Republican Mike Braun won the Indiana governor's race Tuesday, defeating Democrat Jennifer McCormick, a former Republican who split with the party after serving as the state's schools superintendent, ABC News projects.
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 1:48AMWho are the Indiana governor candidates? Voters in the 2024 election will choose between Jennifer McCormick, Donald Rainwater and Mike Braun.Republican Mike Braun won the Indiana governor's race Tuesday, defeating Democrat Jennifer McCormick, a former Republican who split with the party after serving as the state's schools superintendent, ABC News projects.
, a U.S. senator who's the wealthy founder of a national auto parts distribution business, extends the GOP's 20-year-hold on the state's top office in deep red Indiana. Braun, 70, will succeed outgoing Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb, who could not seek a third term because of term limits. Braun opted not to seek reelection to a second term in the Senate so he could run for governor. He won the GOP's six-way May primary election to succeed Holcomb with about 40% of the vote. Braun quickly became the frontrunner in the race, bolstered by several advantages: name recognition, money and former President Donald Trump's endorsement. Braun's running mate, ultra-conservative Christian pastor Micah Beckwith, wasn't his choice for the lieutenant governor's post. Braun had endorsed state Rep. Julie McGuire for his running mate when he became the GOP nominee for governor. While Indiana delegates usually back the nominee's chosen running mate without a challenge, Beckwith was chosen by party delegates at the state Republican Party convention in June after he had lobbied delegates for a year to win the nomination. Beckwith, who promotes uncompromising positions on abortion, gender and sexuality, cohosts a "Jesus, Sex and Politics" podcast, has courted controversy with some of his comments. Republicans have controlled Indiana's governor's office since Mitch Daniels defeated the late Democrat Joe Kernan in 2004. And Democrats haven't won a statewide office in Indiana since 2012, when Glenda Ritz won election as the state's schools superintendent and Democrat Joe Donnelly won a U.S. Senate seat. McCormick, then a Republican, defeated Ritz for the schools chief post in 2016 after pledging better relationships with Republican Statehouse leaders following numerous policy clashes between Ritz, then-Gov. Mike Pence and top GOP lawmakers. But McCormick split from the GOP over education policy and changed her party affiliation to Democrat after her term ended in early 2021. McCormick's running mate was Terry Goodin, a Democrat who served in the Indiana House from 2000 to 2020. Those 20 years were marked by conservative votes against key Democratic issues, including abortion and same-sex marriage, but Goodin has apologized for those votes and promised that he's changed his mind.Hoosier voters were also deciding Tuesday the state's attorney general's race, choosing between Republican incumbent Todd Rokita and Democrat Destiny Wells. Rokita, a conservative former congressman, is seeking a second term. Wells, a lawyer and Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, ran unsuccessfully for Indiana secretary of state in 2022.Copyright © 2024 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
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