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52nd Governor of Indiana
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 13, 2025

Michael Kent[ citation needed ] Braun (born March 24, 1954) is an American businessman and politician serving as the 52nd governor of Indiana since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Indiana and from 2014 to 2017 as the representative for the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives. Braun was elected to the United States Senate in 2018, defeating Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly. [2] He was elected governor in 2024, defeating Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater by a margin of 13.3% [3] , the highest margin in an open seat election for governor since 1980. [4]

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Braun opposes the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, abortion, and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. He has called on the Republican Party to take climate change more seriously. He supported President Donald Trump's trade and tariff policies, although he was previously an advocate of free trade. Braun voted to acquit Trump in the impeachment trial related to the Trump-Ukraine scandal.

Early life, education and business career

Braun was born in Jasper, Indiana, on March 24, 1954. [5] He graduated from Jasper High School. He attended the all-male Wabash College, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and graduated summa cum laude with a bachelor's degree in economics, and Harvard Business School, where he earned a Master of Business Administration. [6] [7]

After graduating from Harvard, Braun moved back to Indiana and joined his father's business manufacturing truck bodies for farmers. The business subsequently grew from 15 employees to more than 300. [8] In 1986, Braun and Daryl Rauscher acquired Meyer Body Inc., a manufacturer of truck bodies and distributor of truck parts and equipment. [9] Braun fully acquired the company in 1995 and renamed it Meyer Distributing in 1999. Braun is its president and CEO. [10] In 2018, Braun's personal finance disclosure listed assets worth between $35 million and $96 million. [11]

Early political career

Braun was formerly registered as a member of the Democratic Party, but switched to the Republican Party in 2012. He said that he has always considered himself a conservative Republican, but voted in Democratic primaries for years because his home county, Dubois County, historically voted heavily Democratic downballot. According to Braun, until a massive Republican wave in 2016, even Republican-leaning voters voted in the Democratic primary to have a say in local elections. [12] He was a member of the Jasper School Board from 2004 to 2014. [13] [14]

In 2014, Braun was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives, in the 63rd district. [6] He resigned from the state House on November 1, 2017, to focus on his U.S. Senate campaign. [15]

In July 2018, Braun called for the Indiana attorney general, Republican Curtis Hill, to resign amid allegations that Hill had drunkenly groped a lawmaker and three legislative staffers. [16]

U.S. Senate

2018 election

Braun campaigning in Greenfield, Indiana Mike Braun campaigning in Greenfield, Indiana.jpg
Braun campaigning in Greenfield, Indiana

Braun won the Republican primary for the United States Senate in the 2018 election, defeating U.S. representatives Todd Rokita and Luke Messer [17] [18] by over 56,000 votes. He received 208,520 votes, or roughly 41% of the total. [2] Braun ran as an outsider, emphasizing his career in business. [19] He defeated Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly in the November general election [20] with 51% of the vote to Donnelly's 45%; the Libertarian candidate, Lucy Brenton, tallied less than 4%. [21] In late 2019, the Indianapolis Star reported that Braun's 2018 campaign was the beneficiary of $2.8 million in spending by a political action committee with strong connections to indicted money launderer Lev Parnas and one of his shell companies. [22] Parnas supplied photographs of him and Braun embracing at a 2018 campaign event to the House of Representatives as part of his cooperation with the impeachment of President Trump. They were made public in January 2020. [22]

Tenure

On January 3, 2019, Braun was sworn in as the junior United States senator from Indiana by Vice President Mike Pence. [23]

In May 2019, Braun was one of eight senators who voted against a $19.1 billion emergency aid package for states and territories that endured hurricanes, floods and fires. Braun said the disaster assistance process was "just another path for runaway spending on unrelated projects." Despite his opposition, the package was enacted with bipartisan support and President Trump's approval. [24]

Braun supported Trump's decision to withdraw American troops from northern Syria in October 2019. [25] As a result, in that month, Turkey launched a military offensive against the American-allied Kurds in that area. After that, Braun called Trump "smart"; questioned why the U.S. should "be in the crossfire" between Turkey and the Kurds; and called the idea that ISIS would recover strength as a result of the conflict "an assumption". [26]

In December 2019, Braun said that the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump had been a "disaster for Democrats." [27]

In May 2020, Senator Chuck Schumer put forth a resolution to officially release the guidance by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on how to safely lift restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. A leaked version of the guidance showed that it was more detailed and restrictive than the White House recommendations released in April 2020. Braun blocked Schumer's resolution, saying that the CDC's recommendations would hinder the economy. [28]

On October 26, 2020, Braun voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, [29] and praised Barrett. [30]

