Valerie McCray

The three candidates have divergent views on almost all of the top policy issues this election cycle.

“Frankly, Banks has got so much money that he could just hide until his victory speech on Election Day, and he’s been doing that.”

Both of U.S. Rep. Jim Banks’ opponents — Democrat Valerie McCray and Libertarian Andrew Horning — accepted debate invitations in early July.

President Joe Biden is the first presidential incumbent to drop out of their reelection race to be their party's nominee since Lyndon Johnson in 1968. The only other president to do it after launching their reelection campaign is Harry Truman in 1952.

The Indiana Election Commission removed Democratic candidates Haneefah Khaaliq and Valerie McCray as well as Republican candidate Danny Niederberger from the primary ballot.