Trish Whitcomb goes door-to-door in Jackson County. She's banking on local Republicans disatisfied with incumbent Jim Lucas and one-party rule in the statehouse.

In Indiana's reddest districts, rural Dems still put up a fight

By Michelle Higgs
WTIU/Indiana Public Media covers the Indiana Rural Summit and several of its candidates: Politically, Indiana has more in common with the South than its neighbors in the Midwest. Outside of Indianapolis and the Chicago suburbs, only small pockets of Democratic opposition exist. Of 93 counties, five voted for Biden in the last election. In rural Daviess County, 80 percent chose Trump.