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Honestly, Abe should belong to Indiana

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Matthew Tully has covered government and politics since 1992. He started his career at the Gary Post-Tribune, later covered the U.S. Senate for Congressional Quarterly, and has worked for The Indianapolis Star since 2002. He was named the paper's political columnist in 2005. In 2008, Tully was named "Journalist of the Year" by the Indiana chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and also won the Indiana Associated Press Managing Editors' top award -- the Kent Cooper prize for best overall newswriting. Raised in northwest Indiana, Tully graduated (barely) from Indiana University in 1992. A lifelong fan of Elvis Presley and the Chicago Cubs, he lives in Indianapolis with his wife, Valerie.

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