EDlection 2018: Indiana Hands Republican Challenger Braun Senate Victory Over Incumbent Donnelly, Implications for Undocumented Students
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Ending a heated Senate campaign in Indiana, former state Rep. Mike Braun, a Republican, has defeated Sen. Joe Donnelly, the Democratic incumbent, .
Braun led Donnelly 54 percent to 42 percent with 59 percent of precincts reporting.
Throughout the campaign, Braun didn鈥檛 shy away from aligning himself with President Donald Trump. Indiana went blue for Barack Obama in 2008 and red for Trump in 2016. Flipping the seat Republican is a coup as the GOP looks to cement its hold on the Senate.
Although Braun defeated two Republican education reform activists in the primary, schools didn鈥檛 become a major issue during the campaign. That doesn鈥檛 mean, however, Braun鈥檚 win won鈥檛 have big implications for students. As was the case in races across the country, immigration became a flashpoint in the Indiana Senate campaign with implications for undocumented students.
叠谤补耻苍听 as it moved this year to end the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides work permits and deportation relief to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. Braun has said he opposes 鈥渟pecial treatment鈥� for DACA recipients 鈥� with a big exception. If lawmakers approve funding for Trump鈥檚 proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, he said he would be willing to negotiate on DACA.
With the victory, Braun defeated a moderate Democrat who聽. Donnelly voted against U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh鈥檚 nomination.
From 鈦︹仼 campaign – photo of Mike Braun taking concession call from Sen. Joe Donnelly
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