Joseph Eugene Kernan III was an American businessman and Democratic politician who served as the 48th governor of Indiana from 2003 to 2005. He previously served as the 47th lieutenant governor of Indiana from 1997 to 2003 under Frank O'Bannon and succeeded the governorship after O'Bannon's death. Kernan had also served nearly a year as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War.
The Texas Senate is the upper house of the Texas Legislature,with the Texas House of Representatives being the lower house. Together,they compose the state legislature of the state of Texas.
The lieutenant governor of California is the second highest executive officer of the government of the U.S. state of California. The lieutenant governor is elected to serve a four-year term and can serve a maximum of two terms. In addition to largely ministerial roles,serving as acting governor in the absence of the governor of California and as President of the California State Senate,the lieutenant governor either sits on many of California's regulatory commissions and executive agencies.
Mitchell Elias Daniels Jr. is an American academic administrator,businessman,author,and retired politician who served as the 49th governor of Indiana from 2005 to 2013. A Republican,he later served as president of Purdue University from 2013 until the end of 2022.
Mary O'Connor Donohue is an American retired educator,attorney,politician and Judge of the New York Court of Claims,who served as the lieutenant governor of New York from 1999 to 2006. Donohue was first elected lieutenant governor in 1998,and was re-elected in 2002.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 4,2008,in 11 states and two territories. Prior to the election,eight of the total seats were held by Democrats and five by Republicans. Two governors were prohibited by term limits from seeking re-election in 2008. The only governorship to change party was the open seat in Missouri,which was won by a Democrat after being previously held by a Republican.
Lawrence Keith Bulen was an Indiana politician.
Suzanne Crouch is an American politician who has served as the 52nd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2017. She previously served as the 56th state auditor of Indiana from 2014 to 2017. In 2024 she ran for governor of Indiana,losing the primary election to U.S. Senator Mike Braun.
Diane Daniels Denish is an American politician,who was the 28th lieutenant governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011 under Governor Bill Richardson. Denish was the first woman to hold that post.
Jill Lynette Long Thompson is an American politician,educator,and author. A former Congresswoman from Indiana,she is the author of The Character of American Democracy,published by Indiana University Press in September 2020. From 2015 to 2020 she taught ethics as a visiting clinical associate professor at the Kelley School of Business and the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington and during the 2020–2021 academic year she served as a visiting scholar with the Ostrom Workshop,also at Indiana University. Until 2015 she was board chair and CEO of the Farm Credit Administration,a position to which President Barack Obama appointed her. The first person in her family to graduate from college,she earned a B.S. in business administration at Valparaiso University and an M.B.A. and Ph.D. in business at Indiana University. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Party of Indiana is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Indiana. The party's chair is Mike Schmuhl.
The 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Republican nominee Mitch Daniels was challenged by Democratic nominee Jill Long Thompson and Libertarian nominee Andy Horning. Daniels easily won reelection,defeating Long Thompson by over 17 points. Despite Daniels' landslide victory,Barack Obama narrowly carried Indiana in the concurrent presidential election;the only Democratic candidate to do so since 1964. As of 2024,this is the last election Marion County would vote Republican for governor and a statewide race.
The lieutenant governor of Indiana is a constitutional office in the US state of Indiana. Republican Suzanne Crouch,who assumed office January 9,2017,is the incumbent. The office holder's constitutional roles are to serve as the president of the Indiana Senate,become acting governor during the incapacity of the governor,and become governor should the incumbent governor resign,die in office,or be impeached and removed from office. Lieutenant governors have succeeded ten governors following their deaths or resignations. The lieutenant governor holds statutory positions,serving as the head of the state agricultural and rural affairs bureaus,and as the chairman of several state committees.
The 2004 Indiana gubernatorial election took place on November 2,2004,to elect the governor of Indiana.
Connie Lawson is an American politician. A Republican,Lawson was Indiana Secretary of State from 2012 to 2021 and was a member of the Indiana Senate from 1996 to 2012. While in the state senate,she was Republican floor leader.
Michelle Louise Helene Fischbach is an American attorney and politician who is the U.S. representative from Minnesota's 7th congressional district. The district,which is very rural,is Minnesota's largest by area and includes most of the western part of the state. A Republican,Fischbach served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Minnesota from 2018 until 2019. As of 2024,she is the last Republican to have held statewide office in Minnesota.
Rhoda Fox Graves was a suffragist,women's rights activist,and early female Republican party politician from St. Lawrence County,New York in the United States. Graves was the first woman to serve in the New York State Senate,the first woman to hold office in both the upper and lower legislative houses in New York State,and the first woman to chair a New York Senate Committee.
Sue Ellspermann is an American academic administrator and politician who served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Indiana,from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party,Ellspermann served in the Indiana House of Representatives from the 74th District from 2010 to 2012,representing Warrick,Spencer,and parts of Dubois,and Perry County,Indiana. She resigned as lieutenant governor on March 2,2016,to become the president of Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana,a position she has held since July 1,2016.
Eric Joseph Holcomb is an American politician who has served since 2017 as the 51st governor of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana from 2016 to 2017 under Governor Mike Pence,who left the governorship in 2017 to become the vice president of the United States. Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's term after she resigned on March 2,2016,to become president of Ivy Tech Community College. He won the 2016 election for governor of Indiana over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg. Holcomb was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Woody Myers and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.
The 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 5,2024,to elect the next governor of Indiana,concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican governor Eric Holcomb is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. Primary elections took place on May 7,2024,in which Republican U.S. Senator Mike Braun,Democratic former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick,and Libertarian software engineer Donald Rainwater won their respective parties' nominations. Braun defeated McCormick with 54.5 percent of the vote in the general election.
