OUR VIEW: Hoosier women gaining ground

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First Posted: June 10, 2012 - 9:38 pm
Last Updated: June 10, 2012 - 9:38 pm

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New ground wasn’t exactly broken last month when gubernatorial candidates Mike Pence and John Gregg selected women as their running mates.

The Indiana lieutenant governor’s position has been held by a woman since 2003 — two women, in fact, both with regional connections.

For the past seven years Becky Skillman, who drew a nod from Gov. Mitch Daniels, has served in that position. Skillman, of course, represented most of Jackson County in the Indiana Senate. She’s a Bedford native.

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