3: Mudslinger
1. Brian Howey, “The Old Hoosier Stemwinder, It’s Nearly Extinct,” Star Press (Muncie, IN), July 27, 1997.
2. John Schorg, “Riding the 2nd District,” The Republic (Columbus, IN), July 10, 1988.
3. For early campaign events and funding, see Schorg, “Riding”; for interview, see “Interview with Terry and Mary Kohler,” Philanthropy Roundtable, July 2014, www
4. For primary victory, see “Pence Takes 2nd District GOP Nomination,” Star Press, May 1988.
5. For Phil Sharp biography, see Steven V. Roberts, “Working Profile; The Life Of A ‘Watergate Baby’: Philip R. Sharp,” The New York Times, May 13, 1986, and authors’ interview with Sharp.
6. For Pence campaign argument, see John Schorg, “Pence Hopes to Overcome Outsider Role,” The Republic (Columbus, IN), September 25, 1988.
7. For Hitler Youth, see Jim Jachimiak, “Even Third-Place Candidates Show Good Sense of Humor,” Daily Journal (Johnson County, IN), November 14, 1988.
8. For candidate roast, see Brian Francisco, “Heat Turned Up Under Politicians,” Muncie Star, October 29, 1988; Joan D. LaGuardia, “Congressional Candidates Take the Heat at Sigma Delta Chi Roast,” Muncie Evening Press, October 29, 1988.
9. For Atwater and Pence’s 1990 preparation, see Rick Perlstein, “Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy,” Nation, November 13, 2012; “Gravely Ill, Atwater Offers Apology,” New York Times, January 13, 1991; “Pence Looks, Sounds, Like a ’90 Candidate,” Daily Journal (Franklin, IN), November 9, 1989.
10. Council for National Policy Membership Directory (Washington, D.C.: Council for National Policy, 2014), www
11. Scott Hall, “Man on a Mission,” Daily Journal (Johnson County, IN), September 30, 2000.
12. For Lynch and 1986 election, see David McCarty, “AIDS Victims Not in Schools, Says State,” Indianapolis News, April 2, 1986; “Donald Lynch Hopes to Oust Philip Sharp,” Noblesville Daily Ledger, September 14, 1986.
13. For Miss Gay USA pageant, see “Miss Gay USA Crowned, Protesters Picket Pageant,” Republic (Columbus, IN), April 11, 1988.
14. For Christian Right status, see David Dawson, “Religious Right Regroups After Losing Mandate,” Journal & Courier (Lafayette, IN), November 16, 1988.
15. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer revealed the construction of the shadow party in Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right (New York: Doubleday, 2016).
16. For equality and gay rights issues, see David Corn, “Remember How Dinesh D’Souza Outed Gay Classmates—and Thought It Was Awesome,” Mother Jones, January 2014; Rebecca Buckman, “Rethinking the Issues,” Indianapolis Star, February 7, 1993.
17. For Pence’s donors, see Stuart Silverstein, “This Is Why Your Prescriptions Cost So Damn Much,” Mother Jones, October 21, 2016; for Pence health care donors, see “Rep. Mike Pence—Indiana,” OpenSecrets.org, www.opensecrets.org/members-of-congress/summary?cid=N00003765&cycle=CAREER; Drew Doggett, “Following the Money Behind Mike Pence,” Sunlight Foundation, July 25, 2016.
18. For Tom Huston, see Hearings Before the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, Ninety-Forth Congress, First Session: Huston Plan, vol. 2 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1976).
19. For Trump quote, see “Sharp Pence Round 2,” Indianapolis Star, September 9, 1998.
20. For negative campaigning, see Brian Francisco, “Campaign’s Nasty Boys Get in Last Jabs,” Star Press (Muncie, IN), November 4, 1990; for confession, see Craig Fehrman, “Mike Pence’s ‘Confessions of a Negative Campaigner,’” CraigFehrman.com, January 6, 2013; Mike Pence, “Confessions of a Negative Campaigner,” Indiana Policy Review (Summer 1991).