A new proposal at the Statehouse would change how Indiana chooses its lieutenant governors.
House Bill 1022, authored by Republican Representative Danny Lopez would allow gubernatorial nominees to select their running mates after the primary election. The two would then run as a joint ticket in the general election, mirroring the process used in 13 other states, including Illinois and Kentucky.
Indiana currently allows political party delegates to choose lieutenant-governor candidates at their state conventions. That approach drew renewed attention in 2024 when Republican delegates selected Micah Beckwith over Gov. Mike Braun’s preferred choice.
If passed, the bill would end that practice and give the sitting nominee direct control over who fills the state’s second-highest office.
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No, thank you. I’d rather have one Beckwith than 1000 Pence picks.
The fact that Illinois and Kentucky do things a certain way is irrelevant. Kentucky saddled us with Mitch McConnell for DECADES, and Illinois is a deep blue craphole ruled solely by a communist group masquerading as a political party. These are hardly the people we should be modeling ourselves after!