Update: Braun campaign responds to rivals' attacks over missed vote

“This is another lie peddled by desperate candidates,” said Josh Kelley, Braun’s senior adviser.

An aide for Sen. Mike Braun says GOP Senate leadership didn’t expect a vote on a key spending package in the hours following his attendance at a previously scheduled Zionsville gubernatorial fundraiser, leading him to go home to Jasper rather than travel to Washington.

All GOP gubernatorial campaigns except for that of former Attorney General Curtis Hill