Morales Pulls Out Secretary Of State Victory

By: LESLIE BONILLA MUÑIZ, Indiana Capital Chronicle

November 8, 2022

Embattled Republican Diego Morales appeared to overcome a slate of controversies and allegations Tuesday to become Indiana’s next Secretary of State.

Associated Press had not yet called the race but he had a solid lead over Democrat Destiny Wells and he claimed victory.

“The truth always prevails,” he said Tuesday evening at the Indiana Republican Party’s election night event. “Let me say that again — the truth always prevails, always.”

The typically sleepy down-ballot race was in the spotlight this election cycle because, in an era of increasing election skepticism, the secretary oversees elections in Indiana.

Morales said he’d clamp down on elections to improve security, while Wells campaigned on his bad press to cast herself as the would-be safeguard of Hoosier democracy.

“The American Dream is still alive and well in Indiana. You can be anything if you’re willing to work hard and sacrifice,” Morales said Tuesday. “My commitment to you is that I will work as hard as I have been doing to make you all be proud, and take this office — the legacy of former secretaries of state — to the next level. That is my commitment to all of you.”

He is believed to be the first Hispanic elected statewide in Indiana.

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