Indiana gubernatorial election, 2020

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Indiana gubernatorial election, 2020
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  2016 November 3, 20202024 
 
Party Republican Democratic

Incumbent Governor

Eric Holcomb
Republican


The 2020 Indiana gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Indiana, concurrently with the 2020 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 Eric Holcomb is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, but has not yet announced whether he will do so.

Governor of Indiana head of state and of government of the U.S. state of Indiana

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United States Senate Upper house of the United States Congress

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Republican primary

Candidates

Potential

Curtis Hill American politician

Curtis Theophilus Hill Jr. is an American prosecutor who has served as the 43rd Attorney General of Indiana since 2017. A Republican, he took office on January 9, 2017.

Eric Holcomb American politician

Eric Joseph Holcomb is an American politician serving as the 51st governor of Indiana since January 2017. From March 2016 to January 2017 he was the 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana under Governor Mike Pence, now the 48th Vice President of the United States. Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's term after Ellspermann resigned on March 2, 2016, to become president of Ivy Tech Community College. A member of the Republican Party, Holcomb won the 2016 election for Governor of Indiana over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Potential

Evan Bayh American politician

Birch Evans Bayh III is an American lawyer, lobbyist, and politician of the Democratic Party who served as the junior United States Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011 and the 46th Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997.

Pete Buttigieg Mayor of South Bend, Indiana

Peter Paul Montgomery Buttigieg is an American politician, former Naval Intelligence Officer, and former consultant. He has been the mayor of the city of South Bend, Indiana since 2012. He is exploring a campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination in the 2020 presidential election.

South Bend, Indiana City in Indiana, United States

South Bend is a city in and the county seat of St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States, on the St. Joseph River near its southernmost bend, from which it derives its name. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total of 101,168 residents; its Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 318,586 and Combined Statistical Area of 721,296. It is the fourth-largest city in Indiana, serving as the economic and cultural hub of Northern Indiana. The highly ranked University of Notre Dame is located just to the north in unincorporated Notre Dame, Indiana and is an integral contributor to the region's economy.

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