2016 Indiana gubernatorial election

The 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3, 2016. Republican Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb won the race with 51.4% of the vote.

2016 Indiana gubernatorial election
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Eric Holcomb John R. Gregg
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Suzanne Crouch Christina Hale
Popular vote 1,397,396 1,235,503
Percentage 51.4% 45.4%
County results

Holcomb:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Gregg:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%
Governor before election

Mike Pence
Republican

 Elected Governor

Eric Holcomb
Republican

Elections in Indiana
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Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Pence was running for reelection to a second term in office until July 15, 2016, when Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump selected Pence as his vice presidential running mate.[1] As Pence was barred by Indiana law from simultaneously running for both offices, he subsequently withdrew from the gubernatorial election.[2] Pence went on to become Vice President of the United States. He was replaced on the ballot for Governor by his former running mate, incumbent Lieutenant Governor Eric Holcomb, who was selected by the Indiana Republican State Committee as the nominee on July 26, 2016.[3] Holcomb later selected State Auditor Suzanne Crouch on August 1, 2016, to be his running mate as the nomination for Lieutenant Governor was made vacant by the decision of Holcomb to seek the gubernatorial nomination; she was confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the Indiana Republican State Committee later that day.[3][4]

John Gregg, the former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives, was the Democratic nominee. Gregg previously ran for Governor in 2012, but was defeated by Pence.

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results
Republican primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence (incumbent) 815,699 100.00%
Total votes 815,699 100.00%

Republican State Committee selection

On July 15, 2016, Donald Trump announced that Pence would be his running mate as vice president in the 2016 presidential election. Under Indiana law, Pence was unable to run for both governor and vice president simultaneously; he therefore withdrew from the gubernatorial election, creating a vacancy on the Republican ticket. On July 26, the chairman of the Indiana Republican Party, Jeff Cardwell, announced that Eric Holcomb had been nominated by the Indiana Republican State Committee to replace Pence on the ballot for Governor. The vote totals were not released. Holcomb later selected Suzanne Crouch on August 1, 2016, to be his running mate as the nomination for Lieutenant Governor was made vacant by the decision of Holcomb to seek the gubernatorial nomination; she was then confirmed by the Committee at a meeting later that day.[3][4]

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
John Gregg
Politicians
Organizations

Results
Democratic primary results[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John R. Gregg 547,375 100.00
Total votes 547,375 100.00

Libertarian Party convention

Candidates

Declared
  • Rex Bell, businessman[27]
  • Jim Wallace[27]

Nominated
  • Rex Bell, businessman[27]
    • Running mate: Karl Tatgenhorst

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[28] Tossup November 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball[29] Lean D November 7, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report[30] Tilt R November 3, 2016
Daily Kos[31] Tossup November 7, 2016
Real Clear Politics[32] Tossup November 1, 2016

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Eric
Holcomb (R)		 John
Gregg (D)		 Rex
Bell (L)		 Undecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 2016 1,700 ± 4.6% 47% 49% – 4%
SurveyMonkey October 31 – November 6, 2016 1,383 ± 4.6% 46% 49% – 5%
WTHR/Howey November 1–3, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 42% 42% 5% 11%
SurveyMonkey October 28 – November 3, 2016 923 ± 4.6% 47% 47% – 6%
SurveyMonkey October 27 – November 2, 2016 790 ± 4.6% 48% 47% – 5%
Gravis Marketing October 30 – November 1, 2016 399 ± 4.9% 38% 42% 4% 16%
SurveyMonkey October 26 – November 1, 2016 638 ± 4.6% 49% 47% – 4%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016 674 ± 4.6% 47% 48% – 5%
Monmouth University October 27–30, 2016 402 ± 4.9% 42% 48% 4% 5%
Gravis Marketing October 22–24, 2016 596 ± 2.3% 38% 42% 4% 16%
Ball State University (PSRAI) October 10–16, 2016 544 ± 4.8% 43% 48% – –
Monmouth University October 11–13, 2016 402 ± 4.9% 38% 50% 4% 7%
BK Strategies (R-Holcomb) October 11–13, 2016 800 ± 3.5% 42% 42% 3% 13%
WTHR/Howey October 3–5, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 39% 41% 5% 15%
WTHR/Howey September 6–8, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 35% 40% 6% 19%
Monmouth University August 13–16, 2016 403 ± 4.9% 42% 41% 4% 13%
Expedition Strategies (D-Gregg) August 1–3, 2016 600 ± 4.0% 39% 46% 6% 9%
The Tarrance Group July 20–21, 2016 503 ± 4.4% 34% 42% – 24%

Results

Holcomb won with 51.4% of the votes, Gregg taking 45.4%, and Libertarian Rex Bell finishing with 3.2%.[33]

2016 Indiana gubernatorial election[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Eric Holcomb 1,397,396 51.38% +1.89%
Democratic John R. Gregg 1,235,503 45.42% -1.14%
Libertarian Rex Bell 87,025 3.20% -0.75%
Write-in 44 0.00% 0.00%
Total votes 2,719,968 100.00% N/A
Republican hold
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