2024 Indiana gubernatorial election
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Nominee TBD Jennifer McCormick
(presumptive) 		Donald Rainwater
Party Republican Democratic Libertarian
Running mate TBD TBD Tonya Hudson
Incumbent Governor

Eric Holcomb
Republican



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The 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the next governor of Indiana, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Governor Eric Holcomb is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third consecutive term in office. Primary elections will take place on May 7, 2024.[1]

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Mike Braun
Executive Branch officials
Organizations
Brad Chambers
U.S. Representatives
Local officials
Individuals
Suzanne Crouch
U.S. Representatives
State officials
State legislators
Local officials
Organizations
Eric Doden
Organizations
Curtis Hill
U.S. Executive branch officials

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Braun 		Brad
Chambers 		Suzanne
Crouch 		Eric
Doden 		Curtis
Hill 		Other Undecided
Indy Politics/Crossroads Public Affairs March 24–25, 2024 500 (LV) ± 4.8% 33% 10% 11% 11% 5% 1%[b] 30%
Emerson College/The Hill March 2–5, 2024 526 (LV) ± 4.2% 34% 5% 7% 7% 2% 2%[c] 43%
Mark It Red[A] December 18–20, 2023 (LV) – 40% 5% 13% 3% 5% – 30%
Mark It Red[A] November 18–22, 2022 750 (LV) ± 2.5% 47% – 10% 5% – – 37%
Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin
of error 		Mike
Braun 		Suzanne
Crouch 		Eric
Doden 		Trey
Hollingsworth 		Todd
Rokita 		Other Undecided
Bellwether Research December 11–17, 2022 1,000 (LV) – 25% 7% 3% 6% 9% 9% 40%

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Mike Braun (R) $9,517,140 $3,716,655 $4,087,405
Brad Chambers (R) $8,270,498[d] $5,360,264 $2,910,234
Suzanne Crouch (R) $6,707,385 $2,254,984 $3,770,337
Eric Doden (R) $6,847,846[e] $4,864,456 $3,774,289
Curtis Hill (R) $374,071 $270,918 $123,294
Jamie Reitenour (R) $36,395 $20,885 $19,239
Source: Indiana Secretary of State[35]

Debates

2024 Indiana gubernatorial election Republican primary debates
No. Date Host Moderator Link Participants
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Non-invitee   I  Invitee  W  Withdrawn
Mike Braun Brad Chambers Suzanne Crouch Eric Doden Curtis Hill Jamie Reitenour
1 March 11, 2024 Current Publishing Ann Marie Shambaugh Video P P P P P P
2 March 26, 2024 FOX 59 Beairshelle Edmé
Dan Spehler 		Video P P P P N N
3 March 27, 2024 WISH-TV Phil Sanchez
April Simpson 		Video P P P P P N
4 April 23, 2024 Indiana Debate Commission I I I I I I

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Braun
Republican Brad Chambers
Republican Suzanne Crouch
Republican Eric Doden
Republican Curtis Hill
Republican Jamie Reitenour
Total votes

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Disqualified

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Jennifer McCormick
State legislators
County officials
Labor unions
Political parties

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jennifer McCormick
Total votes

Libertarian convention

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[48] Solid R July 21, 2023
Inside Elections[49] Solid R July 14, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[50] Safe R July 13, 2023
Elections Daily[51] Safe R July 12, 2023

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Mike Braun vs. Jennifer McCormick
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin of
error 		Mike
Braun (R) 		Jennifer
McCormick (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[B] August 15–16, 2022 663 (RV) ± 3.81 46% 35% 19%
Suzanne Crouch vs. Jennifer McCormick
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin of
error 		Suzanne
Crouch (R) 		Jennifer
McCormick (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[B] August 15–16, 2022 663 (RV) ± 3.81 39% 35% 28%
Curtis Hill vs. Jennifer McCormick
Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[a] 		Margin of
error 		Curtis
Hill (R) 		Jennifer
McCormick (D) 		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D)[B] August 15–16, 2022 663 (RV) ± 3.81 36% 36% 28%

Results

2024 Indiana gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican TBD
TBD
Democratic Jennifer McCormick
TBD
Libertarian Donald Rainwater
Tonya Hudson
Total votes

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Reitenour with 1%
  3. ^ Reitenour with 2%
  4. ^ $5,000,000 of this total was self-funded by Chambers
  5. ^ $100,000 of this total was self-funded by Doden
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Braun's campaign.
  2. ^ a b c Poll sponsored by McCormick's campaign.

See also

References

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External links

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