3 Democratic primary. Lt. Gov. John M. Mutz is unopposed for the Republican nomination to succeed Republican Gov. Robert D. Orr, who is barred by the Constitution from seeking a third straight term.
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