I am hearing rumors that Indianapolis City-County Councilman, local businessman, and community leader Jeff Cardwell is looking at jumping into the 4^th Congressional District race.  Cardwell was first elected to represent District 23 on the City-County Council in 2007, and he has been active in Republican politics for some time.  In 2000 and 2004 he went to the Republican National Convention as an alternate delegate, and in 2002 and 2004 he was a delegate to the Indiana State Republican Convention.

Cardwell currently runs Cardwell Do-It-Best Home Center, a family owned business that he practically grew up in.  Apparently in the late ‘90s Cardwell was the first to prototype the Do-It-Best hardware store model which has since become a pretty common model for local hardware stores.

If he jumps into the race, Cardwell should have a pretty decent network to start off with due to his business ties, political involvement, and numerous charitable efforts in and around Indianapolis.  One thing is for sure, from the 4^th District race to the US Senate race, a lot has been happening that only a few months ago most would never have expected to happen.