Indiana held its general election on November 5, 2024, deciding 125 legislative seats and 3 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.
Highlights
Indiana's Republican trifecta renewed itself without drama, extending a Republican hold on the governorship that dates to 2004 and a statewide shutout of Democrats that dates to 2012: U.S. Sen. Mike Braun won the open governorship, Attorney General Todd Rokita was re-elected, and the General Assembly's supermajorities came through unchanged at 70-30 in the House and 40-10 in the Senate.
Mike Braun (R) beat Jennifer McCormick (D) by about 13 points; McCormick is the former Republican state schools superintendent who split with the party. Libertarian Donald Rainwater (L) finished near five percent. Braun's running mate, pastor Micah Beckwith (R), was not his choice: convention delegates picked Beckwith over the state representative Braun had endorsed. The education news site Chalkbeat noted the win gave the supermajority a clear path to universal school vouchers. Todd Rokita (R) beat Destiny Wells (D) for attorney general by about 17 points.
About 54 percent of voters approved a constitutional amendment that drops the superintendent of public instruction from the line of succession to the governorship; the office is now an appointed post.
Legislature
House (100 seats): 30 D, 70 R before the election, 30 D, 70 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Senate (50 seats): 10 D, 40 R before the election, 10 D, 40 R after; control stayed with Republicans.
Remove the superintendent of public instruction from the gubernatorial line of succession. This legislatively referred constitutional amendment was placed on the Indiana 2024 ballot. Voters approved it with 54.0% voting yes.