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Beckwith Gets GOP Vote for Lt. Gov Candidacy, Bucking Braun

FILE - U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind., announces in Indianapolis, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022 that he will for Indiana governor in 2024. Braun will face Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch for the Republican nomination. An Indianapolis City-County Council member on Thursday, July 6, 2023, became the second announced Democrat to seek Indiana’s open U.S. Senate seat from outgoing Braun in the 2024 election. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WOWO) –

Against the endorsement of former president Donald Trump and Republican Candidate for Governor, Senator Mike Braun, the Indiana Republican Delegates voted in favor of Micah Beckwith, instead of State Representative Julie McGuire for Lt. Governor. Beckwith, a conservative pastor and podcaster, won narrowly with 51-percent of the vote. Beckwith had been registering delegates and building support well-ahead of Saturday’s State GOP vote. The last time there was a contested convention for that post was 1996.

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Slacker06 June 17, 2024 at 9:09 am

This should put Mike Braun on notice that Hoosiers are watching and will not take any more top down foolishness.

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Pat June 17, 2024 at 12:01 pm

This is how the GOP has earned its reputation as “the Stupid Party.”

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Slacker06 June 18, 2024 at 8:50 am

The voters have finally had enough of top down rule from politicians. They took the selection of Lt. Governor into their own hands. Braun should see this and become more responsive Constitutional government for Hoosiers during the campaign and if he is elected.

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