The Tribune-Star reports that Indiana Democratic Rep. Brad Ellsworth is taking fire from his 8th District opponent for his handling of his role as a Democratic Party superdelegate. “After the Indiana primary, Ellsworth told the media he voted for Illinois Sen. Barack Obama [D-Ill.] in the Indiana [presidential] primary but has pledged to cast his superdelegate vote for the candidate winning a majority of votes in the 8th District, which would be New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ,” the newspaper wrote. “I just think it’s an example where once again Mr. Ellsworth has multiple messages for multiple audiences,” said Greg Goode, Ellsworth’s Republican opponent in the fall election. Ellsworth has pledged his vote for Clinton only if she is still in the nomination race in August.

The Syracuse Post Standard reports that the Republican owner of a construction company was to launch his campaign Friday to unseat Democrat Rep. Michael Arcuri in the 24th District. Richard L. Hanna “began his tour across the 11-county district on Thursday in Utica and Binghamton,” the newspaper wrote. “These locations symbolize the loss of prosperity and opportunity in Upstate New York and are a clear example of the cause and effect between high taxes, excess regulation and economic decay,” he said. Arcuri has raised almost $1 million for the fall election, and had about $600,000 cash on hand on April 1, according to disclosure reports filed with the Federal Election Commission, the newspaper reports.