After telling three different stories (1, 2, 3) on whether she had collected enough signatures to be the only Democrat on the U.S. Senate primary ballot, it turns out Tamyra d’Ippolito didn't meet the threshold after all.
Restaurant owner Tamyra d'Ippolito (D) has enough signatures to make the ballot in the race to replace Sen. Evan Bayh (D-IN), she told Hotline OnCall in a brief interview, but an official in a key district says she has failed to reach the threshold.
An official in Marion Co. (IN) tells Hotline OnCall d'Ippolito turned in just 3 signatures in the 7th CD, the district with the highest percentage of Dem voters. The noon deadline has passed, meaning d'Ippolito failed to meet the requirements to get on the ballot. She would have been required to submit 4,500 signatures, including at least 500 from each of the state's 9 districts.
With d'Ippolito failing to get on the ballot, the Indiana Democratic Party can now select its own nominee for Evan Bayh's U.S. Senate seat.