“Eric Doden has campaigned for three years, talked to voters in all 92 counties, benefited from wealthy family members and has an ambitious plan to rebuild small towns across Indiana, the bedrock of Republican electoral support.
The 54-year-old developer and entrepreneur from Fort Wayne is a devout anti-abortion Christian, a strong supporter of the 2nd amendment and has the conversational modesty generally favored by Hoosiers.
So why has Doden polled largely in the single digits with just a month before the Republic gubernatorial primary?
It’s simple, he said, a lack of name recognition, despite the pavement pounding and aggressive advertising campaign.
But, Doden insists, it’s changing fast, at just the right time.”
“We are rising, and voters are finally starting to pay attention a month before the election,” Doden said. “We like our trajectory.”
