John R. Gregg

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John R. Gregg
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President of Vincennes University
Acting
In office
August 2003 –July 2004
Republican Mike Pence / Sue Ellspermann 1,264,877 49.62% -8.22%
Democratic John Gregg / Vi Simpson 1,183,21346.42%+6.38%
Libertarian Rupert Boneham / Brad Klopfenstein101,0283.96%+1.84%
No partyDonnie Harold Harris / George Fish (write-in)340%—
Margin of victory81,6643.20%-14.61%
Turnout 2,549,15257.81%-2.08%
Republican hold Swing

2016 gubernatorial campaign

On April 30, 2015, Gregg launched his second campaign, which originally was to be a rematch against Gov. Pence, who was perceived as politically weakened after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Gregg entered the 2016 race for Governor before other Democrats announced their presumed candidacies, including Indiana state Sen. Karen Tallian and state superintendent of schools Glenda Ritz, who withdrew. [38] In July, after Pence dropped out of the race to become Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's vice presidential running mate in the 2016 presidential election, Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb ended his candidacy to retain his seat in order to seek the gubernatorial nomination. The Indiana State Republican Committee selected Holcomb to replace Pence as their gubernatorial nominee. Gregg was defeated by Holcomb in the general election for the governorship. [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [ excessive citations ]

2016 Indiana gubernatorial election [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Eric Holcomb / Suzanne Crouch 1,397,396 51.38 +1.71%
Democratic John R. Gregg / Christina Hale 1,235,50345.42-1.04%
Libertarian Rex Bell / Karl (K-Tat) Tatgenhorst87,0253.20-0.75%
Write-inJack Adam Adkins410—
Write-inChristopher Stried30—
Plurality161,8935.96+2.76%
Total votes2,719,968 100
Republican hold Swing

Awards and honors

Gregg has been honored with a Hoosier Hero Award (1996). He received an honorary doctorate from Vincennes University in 2002. He is a four-time recipient of the Sagamore of the Wabash award (awarded by Governors Robert D. Orr, 1989; Evan Bayh, 1996; Frank O'Bannon, 2002; and Joe Kernan, 2003). [3]

In 2002, Gregg was named "Public Official of the Year" in 2002 by Governing magazine. [3]

Books and other writings

Gregg's book, From Sandborn to the Statehouse, was published in 2008. He is writing a second book about growing up in a small town. [3]

Gregg wrote at least one op-ed article, "Leave common construction wage law in place," in the Chicago Tribune on February 27, 2015. [47]

Radio show

Gregg hosted a radio call-in show in Vincennes and in Washington, Indiana. He hosted the early morning talk show, "Indiana Open Phones," on WIBC (FM), an Indianapolis radio station from 1999 to 2007. The forum covered topics from Indiana politics to folksy western Indiana cuisine. [3]

Television show

Starting in 2022, Gregg hosts a weekly television program on PBS entitled "On the Porch with John Gregg." The program is filmed at and produced by Vincennes PBS and features Indiana artists, craftspeople, musicians, historians and storytellers. The series is available on YouTube at "On the Porch with John Gregg" [48]

Personal life

Gregg has been married three times. [4] He is married to Lisa Kelly. The couple wed in 2012, after the November election, and live in Sandborn, Indiana. [49] Gregg and his second wife, Sherry (née Biddinger) Gregg Gilmore, met while at law school at Indiana University and married two years later in 1989. They were married for 16 years, divorced in 2006, and have two sons, John Blackwood Gregg and Hunter Gregg. [1] [2] [26] [50] Their children were both adults when Gregg first ran for governor in 2012. [51] Gregg's first marriage was to Kim (née Reichman) Kirkwood in 1978 and it lasted one year. [1] [52]

He is a member of Sandborn First Christian Church. He is a member of the Sandborn Masonic Lodge #647, where he is a 33rd Degree Mason and past Master. [3]

Gregg once pulled a man from a car wreck near Marco, Indiana, on Highway 67 and although the man lost his leg, the car was on fire, and Gregg's assistance on site was considered a possible life-saving action. A nurse traveling on the highway that Saturday then came to the Michigan man's assistance. [26] [53]

In 2004, Gregg announced he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, as had his father before him. At age 49, he was treated and later pronounced clean of cancer. [4] [54]

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