Eleventh candidate throws his hat into the Third District Republican Congressional ring
(Talk of the Town photo provided) Lonnie Powell, below, is the eleventh candidate to announce a bid for the Republican nomination to run for the Third District Congressional seat in November.
By Jennifer Zartman Romano
An 11th candidate officially announced a bid for the Third District Republican nomination for Congress today. 
Lonnie D. Powell, a US Navy veteran and entrepreneur, announced he's interested in the seat. Powell is a former commercial pilot and telecom executive. He's now a flight instructor, business owner and volunteer director of a substance abuse Christian counseling group. After two decades in the telecommunications industry where he built his own profitable company, he is eager to put the more than 20 years of political involvement he's had to work in government.
"It's not at all hard to see that many people are struggling and that our nation's out-of-control spending not only isn't making life better now, it's seriously damaging our future," Powell said. "The people of Indiana 's 3rd House District deserve a leader who knows how to empower business growth, promote healthy communities and loudly and consistently demand that government lives within its means."
Other candidates who've already announced their intent to pursue the Third District Republican nomination include: Randy Borror, Bob Thomas, Phil Troyer, Mike Foster, Bob Morris, Liz Brown, Greg Dickman, Wes Culver, Ryan Elijah and Marlin Stutzman.
A date, time and location for the Republican caucus to fill former Congressman Mark Souder's spot on the November ballot have not yet been determined. Early today, it was thought the decision had been made, but we were quickly notified it had not been definitively decided.