Soliday faces two challengers for House District 4 seat

State Rep. Ed Soliday, a longtime Republican, will face two challengers this fall for Indiana’s House District 4 seat: Democrat Ryan Kominakis and Libertarian Travis Gearhart. Soliday highlighted his work shepherding a revised gas tax formula meant to generate funding to address a road-maintenance backlog, while Governor Mike Braun suspended the gas tax starting in April to ease pump prices. Gearhart argued that suspension erodes Indiana’s surplus and said government should not manipulate markets, pushing instead to legalize marijuana. Kominakis blamed President Donald Trump’s war-related actions over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz for higher oil prices, and criticized Soliday’s policies on utilities.