2012 Indiana gubernatorial election

none related races 2012 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 August 2020 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election Indiana presidential no 2008 Indiana gubernatorial election 2008 2016 Indiana gubernatorial election 2016 2012 11 6 File:Mike Pence in November 2013.jpg 150x150px Mike Pence Sue Ellspermann Republican Party (United States) 1,275,424 49.49% File:John R. Gregg.jpg John R. Gregg Vi Simpson Democratic Party (United States) 1,200,016 46.56% 160px County results 160px Congressional district results Pence: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70%Gregg: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Mitch Daniels Republican Party (United States) Mike Pence Republican Party (United States) Indiana Governor Election Results by County, 2012 The 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012. Incumbent governor Mitch Daniels was term-limited and unable to seek a third term. The Republican candidate, Congressman Mike Pence; the Democratic candidate, former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives John R. Gregg; and the Libertarian candidate, youth mentor, small business owner and reality TV personality, Rupert Boneham, were all unopposed in their respective primaries or conventions, and contested the general election. This is the first open Indiana gubernatorial election since 1996 and the first gubernatorial election since 1972 without the incumbent governor or lieutenant governor as a nominee. When the polls closed, the election was very close, and continued to stay close throughout the night. Gregg performed well in Marion County (Indianapolis) and Lake County (Gary), which were Democratic strongholds. Pence performed well in the Indianapolis suburbs and the Fort Wayne area. At 12:34 am EST, the Associated Press called the race for Pence. At 1:06 am, Gregg called Pence to concede, realizing there were not enough votes left to overtake him. Pence ultimately won the election and took office on January 14, 2013. This was the closest race for governor since 1960. Primaries Democratic John R. Gregg, former speaker of the Indiana House of Representativeshttp://www.wthr.com/story/14652266/former-speaker-gregg-to-run-for-indiana-governort Former speaker Gregg to run for Indiana governor May 16, 2011 May 21, 2012 WTHR Kevin Rader https://web.archive.org/web/20160304114027/http://www.wthr.com/story/14652266/former-speaker-gregg-to-run-for-indiana-governort March 4, 2016 dead Results Democratic Indiana gubernatorial election primary in Indiana, 2012http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/primary/sos_primary12?page=office&countyID=-1&partyID=-1&officeID=37&districtID=-1&districtshortviewID=-1&candidate= https://web.archive.org/web/20141018121914/http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/primary/sos_primary12?page=office&countyID=-1&partyID=-1&officeID=37&districtID=-1&districtshortviewID=-1&candidate= dead Indiana Primary Election, May 8, 2012-United States Senator June 5, 2012 June 11, 2012 Secretary of State of Indiana October 18, 2014 John R. Gregg Democratic Party (United States) 207,365 100 207,365 100 Libertarian Rupert Boneham, four-time contestant on Survivor and founder of Rupert's Kids.https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/survivor-rupert-boneham-indiana-governor-252176 'Survivor's' Rupert Boneham Announces He'll Run for Governor of Indiana October 22, 2011 May 21, 2012 The Hollywood Reporter Boneham was nominated by delegates at his party's state convention.https://rupertforgovernor.com/component/content/article/34-video/98-rupert-receives-nomination Rupert Receives Libertarian Nomination November 9, 2012 General election Candidates Rupert Boneham (Libertarian), four-time contestant on Survivor and founder of Rupert's Kids Running mate: Brad Klopfenstein, former executive director of the Libertarian Party of Indiana John Gregg (Democratic), former speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives Running mate: Vi