Jennifer McCormick

Education

Re-examine school choice

Pro-abortion

Unions

Property tax relief

Environment

Jennifer McCormick is running for governor as a Democrat, hoping to flip the state from Republican control. The former Republican Indiana superintendent of public instruction, winning would make her Indiana’s first Democratic governor in nearly two decades. She was raised on a fourth-generation family farm in New Castle, later working as a teacher and superintendent.

Mike Braun

Cut taxes

Anti-abortion

Pro-school choice

Parent involvement in education

Pro-business

Mike Braun, one of Indiana’s current senators, is running for governor as a Republican. He’s from Jasper, where he was a longtime small business owner. He represented Jasper in the state house for about two years, until he ran for Senate in 2018 and beat the incumbent Democrat Joe Donnelly.

Donald Rainwater

Cut taxes

Smaller government

Pro-school choice

Legalize marijuana

Donald Rainwater is running for governor as a Libertarian. His bid in 2020 was unusually successful, in which he got 11% of the vote. Rainwater is from Indianapolis and spent eight years in the U.S. Navy. He spent much of his time afterward in management positions and in software engineering.