Indiana gubernatorial election, 2016

Indiana gubernatorial election, 2016

November 8, 2016

Nominee Mike Pence John R. Gregg Rex Bell Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Running mate Eric Holcomb TBD Karl Tatgenhorst

Incumbent Governor Mike Pence Republican

The 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election will take place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Pence is running for re-election to a second term in office.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• Mike Pence, incumbent Governor^[1]
  • Running mate: Eric Holcomb, incumbent Lieutenant Governor^[2]

Declined

• Susan Brooks, U.S. Representative and former United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana (running for re-election)^[3]
• Todd Young, U.S. Representative (running for U.S. Senate)^[4][5][6]
• Luke Messer, U.S. Representative (running for re-election)^[4][5]
• Greg Ballard, former Indianapolis mayor

Primary results

Republican primary results[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael R. Pence	813,897	100
Total votes			813,897	100

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• John R. Gregg, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives and nominee for Governor in 2012^[8]

Withdrawn

• Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (now running for re-election)^[9]
• Karen Tallian, State Senator^[10]

Declined

• Evan Bayh, former U.S. Senator and former Governor of Indiana^[11]
• Peter Buttigieg, Mayor of South Bend^[12]
• Greg Goodnight, Mayor of Kokomo^[13]
• Baron Hill, former U.S. Representative and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1990 (running for the U.S. Senate)^{[14][11][15][16]}
• Scott Pelath, Minority Leader of the Indiana House of Representatives^[17]
• Tony Roswarski, Mayor of Lafayette^[13]
• Tom Sugar, vice president of Complete College America and former aide to Evan Bayh^[18][19]

Endorsements

John Gregg

Politicians Dennis Buckley, Mayor of Beech Grove[13] Doug Campbell, Mayor of Austin[13] Harold “Soup” Campbell, Mayor of North Vernon[13] Dennis Carr, Mayor of Lawrenceburg[13] Anthony Copeland, Mayor of East Chicago[13] Tom DeBaun, Mayor of Shelbyville[13] Ted Ellis, Mayor of Bluffton[13] Jon Flickinger, Mayor of Bicknell[13] Randy Geesaman, Mayor of Portland[13] Jack Gilfoy, Mayor of Clinton[13] Greg Goodnight, Mayor of Kokomo[13] Noel Harty, Mayor of Loogootee[13] Pam Hendrickson, Mayor of Boonville[13] Tom Henry, Mayor of Fort Wayne[13] Dick Hickman, Mayor of Angola[13] Robert Hurst, Mayor of Princeton[13] Sally Hutton, Mayor of Richmond[13] Dean Jessup, Mayor of Lawrence[13] Allan Kauffman, Mayor of Goshen[13] Mark Kruzan, Mayor of Bloomington[13] Clint Lamb, Mayor of Sullivan[13] Sue Murray, Mayor of Greencastle[13] Gary Pruett, Mayor of Mitchell[13] Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction[20] Tony Roswarski, Mayor of Lafayette[13] John Schultz, Mayor of Decatur[13] Brian Snedecor, Mayor of Hobart[13] Joe Stahura, Mayor of Whiting[13] Randy Strasser, Mayor of Delphi[13] Roy Terrell Jr., Mayor of Jasonville[13] John Tucker, Mayor of Mount Vernon[13] Dennis Tyler, Mayor of Muncie[13] David Uran, Mayor of Crown Point[13] John Wilkes, Mayor of Linton[13] Hugh Wirth, Mayor of Oakland City[13] Brian Wyndham, Mayor of Brazil[13] Joe Yochum, Mayor of Vincennes[13] Greg York, Mayor of New Castle[13] Collin Czilli, City Councilman, Portage Organizations Indiana State AFL–CIO[21]

Primary results

Democratic primary results[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John R. Gregg	546,226	100
Total votes			546,226	100

Libertarian Party of Indiana Convention

Candidates

Declared

• Rex Bell, Contractor
• Jim Wallace
  • Lieutenant Governor: Karl Tatgenhorst

Nominee

• Rex Bell, Contractor
  • Running Mate: Karl Tatgenhorst

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Mike Pence (R)	John Gregg (D)	Other	Undecided
WTHR/Howey	April 18–21, 2016	500	± 4.0%	49%	45%	1%	5%
Bellwether Research	May 29–June 3, 2015	800	± 3.5%	40%	41%	—	19%
Bellwether Research	April 12–14, 2015	607	± 4%	43%	37%	—	21%
GQR Research	April 7–9, 2015	500	± 4.38%	47%	47%	—	6%

References

1. Livingston, Abby (May 18, 2014). "Pence to seek second term as governor". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 18, 2015.
2. Mark Peterson. "Indiana Lt. Governor Ellsperman plans to resign". Retrieved February 11, 2016.
3. Weidenbener, Lesley (April 22, 2015). "Brooks to run for House reelection, not Senate". The Statehouse File. Retrieved April 22, 2015.
4. Joseph, Cameron (March 24, 2015). "Coats retirement in Indiana shakes up 2016 battle for Senate". The Hill. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
5. Brian Howey (January 30, 2015). "If Sen. Coates doesn’t run, who does?". kokomoperspective.com. Retrieved February 3, 2015.
6. Howey, Brian (May 26, 2015). "A fascinating U.S. Senate race is setting up". News and Tribune. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
7. "Indiana Primary Election, May 3, 2016". Pennsylvania Secretary of State. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
8. LoBianco, Tom (April 30, 2015). "Source: Democrat John Gregg set to announce governor bid". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved April 30, 2015.
9. Cook, Tony; Schneider, Chelsea (August 7, 2015). "Glenda Ritz drops out of governor's race". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
10. Carden, Dan (August 17, 2015). "Tallian drops out of governor's race". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
11. "Bayh not running for governor in 2016". nwi.com. September 13, 2014. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
12. Blasko, Erin (February 25, 2014). "Buttigieg: 'Zero interest' in governor's seat". South Bend Tribune. Retrieved February 23, 2015.
13. "36 Indiana Mayors Endorse John Gregg for Governor". Gregg for Governor. August 13, 2015. Retrieved August 14, 2015.
14. Spehler, Dan (February 13, 2015). "Potential candidate for governor talks education, healthcare". WXIN. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
15. Hayden, Maureen (December 3, 2014). "Former Congressman Hill mulls run for governor". News and Tribune. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
16. Cahn, Emily (May 15, 2015). "Ousted Democrat Announces Indiana Senate Bid". Roll Call. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
17. Carden, Dan (May 27, 2015). "Pelath rules out run for governor". The Times of Northwest Indiana. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
18. Schneider, Chelsea (August 7, 2015). "Long-time Bayh aide mulling run for governor". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
19. Schneider, Chelsea (September 21, 2015). "Tom Sugar will not run for governor". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
20. "Former Indiana governor candidate Glenda Ritz lends support to John Gregg". Associated Press. The News-Sentinel. August 11, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
21. "Indiana State AFL-CIO Endorses John Gregg for Governor". Indiana State AFL-CIO. August 17, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2015.

External links

Official campaign websites

• Mike Pence for Governor
• John Gregg for Governor