Simpson, state senate minority leaderhttp://www.wishtv.com/dpp/news/politics/gregg-to-name-sen-simpson-as-running-mate#.T7rM082KWhd Gregg to name Sen. Simpson as running mate May 21, 2012 May 21, 2012 WISH-TV Jim ShellaAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Donnie Harold Harris (Public Party) (write-in) Running mate: George Fishhttp://ballotnews.org/2012/05/07/state-executive-primary-preview-no-surprises-in-indiana-tomorrow/ State executive primary preview: No surprises in Indiana tomorrow May 7, 2012 May 21, 2012 Ballotnews Lauren Rodgers https://web.archive.org/web/20120516065313/http://ballotnews.org/2012/05/07/state-executive-primary-preview-no-surprises-in-indiana-tomorrow/ May 16, 2012 dead Mike Pence (Republican), U.S. representative Running mate: Sue Ellspermann, state representativehttp://www.journalgazette.net/article/20120521/NEWS07/120529945/0 Pence names running mate May 21, 2012 May 21, 2012 The Journal Gazette Niki KellyAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot http://www.fox59.com/news/wxin-republican-gubernatorial-candidate-mike-pence-chooses-running-mate-20120521,0,7512728.column Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Pence chooses running mate May 21, 2012 May 21, 2012 WXINAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Debates The Indiana Debate CommissionIndiana Debate Commission organized three televised debates between Indiana Gubernatorial candidates Republican Mike Pence, Democrat John R. Gregg and Libertarian Rupert Boneham. Debate schedule The first debate was held on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at the Zionsville Performing Arts Center in Zionsville, Indiana and was moderated by former Indianapolis Star editor Dennis Ryerson. Complete video of debate, October 10, 2012 - C-SPAN The second debate was held on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center in South Bend, Indiana and was moderated by Indiana Fiscal Policy Institute president John Ketzenberger. Complete video of debate, October 17, 2012 - C-SPAN The third debate was held on Thursday, October 25, 2012, at the WFWA PBS 39 studio in Fort Wayne, Indiana and was moderated by DePauw University Executive Director of Media Relations Ken Owen. Complete video of debate, October 25, 2012 - YouTube Predictions Source Ranking As of The Cook Political Report2012 Governor Race Ratings for November 1, 2012 https://www.cookpolitical.com/ratings/governor-race-ratings/139101 The Cook Political Report November 30, 2018 Likely R November 1, 2012 Sabato's Crystal BallPROJECTION: OBAMA WILL LIKELY WIN SECOND TERM http://crystalball.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ Sabato's Crystal Ball November 30, 2018 December 1, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181201094552/http://crystalball.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/projection-obama-will-likely-win-second-term/ dead Likely R November 5, 2012 Rothenberg Political Report2012 Gubernatorial Ratings http://www.insideelections.com/ratings/governor/2012-gubernatorial-ratings-november-2-2012 Gubernatorial Ratings The Rothenberg Political Report November 30, 2018 Likely R November 2, 2012 Real Clear Politics2012 Elections Map - 2012 Governor Races https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/governor/2012_elections_governor_map.html Real Clear Politics November 30, 2018 Likely R November 5, 2012 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Margin oferror MikePence (R) John R.Gregg (D) RupertBoneham (L) Other UndecidedHowey Politics/DePauwhttp://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/howey-depauw-16445 Howey Politics/DePauw November 3, 2012 November 4, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121104011034/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/howey-depauw-16445 dead October 28–30, 2012 800 ± 3.5% 47% 40% 5% — —Benenson Strategy Grouphttp://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/benenson-d-gregg-16164 Benenson Strategy Group October 26, 2012 October 29, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121029050211/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/benenson-d-gregg-16164 dead October 18–21, 2012 701 ± 3.7% 44% 38% 6% — 12%YouGovhttp://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/yougov-15863 YouGov November 3, 2012 October 22, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022091250/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/yougov-15863 dead October 4–11, 2012 470 ± 5.6% 49% 38% — — 13%Howey Politics/DePauw Universityhttp://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/howey-depauw-15346 Howey Politics/DePauw University November 3, 2012 November 9, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121109024729/http://elections.huffingtonpost.com/pollster/polls/howey-depauw-15346 dead September 19–23, 2012 800 ± 3.5% 47% 34% 5% — 14%Market Research InsightMarket Research Insight August 6–9, 2012 600 ± 4% 50% 32% 3% — 15%Market Research InsightMarket Research Insight https://web.archive.org/web/20120810045510/http://howeypolitics.com/main.asp?SectionID=39&SubSectionID=123&ArticleID=7615 August 10, 2012 March 26–27, 2012 503 ± 4.5% 44% 31% 5% — 20% Results 150px|thumb|State senate district results Indiana gubernatorial election, 2012http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2012?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=37&districtID=-1&candidate= Election Results in.gov/apps/sos November 28, 2012 December 17, 2012 Republican Party (United States) Mike Pence/Sue Ellspermann 1,275,424 49.49% -8.35% Democratic Party (United States) John R. Gregg/Vi Simpson 1,200,016 46.56% +6.52% Libertarian Party (United States) Rupert Boneham 101,868 3.95% +1.83% Independent (United States) Donnie Harold Harris (write-in) 21 0.00% N/A 2,577,329 100.0% N/A Republican Party (United States) By county Sourcehttps://www.politico.com/2012-election/results/governor/indiana/ 2012 Indiana Governor Results Politico 2012 25 January 2025 Mike PenceRepublican John R. GreggDemocratic Rupert BonehamLibertarian Margin Total County Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes % VotesAdams8,10862.60%4,51534.86%3292.54%3,59327.74%12,952Allen78,65754.69%61,36542.67%3,7902.64%17,29212.02%143,812Bartholomew17,41459.74%10,60736.39%1,1303.88%6,80723.35%29,151Benton1,94454.81%1,37438.74%2296.46%57016.07%3,547Blackford2,43252.23%2,01243.21%2124.55%4209.02%4,656Boone17,41556.43%8,70931.59%1,0193.70%8,70631.58%27,565Brown3,77340.30%3,40744.52%4555.95%3664.78%7,653Carroll4,16453.62%3,13240.33%4706.05%1,03213.29%7,766Cass7,10450.19%6,24644.13%8035.67%8586.06%14,153Clark24,32252.90%20,10843.73%1,5483.37%4,2149.17%45,978Clay5,52550.98%4,74743.80%5655.21%7787.18%10,837Clinton5,41154.93%3,87539.34%5655.74%1,53615.59%9,851Crawford2,09646.63%2,26650.41%1332.96%-170-3.78%4,495Daviess5,38653.52%4,39643.68%2812.79%9909.84%10,063Dearborn14,35366.64%6,21028.83%9744.52%8,14337.81%21,537Decatur6,47963.04%3,18230.96%6165.99%3,29732.08%10,277DeKalb9,58359.89%5,84736.54%5713.57%3,73623.35%16,001Delaware19,97845.56%21,90149.95%1,9674.49%-1,923-4.39%43,846Dubois10,93159.64%6,95837.97%4382.39%3,97321.68%18,327Elkhart38,96957.91%26,34039.15%1,9782.94%12,62918.77%67,287Fayette4,57352.64%3,66242.15%4525.20%91110.49%8,687Floyd18,98254.74%14,73842.50%9542.75%4,24412.24%34,674Fountain3,76053.27%2,88440.86%4145.87%87612.41%7,058Franklin6,96767.89%2,85827.84%4394.28%4,10940.03%10,264Fulton4,53256.03%3,19439.49%3624.48%1,33816.54%8,088Gibson7,73152.86%6,50844.50%3872.65%1,2238.36%14,626Grant13,82455.15%10,31341.14%9313.71%3,51114.01%25,068Greene5,48641.74%7,30755.60%3502.66%-1,821-13.86%13,143Hamilton88,06265.19%41,76130.91%5,2653.90%46,30134.27%135,088Hancock20,28862.17%10,46432.07%1,8795.76%9,82430.11%32,631Harrison9,98757.07%6,95939.77%5543.17%3,02817.30%17,500Hendricks40,24261.33%22,11533.70%3,2574.96%18,12727.63%65,614Henry9,43749.63%8,27743.53%1,3016.84%1,1606.10%19,015Howard17,76849.24%16,51545.77%1,8024.99%1,2533.47%36,085Huntington9,62362.68%5,21233.95%5173.37%4,41128.73%15,352Jackson9,61357.78%6,37738.33%6483.89%3,23619.45%16,638Jasper6,98756.10