Muskie
02-26-2008, 09:03 AM
A nice article about Xavier Alum John Elrod who is running for Indiana's Seat in the U.S. House for the 7th District.
Indianapolis Star (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/LOCAL19/802260399):
"Democrats look at Elrod's suburban, almost rural upbringing and question whether he is fit to represent an urban congressional district.
And others look at Elrod's life -- an amateur stage actor and former rugby player who studied abroad in London -- and note that he hardly seems a typical Indiana lawmaker, much less a Hoosier Republican.
Elrod, it seems, doesn't mind being seen as a guy willing to thwart convention. By trying to defeat Democrat Andre Carson in a special election March 11 for the 7th District congressional seat, he's clearly bucking conventional wisdom. Carson's grandmother, the iconic Julia Carson, held the seat for a decade until her death in December."
Elrod played rugby for Xavier and is Class of 1999
Indianapolis Star (http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080226/LOCAL19/802260399):
"Democrats look at Elrod's suburban, almost rural upbringing and question whether he is fit to represent an urban congressional district.
And others look at Elrod's life -- an amateur stage actor and former rugby player who studied abroad in London -- and note that he hardly seems a typical Indiana lawmaker, much less a Hoosier Republican.
Elrod, it seems, doesn't mind being seen as a guy willing to thwart convention. By trying to defeat Democrat Andre Carson in a special election March 11 for the 7th District congressional seat, he's clearly bucking conventional wisdom. Carson's grandmother, the iconic Julia Carson, held the seat for a decade until her death in December."
Elrod played rugby for Xavier and is Class of 1999