Scoop: State Sen. JD Ford won’t pursue convention bid for Lt. Gov.

Ford, the highest profile gay elected official in Indiana, won’t challenge Terry Goodin, who voted for a gay marriage ban.

JD Ford, the first and only openly gay member of Indiana’s state legislature, will not mount a convention challenge of Democrat Jennifer McCormick’s handpicked lieutenant governor candidate Terry Goodin, Ford told IMPORTANTVILLE.

Within minutes of McCormick naming as her running mate the former house minority leader who voted for a constitutional ban on …