After Joe Biden defeated Trump in the November 2020 election, Braun refused to acknowledge Trump's defeat [31] and promoted Trump's false claims of election fraud. [32] [33] Along with 10 other sitting and incoming Republican senators, Braun announced on January 2, 2021, that he would vote against counting the electoral votes from a number of states won by Biden four days later, seeking to subvert the election outcome. [32] [33] He was participating in the joint session of Congress counting the electoral votes when a mob of Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol. In the wake of the attack, he tweeted, "Though I will continue to push for a thorough investigation into the election irregularities many Hoosiers are concerned with as my objection was intended, I have withdrawn that objection and will vote to get this ugly day behind us." He voted to count the electoral votes after Congress returned to session. [34] The South Bend Tribune called Braun's flip-flop "a case of too little, too late." [35] The Democratic Party of Indiana called for Braun's resignation, saying he "incited violence to overturn the presidential election and end American democracy." [36]

In 2022, it was reported that rather than seeking reelection to the Senate, Braun would run for governor of Indiana in 2024. Incumbent Republican governor Eric Holcomb was term-limited. [37] [38]

Committee assignments

For the 118th United States Congress, Braun was named to four Senate committees: [39]

Caucus membership

2024 Indiana gubernatorial campaign

On November 30, 2022, Braun filed papers with the Secretary of State of Indiana to run in the 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election, following speculation since September that he would run for the office. [38] [37]

Braun, who was endorsed by Donald Trump, won the Republican primary on May 7, 2024. [41] On May 8, he announced his choice for lieutenant governor, state representative Julie McGuire. In June, delegates nominated Micah Beckwith for lieutenant governor at the Republican state convention. [42] [43]

On September 30, 2024, the Braun for Governor campaign released an ad that contained an image altered to show Democratic opponent Jennifer McCormick leading a rally with people holding signs stating "No Gas Stoves." [44] The image actually showed people holding "McCormick for Governor" signs. Running an ad with an altered image may be illegal under Indiana State Law HEA 1133. [45] Later that day, the Braun campaign released an updated version of the ad with a disclaimer noting the use of an altered image which complies with the law. [46]

On November 5, Braun won Indiana's gubernatorial election by the largest margin for an open governor's seat since 1980. [47] He ran on a campaign of "Freedom and Opportunity", promising to address rising property taxes, make healthcare more obtainable and affordable, and implement universal school choice. [48]

Political positions

Abortion

Braun opposes abortion. [49] He tweeted in support of the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade. [50]

Donald Trump

According to FiveThirtyEight, Braun voted with Donald Trump's position 90.9% of the time between Braun's inauguration and Trump's departure from office two years later. [51]

During Trump's first impeachment and impeachment trial, regarding the Trump–Ukraine scandal, Braun became one of Trump's most prominent defenders, defending him in many media appearances. [52] He voted to acquit Trump, and when asked whether it is acceptable for Trump to withhold U.S. foreign aid to coerce a foreign leader to investigate Joe Biden, he said that he did not believe that such behavior was proper but that "it didn't happen." [53] Braun also said that Trump did what he did out of a desire to reduce corruption in Ukraine. [54] After Trump was acquitted, Braun said that Trump "hopefully" learned something from the trial. [55] [56]

Congressional reform

Braun opposes earmarks. He introduced an amendment to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 to remove all earmarks from the bill, saying: "Earmarks give representatives, give senators the incentive to be big spenders. We should cut every earmark out of this bill and ban them permanently and quit loading up our kids and grandkids with the debt to pay for all this." The amendment failed. [57]

Effort to overturn 2020 presidential election result

After Biden won the 2020 presidential election, Trump refused to concede and made baseless claims of election fraud. Braun defended, and joined in, Trump's attempt to overturn the election results. [58] He wrote a Washington Examiner editorial criticizing the media for not taking accusations of voter fraud seriously. [59] Along with 10 other Republican senators, Braun initially pledged to object to the counting of the electoral votes in several key states. [58] After the storming of the Capitol by violent pro-Trump rioters, Braun reversed himself and voted against objections to the election results, saying that he "didn't feel comfortable with today's events." [60]

In Trump's second impeachment trial, on charges of incitement of insurrection, Braun voted to acquit Trump. [61]

On May 28, 2021, Braun abstained from voting on the creation of an independent commission to investigate the January 6 storming of the Capitol. [62]

Economy

Braun supported the Republican Party's tax legislation in 2017. [49] When asked "The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the tax cuts are increasing U.S. debt. Would you vote to cut spending on some programs in order to pay for them?", Braun replied, "Tax cuts are a revenue-neutral way to get our economy roaring again, but the federal government doesn't have a revenue problem; it has a spending problem." [49]

Braun was among the 31 Senate Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023. [63]

Environmentalism

Braun is a self-described conservationist. [64] He has called Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg an "inspiration" and advocated that the Republican Party be more aggressive in combating climate change. He opposed the 2015 Paris climate change agreement, but supports using reforestation, carbon pricing, and carbon capture to reduce or mitigate carbon dioxide emissions. [64] He also serves as the chair of the bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus, which was founded in October 2019. [65] [64] Braun sponsored the Growing Climate Solutions Act, a bill that would make it simpler for farmers to sell carbon credits on existing carbon trading markets in California and in the Northeast. [66]

Foreign policy

In January 2024, Braun voted against a resolution, proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders, to apply the human rights provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act to U.S. aid to Israel's military. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11. [67]

