INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The Indiana Republican Central Committee has selected Lt Gov. Eric Holcomb to replace Mike Pence on the November ballot.
The committee picked Holcomb from a field of Congresswoman Susan Brooks, Congressman Todd Rokita, and Indiana Senate member Jim Tomes. All four candidates were given the opportunity to make presentations and answer questions from the 22 voting members of the committee.
Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb said, “we cannot, cannot, allow our state to slip and drift and go backwards to those days of debt and delayed payments to schools or unfunding important, critical infrastructure projects across the state of Indiana.”
In response Democrat candidate for governor John Gregg released the following statement:
“I want to congratulate Eric Holcomb on this latest political appointment. While there may be a new name on the ballot, the issues remain the same. For too many Hoosier families, wages aren’t keeping up and the good paying jobs we are losing aren’t being replaced. Eric Holcomb wholeheartedly embraced the failed approach that embarrassed our state, cost us jobs and has left the middle class behind. My economic plan sets our state on a new path forward, one that puts jobs and the middle class first.”
