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Donnelly, born in New York but an Indianan since college and law school at Notre Dame, is an old-fashioned retail politician with a knack for casting complex issues in understandable human terms.

From Washington Post • Nov. 5, 2018

Fiorina was joined by Cruz’s wife, Heidi, as well as Utah senator Mike Lee and Texas congressman Louie Gohmert, who all glad-handed every Indianan they could find in the room.

From The Guardian • May 2, 2016

The Stutz was piloted by Henry C. Ostermann, Indianan by birth, cross-country traveler by proclivity.

From Slate • Nov. 25, 2015

Joseph A. Brandt, a rawboned, red-haired Indianan, is a character straight out of The Front Page.

From Time Magazine Archive

At Indiana's Purdue University last week, Henry Wallace's successor, Indianan Claude Raymond Wickard, served notice on the cotton industry that as far as the Department of Agriculture is concerned, America's choice has now been made.

From Time Magazine Archive