IN Governors Race
Jennifer McCormick
Democrat
Education
Re-examine school choice
Pro-abortion
Unions
Property tax relief
Environment
Current Position
Former Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Mike Braun
Republican
Cut taxes
Anti-abortion
Pro-school choice
Parent involvement in education
Pro-business
Current Position
U.S Senator (R-Indiana)
Donald Rainwater
Libertarian
Cut taxes
Smaller government
Pro-school choice
Legalize marijuana
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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.
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