District 46

Book covers Heaton exploits

prospergroup — Fri, 02 May 2008 06:47:28 -0500

HV08 has discovered a book online called Glory Days Indiana: Legends of Indiana High School Basketball that has a chapter on Bob Heaton. Heaton is the Republican candidate for State Representative in HD46 near Terre Haute.

Bob Heaton's Television Ad

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:18:46 -0500

Bob Heaton, Republican candidate for State Representative in Terre Haute, will begin running television ads this weekend. For those of you who haven't been paying attention, Heaton was a member of 1979's Indiana State Sycamores (along with Larry Bird), who went all the way to the champtionship basketball game. This ad will be running during the NCAA tournament all the way to the championship game on April 7th.

New Bob Heaton website

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:19:23 -0500

Republican candidate Bob Heaton has gone live with a new website. Check it out.

We’ve written about the campaign here and here.

Some of you, particularly if you live near Terre Haute, will remember Bob as a member of the 1979 ISU basketball team. You can see some great photos on his Flickr page here.

Bob Heaton, a proven leader...

admin — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 10:49:16 -0500

With his announcement on November 15, 2007, Bob Heaton declared he is running for State Representative in House District 46. Heaton graduated from Clay City High School and then went on to play basketball at Indiana State along side the great Larry Bird. After Heaton’s fifty-foot jumper went in on a last second shot against Arkansas, ISU reached the Final Four, before being defeated by Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans in the championship game.

At his announcement, Heaton was able to fill the 2nd floor conference room at the newly completed Hilton Garden Inn in Terre Haute, IN. In his address to the audience, which included family members, friends, supporters, former coaches and fans, Heaton explained, “The community has given me a lot in my past and in my career, and I want to give back to the community, and this is my way of serving.”

Heaton would like to focus on bringing higher-paying jobs to House District 46, which would allow many ISU graduates to remain in the area, instead of being forced to go elsewhere for such jobs. Terre Haute, which recently lost nearly 600 jobs at Pfizer, is in desperate need of an active voice in the Statehouse and a person who will fight to bring jobs to District 46. Heaton has a great opportunity to win. His opponent, Representative Vern Tincher, has been defeated twice before. In 1994, Tincher lost his re-election bid to David Lohr and in 2002, Tincher was defeated by Brooks LaPlante. These two defeats show the vulnerability of Tincher, especially against a candidate such as Heaton, who has great name recognition and fame in the district. Tincher’s vulnerability, combined with the unrest of the voters in House District 46 (a portion of which voted out incumbent Democrat Mayor Kevin Burke in favor of Republican Duke Bennett), will make this a targeted seat for the HRCC. Heaton has great chance of becoming the next State Representative from House District 46 this November. Our sense is that Bob Heaton won’t have to count on a long shot for Victory in '08.

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Media Coverage From Bob Heaton's Candidacy Announcement

admin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:26:27 -0500

After traveling all over the Wabash Valley to announce his candidacy for State Representative in House District 46, here are the news stories that ran in the local media in the days following.

Terre Haute Tribune Star

Former ISU star running to represent District 46

GOP trying to reclaim District 46

Brazil Times

Heaton tosses hat into political ring

Diversity Focus

Heaton Announces Candidacy for State Representative in House District 46

Terre Haute WTWO (NBC)

Former Basketball Star Runs For Office

Terre Haute WTHI (CBS)

Video Clip of Announcement - Scroll down to number 9 on the page to open the video.

Hoosier Access

Dream Season Dreaming Up Dream Candidate?