The 2024 Indiana gubernatorial election was 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. Republican Senator Mike Braun won his first term in office, defeating Democrat former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick. He succeeded Republican incumbent Eric Holcomb, who was term-limited and could not seek a third consecutive term.
Primary elections took place on May 7, 2024, in which Republican U.S. Senator Mike Braun, Democratic former state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jennifer McCormick, and Libertarian software engineer Donald Rainwater won their respective parties' nominations. Braun defeated McCormick with 54.4 percent of the vote in the general election. Despite this, McCormick's performance marked a significant improvement from that of Woody Myers in the 2020 election.
Democrats have not won a gubernatorial election in Indiana since 2000.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Mike Braun, U.S. senator (2019–2025)
Eliminated in primary
- Brad Chambers, former Indiana Secretary of Commerce
- Suzanne Crouch, lieutenant governor of Indiana (2017–2025) and former Indiana State Auditor (2014–2017)
- Eric Doden, former president of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation
- Curtis Hill, former Indiana attorney general (2017–2021) and candidate for Indiana's 2nd congressional district in the 2022 special election
- Jamie Reitenour, businesswoman
Declined
- Mitch Daniels, former governor (2005–2013), former president of Purdue University (2013–2022), and former director of the Office of Management and Budget (2001–2003)
- Todd Rokita, Indiana attorney general (2021–present), former U.S. representative from Indiana's 4th congressional district (2011–2019), former Indiana Secretary of State (2002–2010), and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018 (ran for re-election)
Endorsements
Mike Braun
Suzanne Crouch
U.S. representatives
- Larry Bucshon, U.S. representative for Indiana's 8th congressional district (2011–2025)
- Dan Burton, former U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district (1983–2013)
- Greg Pence, U.S. representative for Indiana's 6th congressional district (2019–2025)
State officials
- Connie Lawson, former Indiana Secretary of State (2012–2021)
- Becky Skillman, former lieutenant governor of Indiana (2005–2013)
State legislators
- Michael Aylesworth, state representative for the 11th district (2014–present)
- Jim Buck, state senator from the 21st district (2008–present)
- Dan Dernulc, state senator from the 1st district (2022–present)
- Blake Doriot, state senator from the 12th district (2016–present)
- Ryan Lauer, state representative for the 59th district (2018–present)
- Wendy McNamara, state representative for the 76th district (2010–present)
- Ryan Mishler, state senator from the 9th district (2004–present)
- Rick Niemeyer, state senator from the 6th district (2014–present)
- Julie Olthoff, state representative for the 19th district (2014–2018, 2020–present)
- J.D. Prescott, state representative for the 33rd district (2018–present)
- Jack Sandlin, state senator from the 36th district (2016–2023)
- Hal Slager, state representative for the 15th district (2012–2018, 2020–present)
- Jerry Torr, state representative for the 39th district (1996–2024)
Local officials
- Chris Jensen, mayor of Noblesville (2019–present)
- Lloyd Winnecke, former mayor of Evansville (2012–2024)
Organizations
- Indiana Right to Life (co-endorsement with Braun and Doden)
Curtis Hill
Lieutenant governor selection
The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor was chosen at a convention on June 15. After winning the gubernatorial primary, Mike Braun endorsed state representative Julie McGuire to be his running mate, but during the convention, delegates instead selected pastor Micah Beckwith in an upset.
Nominee
- Micah Beckwith, pastor, former Noblesville public library trustee, and candidate for Indiana's 5th congressional district in 2020
Eliminated at convention
- Julie McGuire, state representative from the 93rd district (2022–present)
Endorsements
Julie McGuire
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
- Jennifer McCormick, former Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction (2017–2021)
Disqualified
- Tamie Dixon-Tatum, municipal official and perennial candidate (ran for lieutenant governor)
Withdrawn
- Bob Kern, retired paralegal and perennial candidate (ran for lieutenant governor)
Declined
- Joe Donnelly, U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See (2022–2024) and former U.S. senator (2013–2019)
- Thomas McDermott Jr., mayor of Hammond, nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022, and candidate for Indiana's 1st congressional district in 2020
Endorsements
Jennifer McCormick
Lieutenant governor selection
The Indiana Democratic Party nominated their candidate for lieutenant governor on July 13, 2024. On June 20, McCormick announced Terry Goodin as her preferred running mate, leading to controversy over Goodin's past positions on abortion, guns, and LGBT rights.
Nominee
- Terry Goodin, former Indiana director for USDA Rural Development and former Minority Leader of the Indiana House of Representatives (2017–2018) from the 66th district (2000–2020)
Eliminated at convention
- Tamie Dixon-Tatum, municipal official and perennial candidate
- Bob Kern, retired paralegal and perennial candidate
- Clif Marsiglio, educator and candidate for mayor of Indianapolis in 2023
Declined
- J. D. Ford, state senator from the 29th district (2018–present) (endorsed Goodin)
Libertarian convention
Candidates
Nominee
- Donald Rainwater, software engineer and nominee for governor in 2020
- Running mate: Tonya Hudson, real estate broker and nominee for Indiana's 9th congressional district in 2020 and 2022
General election
Results
By county
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- St. Joseph (largest municipality: South Bend)
- Tippecanoe (largest municipality: Lafayette)
By congressional district
Braun won seven of nine congressional districts.