{{Officeholder
|name=Joe Donnelly
|image=
|party=[[Democratic]]
|spouse=Jill Donnelly
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=Indiana
|terms=January 3, 2013 – PresentJanuary 3, 2019
|preceded=[[Richard Lugar]]
|former=n
|succeeded=[[Mike Braun]]
}}
}}
:''See also: [[PLINO]]''
'''Joe Donnelly''' (born 1955), a [[left-wing]] [[Democrat]], was the senior [[U.S. Senate|United States Senator]] from [[Indiana]], having defeated [[Republican]] [[Richard Mourdock]] in the 2012 election. After being defeated in the 2004 elections Donnelly was elected to represent Indiana's 2nd congressional district from 2007 to 2013. Donnelly, a [[Blue Dog Democrat]] , voted in favor of [[ObamaCare]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2010/roll165.xml |title=FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 165 |publisher=clerk.house.gov |accessdate=December 15, 2012}}</ref>
==U.S. Senate==
===Brett Kavanaugh===
Donnelly announced he would vote against [[conservative]] [[Brett Kavanaugh]] for the Supreme Court, though he gave contradicting reasons for doing so, showing he simply opposed Kavanaugh's originalist judicial philosophy.<ref>Wegmann, Philip (October 3, 2018). [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/first-joe-donnelly-wanted-a-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-then-he-needed-a-new-excuse-to-vote-nay First Joe Donnelly wanted a Kavanaugh FBI investigation. Then he needed a new excuse to vote 'Nay']. ''Washington Examiner''. Retrieved October 3, 2018.</ref>
===Hypocrisy===
Despite criticizing his 2018 opponent for importing products from China for his business, Donnelly does the exact same thing.<ref>Schallhorn, Kaitlyn (October 12, 2018). [https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-donnellys-family-business-imports-from-china-though-he-slammed-gop-foe-for-doing-the-same Joe Donnelly's family business imports from China – though he slammed GOP foe for doing the same]. ''Fox News''. Retrieved October 12, 2018.</ref>
===2018 U.S. Senate election in Indiana===
Donnelly was defeated by [[Republican]] [[Mike Braun]] in the [[2018 Midterm elections]] amidst Donnelly's openly [[racist]] campaign.<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/02/racist-gaffe-shows-indiana-sen-joe-donnellys-true-leftist-colors/</ref>
==References==
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