Trade

In 2018, Braun supported Trump's trade and tariff policies, saying that they have "yielded phenomenal results." [49] [68] Previously, he supported free trade policies. [68]

Braun voted in support of the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement. [51]

Health care

Braun opposes the Affordable Care Act, supports efforts to repeal it, and supports a lawsuit to strike down the entirety of the ACA. [69] [70] Braun has called for "free-market competition" and "market-driven" solutions on health care. [49] During his 2018 Senate campaign, he criticized incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Donnelly as a "defender of Obamacare." [69] Braun expressed support for keeping in place protections for individuals with preexisting conditions (a popular provision of the ACA), although both House repeal efforts supported by Braun and the lawsuit supported by Braun would effectively end protections for individuals with preexisting conditions. [69] [70]

Immigration

Braun has said, "building the wall must be the first step to any solution" on illegal immigration. [49] [71] He opposes a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as minors, known as DREAMers. [71]

LGBT+ rights

Asked for his view on the legalization of same-sex marriage, Braun said, "I believe in traditional marriage." [49] [72] He fought to keep marriage defined as "between a man and a woman" in the Indiana Republican Party platform. [72] In the Indiana state legislature, he supported the Indiana Religious Freedom Restoration Act and opposed amendments to the bill that would have banned discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. [72]

Police reform

In June 2020, after the murder of George Floyd, Braun introduced legislation to reform qualified immunity, a legal doctrine that shields police officers from lawsuits over constitutional violations if the violated constitutional right has not been clearly established in a previous court decision. His legislation would have made it easier to sue police officers for rights violations. [73] But after an interview with Tucker Carlson and backlash from police unions the next month, Braun dropped his bill. [74] In May 2021, he wrote, "I oppose any reform to the current doctrine of qualified immunity" and opposed federal efforts to reform local police departments. [75]

COVID-19 pandemic

In September 2021, Braun opposed the planned COVID-19 vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees, calling it the "biggest overreach by federal government I've seen". [76] He was the author of the Senate disapproval resolution challenging President Biden's OSHA vaccine mandate for businesses. The Senate passed the resolution under the Congressional Review Act in a bipartisan vote. [77] In October 2021, Braun invited Chicago police officers who were suspended for refusing to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to work in Indiana, saying, "plenty of departments are hiring now". [78]

Controversies

Position on interracial marriage

In a March 2022 Senate Judiciary Committee hearing for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson, Braun said the Court's decision Roe v. Wade was a case of "judicial activism" and "legislating from the bench". A reporter then asked if Braun applied the same reasoning to the Loving v. Virginia case that installed federal protections on interracial marriage. Braun responded, "many of the Supreme Court’s civil rights decisions have improperly established federal rights that would be better handled on a state-by-state basis." He was then asked whether interracial marriage should be left to the states, and replied, "Yes." Later that day, Braun put out a statement saying he had misunderstood the question and that there was "no question that the Constitution prohibits discrimination of any kind based on race. That is not something that is even up for debate, and I condemn racism in any form, at all levels and by any states, entities, or individuals." [79]

Electoral history

Indiana gubernatorial election, 2024 [80]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Braun
Micah Beckwith 		1,566,081 54.38 −2.13
Democratic Jennifer McCormick
Terry Goodin 		1,183,74141.11+9.06
Libertarian Donald Rainwater
Tonya Hudson		129,4394.52−6.92
Write-in Christopher Ryan Stried520.0%N/A
Total votes2,865,801 100.00
Republican hold
Republican gubernatorial primary, Indiana, 2024 [81]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Braun 236,641 39.6
Republican Suzanne Crouch 130,14621.8
Republican Brad Chambers 104,65317.5
Republican Eric Doden71,13511.9
Republican Jamie Reitenour28,7574.8
Republican Curtis Hill 26,8374.5
Total votes598,169 100.0
United States Senate election in Indiana, 2018 [82]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Braun 1,158,000 50.73% +6.45%
Democratic Joe Donnelly (incumbent)1,023,55344.84%−5.20%
Libertarian Lucy Brenton100,9424.42%−1.26%
Write-in 70<0.01%N/A
Total votes2,282,565 100% N/A
Republican gain from Democratic
Republican Primary U.S. Senate, Indiana, 2018 [83]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Braun 208,497 41.18%
Republican Todd Rokita 151,90430.00%
Republican Luke Messer 145,93628.82%
Total votes506,337 100%
Indiana House of Representatives, 63rd District, 2016 [84]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Braun (incumbent) 19,228 71.75
Democratic Andrea Hulsman7,57028.25
Total votes26,798 100.00
Republican hold
Indiana House of Representatives, 63rd District, 2014 [85] [86]
Primary election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Braun 4,611 66.80
Republican Richard Moss2,29233.20
Total votes6,903 100.00
General election
Republican Mike Braun 13,329 100.00
Total votes13,329 100.00
Republican hold

Personal life

Braun and his wife, Maureen, have four children. [6] He is Catholic. [87] Braun's brother, Steve Braun, was also a politician in Indiana. [88]

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