Eric Holcomb

Eric Holcomb

51st Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Incumbent
Assumed office March 3, 2016
Governor	Mike Pence
Preceded by	Sue Ellspermann
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Hanover College

Eric Holcomb is the 51st and current Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. He was nominated to fill the remainder of Sue Ellspermann's term. Ellspermann resigned on March 2, 2016. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Holcomb graduated from Hanover College in 1990, and served in the United States Navy for six years. He was stationed in Jacksonville, Florida, and in Lisbon, Portugal.^[1] He began working for John Hostettler, a member of the United States House of Representatives, in 1997 and then ^[2] served as an advisor to Mitch Daniels, the Governor of Indiana,^[3] beginning in 2003. He became Chairman of the Indiana Republican Party in 2010.^[1] In 2013, he resigned to become the state Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Dan Coats.^[4]^[5] When Coats announced that he would not run for reelection to the Senate in the 2016 election in March 2015, Holcomb announced his intention to run.^[6]

In February 2016, Holcomb withdrew from the Senate race.^[7]^[8] Days later, Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann announced she would resign her post, and Governor Mike Pence chose Holcomb to succeed her and serve as his running mate in the 2016 gubernatorial election.^[9] Holcomb was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor on March 3.^[10]

References

1 2 "Kellems drops bid for state GOP chair". Madison Courier. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ "Brazil Times: Local News: Holcomb to serve as congressman's district director (02/18/03)". Brazil Times. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ "Tully: Can Eric Holcomb win the GOP Senate nomination?". Indianapolis Star. July 14, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ "Pence ally Cardwell replacing Berry as Indiana GOP chair". Indianapolis Star. March 11, 2015. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ "Coats Announces Eric Holcomb to Serve as State Chief of Staff". June 21, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ Joseph, Cameron (March 26, 2015). "Chief of staff launches Senate bid for Coats's seat". The Hill. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
↑ "Eric Holcomb drops out of Indiana senate race". WRTV. February 8, 2016. Retrieved February 8, 2016.
↑ "Holcomb withdraws from U.S. Senate race". Retrieved February 11, 2016.
↑ Mark Peterson. "Indiana Lt. Governor Ellsperman plans to resign". Retrieved February 11, 2016.
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External links

Profile at Project Vote Smart

Political offices
Preceded by Sue Ellspermann	Lieutenant Governor of Indiana 2016–present	Incumbent

Current statewide elected officials and legislative leaders of Indiana

U.S. Senators	Dan Coats Joe Donnelly

State government	Mike Pence, Governor Eric Holcomb, Lieutenant Governor Connie Lawson, Secretary of State Greg Zoeller, Attorney General Kelly Mitchell, Treasurer Suzanne Crouch, State Auditor Glenda Ritz, Superintendent of Public Instruction

Senate	Brandt Hershman Majority leader David C. Long, President pro tempore Timothy Lanane, Minority leader

House	Brian C. Bosma, Speaker of the House Judson McMillin, Majority Leader Scott Pelath, Minority Leader

Supreme Court	Loretta Rush, Chief Justice Robert Rucker Steven H. David Mark Massa 1 seat vacant

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

Vice President of the United States: Joe Biden (D)

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Next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors: 1. Secretary of State 2. Senate President 3. Council Chairman 4. Treasurer Political party affiliation: Republican: 38 Democratic: 17 Independent: 1

Lieutenant Governor of Indiana

Harrison Boon Thompson Stapp Wallace Hillis Hall Bright Dunning Lane Willard Hammond Morton Baker Cumback Sexton Gray Hanna Manson Chase Nye Haggard Gilbert Miler Hall O'Neill Bush Branch Van Orman Bush Townsend Schricker Dawson James Alexander Watkins Handley Parker Ristine Rock Folz Orr Mutz O'Bannon Kernan Davis Skillman Ellspermann Holcomb

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