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Republican Mike Braun has received the Indiana governor’s election, with the Related Press calling the race after the polls closed at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Braun confronted Democrat Jennifer McCormick, the previous state superintendent of public instruction, in addition to Libertarian software program engineer Donald Rainwater.
With 93% of Indiana precincts reporting, unofficial outcomes Wednesday afternoon confirmed Braun with 54.2% of the vote to McCormick’s 41.2% and Rainwater’s 4.6%.
Braun, a businessman and U.S. senator since 2019, beforehand served within the Indiana Home of Representatives from 2014 to 2017.
With Braun main the state, the Republican supermajority within the Common Meeting doubtless has a transparent path to increasing Indiana’s voucher program to all households by eradicating the ultimate qualification — the revenue restrict. This system is already practically common.
On Wednesday morning, Braun introduced his transition group would come with Betsy Wiley, president and CEO of the Institute for High quality Schooling, a faculty alternative advocacy group, in addition to distinguished conservative legal professional Jim Bopp identified for his anti-abortion mannequin laws.
The group is led by transition chair Victor Smith, who served as Indiana secretary of commerce below former Gov. Mike Pence, in addition to transition director Joshua Kelley, Braun’s chief of employees within the U.S. Senate.
“Now could be the time when the actual work begins, the place we will present Hoosiers the kind of stewards we will likely be with all of the belief positioned in us. I’m honored to have assembled such an distinctive group of people who carry a wealth of expertise, experience, and a shared dedication to serving the folks of Indiana,” Braun stated in an announcement.
Trainer pay, recruitment in Braun’s training plan
Braun’s training platform additionally consists of elevating pay for academics, however doesn’t present a goal common greenback determine. He additionally champions chopping “crimson tape for out-of-state academics” to turn out to be licensed in Indiana, in addition to utilizing focused recruitment efforts to enhance staffing shortages at Indiana colleges.
The opposite factors of his platform are largely consistent with legal guidelines that lawmakers have handed in recent times, together with limiting mobile phone use in school and notifying mother and father if a pupil requests a reputation or pronoun change.
In tradition warfare points, lawmakers could have one other ally in Lieutenant Governor-elect Micah Beckwith.
A pastor and small enterprise proprietor from Hamilton County, Beckwith was instrumental in passing a controversial coverage that moved books from the teenager part to the grownup part on the Hamilton East Public Library in 2022.
Beckwith was not Braun’s choose for lieutenant governor, however beat out Julie McGuire on the Republican conference, the place delegates selected him over McGuire.
McCormick conceded the race round 10 p.m. Tuesday evening, writing in an announcement that although she was “dissatisfied” within the end result, she was additionally “assured that Hoosier hospitality and ingenuity will be sure that Indiana’s greatest days stay forward of us.”
In an announcement, the Indiana Faculty Boards Affiliation congratulated Braun on his victory, noting that he’s the primary former college board member to be elected Indiana governor since Samuel Ralston in 1912. Braun was elected to the Higher Jasper college board in 2004.
“We’re dedicated to working with the brand new administration and the Indiana Common Meeting to realize our frequent targets on enhancing training and pupil success,” the assertion from ISBA stated.
Aleksandra Appleton covers Indiana training coverage and writes about Ok-12 colleges throughout the state. Contact her at aappleton@chalkbeat.org.
