Last Tuesday was a tremendous day for the campaign as Luke won the primary election to be the Republican nominee to become the next congressman from Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District.  Below is a clip, courtesy of WSBT-TV, of the opening part of Luke’s acceptance speech.  This speech was given at the St. Joseph County GOP headquarters on the south side of South Bend.

Thank you to everyone who made our victory possible. We appreciate your efforts and look forward to winning in the fall with your help!

For the 17th straight day gas prices have hit record highs. On Tuesday in the South Bend area the price of premium was $3.95 a gallon. Check out the video below to see how well the Democratic majority in Congress has done in keep our gas prices down.



Take a look at this Investor’s Business Daily editorial discussing what measures Congress could take to lower our gas prices.

Note: Luke was asked by the Pharos-Tribune to write a brief op-ed about why he was running for Congress. Below is what he wrote.

By: Luke Puckett

My name is Luke Puckett and I’m running for Congress in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District. As a small businessman, father, and citizen I’m running for Congress because I believe that we need common sense solutions to the challenges facing our country. The status quo in Washington needs to change and the actions of this Congress offer us no hope that real change is imminent.

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On Friday, April 25th, our campaign became the first campaign in Congressional District 2 to launch TV advertisments for the 2008 cycle. You can view the ad, titled “Coming Change”, below. Enjoy!

Another Indiana based political blog has endorsed Luke Puckett in his bid to become the next Congressman from Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District.

Kevin Tracy, the head blogger at KTracy.com, stated in his post:

“Puckett is a pro-life, pro-family, pro-second amendment, pro-tax relief, pro-intelligence, pro-border security Republican. This guy has it where it counts in my book.”

You can read the endorsement, titled “Luke Puckett Can Win Back a Seat Republicans Lost in 2006″, by clicking here.

Barack Obama has declared that small town Americans cling to “guns and religion.”  Belittling the rights protected in our Constitution and mocking the faith that sustains us is something that is just plain wrong. 

Joe Donnelly is a super delegate in the Democratic presidential nominating process.  He is also the one who is supposed to represent Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District.  Yet after receiving $7,500 from Barack Obama’s Political Action Committee, Joe Donnelly has refused to speak up and say that he doesn’t appreciate Barack Obama’s condescending and elitist comments.

The South Bend Tribune has this article about Donnelly’s refusal to condemn Sen. Obama’s inappropriate and revealing remarks.

The Puckett campaign has released this press release asking Joe Donnelly to declare for his constituents and not an ultra liberal presidential nominee. 

Luke spent part of his Saturday last week  down in Indianapolis being interviewed by two of the bloggers who blog at Hoosier Access, one of the state’s leading and fastest growing political blogs.  You can listen to the half-hour interview here.

Many thanks to Josh Gillespie and Mike Jezierski for interviewing Luke.

As part of our ongoing efforts to keep you connected to the campaign we’ve launched a Flickr page to keep you up to date with what the campaign is doing.  We’ve already started posting pictures of Luke and supporters at events and we’ll be post a lot more photos over the course of the campaign. 

Sign up to volunteer today by sending an e-mail with your contact information to Frank Fotia, our Field Director, and if you volunteer you just may see yourself with Luke on the Flickr page!

Rep. Joe Donnelly is a super-delegate who has not yet pledged his support to either of the two Democratic candidates currently viying for the nomination.  After the high-profile visit of the Clinton campaign to the 2nd District on Monday, Luke Puckett offered up an issues comparision of Donnelly’s positions compared to the positions of Senators Obama and Clinton.






Here are the results:

Although he brands himself as an independent Democrat, it looks like Rep. Donnelly has quite a bit in common with the liberals currently contending for the Democratic presidential nomination.

The Puckett campaign is launching its email efforts today!  Take a moment to head over here to sign up to receive the very latest campaign updates delivered directly to your inbox.  We’ll keep you abrest of the latest news, volunteer opportunities, and campaign stories.