Republicans failed to place Tamyra d'Ippolito on Democratic ballot

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Source: TPM

Today is the deadline for prospective candidates for the Democratic primary to file with each county clerk the petitions required by law in order to appear on the ballot. Earlier this morning Tamyra d'Ippolito -- calling her a longshot is probably too generous -- told us she already had all the signatures she needed to qualify. But shortly thereafter she told Greg Sargent that she didn't really have them but she would have them by the noon deadline. Around that time, the state Democratic Party chairman, Dan Parker -- a close Bayh ally, it should be noted -- told us d'Ippolito wasn't even close to having enough signatures to qualify. By his count, she had 22 signatures filed statewide, out of the 4,500 the law requires.