No independent candidate has ever been on an Indiana government-printed ballot for either U.S. Senate or Governor. Businessman Nathan Altman will attempt to get on the ballot this year for U.S. Senate. See this story.
No minor party or independent candidate petition for statewide office has succeeded in Indiana since 2000. Indiana is one of only four states in which Ralph Nader never got on the ballot, even though he is the person who placed third in 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Abolish the minority rule gerrymander USA Senate —
each State is an arbitrary gerrymander district
— going back to the arbitrary carving up of North America by the monarchs/oligarchs in Europe into colonies — VA 1607 (after first colony got wiped out), MA 1620, etc.
— and an EVIL connection with the Brit House of Lords.
A one house USA Congress can survive — see the one house Nebraska legislature.