Before the ink dried on Gov. Mitch Daniels' signature making Indiana the 23rd "right to work" state in the nation, advocates on both sides were looking ahead to how the new law will affect Hoosiers.

Supporters said businesses already were lining up to expand or come to Indiana. Opponents had their eye on November's elections, hoping the anger that brought thousands of union protesters to the Statehouse will propel them to the ballot box to vote against Republicans who pushed the bill.

Daniels skipped the public signing ceremony that usually accompanies a legislative triumph. He and Republican legislative leaders had made passage of the law, which bans union contracts that require fees from nonmembers, their top priority.

They won, despite repeated strikes by House Democrats to stall the bill and despite the daily protests that peaked with Wednesday's Senate vote.