%5,05540.59%4123.31%1,93215.51%12,454Jay4,32455.05%3,18340.52%3484.43%1,14114.53%7,855Jefferson6,71552.76%5,61044.08%4033.17%1,1058.68%12,728Jennings5,64855.76%4,02339.72%4584.52%1,62516.04%10,129Johnson35,80562.67%18,09731.68%3,2315.66%17,70830.99%57,133Knox5,03133.11%9,91165.23%2531.67%-4,880-32.12%15,195Kosciusko20,52769.01%8,30027.90%9193.09%12,22741.10%29,746LaGrange5,65361.01%3,25735.15%3553.83%2,39625.86%9,265Lake55,75030.70%122,25167.32%3,5841.97%-66,501-36.62%181,585LaPorte16,15938.48%24,18657.59%1,6533.94%-8,027-19.11%41,998Lawrence10,09457.14%6,83038.67%7404.19%3,26418.48%17,664Madison24,04846.06%25,39248.64%2,7655.30%-1,344-2.57%52,205Marion129,12536.27%209,32558.80%17,5184.92%-80,200-22.53%355,968Marshall9,90056.22%7,11240.39%5983.40%2,78815.83%17,610Martin2,47152.36%2,05043.44%1984.20%4218.92%4,719Miami6,88254.48%4,98239.28%7676.07%1,90015.04%12,631Monroe14,53036.76%22,98158.14%2,0195.11%-8,451-21.38%39,530Montgomery8,10556.41%5,48238.16%7805.43%2,62318.26%14,367Morgan17,07960.81%9,29533.10%1,7116.09%7,78427.72%28,085Newton3,01554.28%2,28741.17%2534.55%72813.11%5,555Noble9,40558.78%6,04737.80%5473.42%3,35820.99%15,999Ohio1,55456.57%1,08439.46%1093.97%47017.11%2,747Orange4,11253.85%3,27342.86%2513.29%83910.99%7,636Owen4,16451.43%3,45642.69%4765.88%7088.75%8,096Parke3,36651.78%2,81843.35%3164.86%5488.43%6,500Perry3,13240.04%4,52357.82%1682.15%-1,391-17.78%7,823Pike2,66145.18%3,06652.05%1632.77%-405-6.88%5,890Porter29,32141.06%39,89355.86%2,1983.08%-10,572-14.80%71,412Posey6,45553.30%5,34044.10%3152.60%1,1159.21%12,110Pulaski2,80953.88%2,18941.99%2154.12%62011.89%5,213Putnam7,55055.03%5,30738.68%8646.30%2,24316.35%13,721Randolph5,70856.51%3,93939.00%4544.49%1,76917.51%10,101Ripley7,01864.99%3,22429.85%5575.16%3,79435.13%10,799Rush4,12059.20%2,37034.05%4706.75%1,75025.14%6,960St. Joseph47,20843.11%59,41054.25%2,8972.65%-12,202-11.14%109,515Scott4,06947.26%4,28749.79%2542.95%-218-2.53%8,610Shelby9,64357.70%5,99435.87%1,0846.49%3,64921.83%16,712Spencer5,05952.38%4,38545.40%2152.23%6746.98%9,659Starke3,82845.27%4,29150.75%3373.99%-463-5.48%8,456Steuben7,77257.19%5,30839.06%5093.75%2,46418.13%13,589Sullivan2,94835.33%5,17962.06%2182.61%-2,231-26.73%8,345Switzerland1,66650.73%1,48945.34%1293.93%1775.39%3,284Tippecanoe25,70945.70%27,61549.09%2,9295.21%-1,906-3.39%56,253Tipton4,13656.74%2,57235.29%4015.50%1,56421.46%7,289Union1,96364.40%94030.84%1454.76%1,02333.56%3,048Vanderburgh36,45951.16%32,83046.07%1,9692.76%3,6295.09%71,258Vermillion2,61739.76%3,63955.29%3264.95%-1,022-15.53%6,582Vigo15,01337.98%22,98858.15%1,5283.87%-7,975-20.18%39,529Wabash7,52460.41%4,45935.80%4713.78%3,06524.61%12,454Warren2,01353.25%1,57941.77%1884.97%43411.48%3,780Warrick13,65456.25%10,03041.32%5882.42%3,62414.93%24,272Washington6,12957.71%4,10838.68%3833.61%2,02119.03%10,620Wayne13,89154.66%10,26140.38%1,2624.97%3,63014.28%25,414Wells8,51766.18%3,99731.06%3552.76%4,52035.12%12,869White5,03250.93%4,27943.31%5705.77%7537.62%9,881Whitley9,08461.44%5,20935.23%4933.33%3,87526.21%14,786 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Delaware (largest city: Muncie) Greene (largest city: Linton) Madison (largest city: Anderson) Marion (largest city: Indianapolis) Scott (largest city: Scottsburg) Tippecanoe (largest city: Lafayette) Vigo (largest city: Terre Haute) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Switzerland (largest city: Vevay) right 160px Swing by county 160px Trend relative to the state by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 160px County flips Legend Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip By congressional district Pence won six of nine congressional districts; while Gregg won three, including one, the 8th district, that elected a Republican.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vCN80JNhNwZ-uIEUeSzfu7GpQYC7sJ7sEhhotAWRhOE/edit#gid=1696117 Daily Kos District Pence Gregg Representative1st33.61%63.98%Pete Visclosky2nd50.63%46.15%Joe Donnelly (112th Congress)Jackie Walorski (113th Congress)3rd58.24%38.77%Marlin Stutzman4th53.82%40.87%Todd Rokita5th55.34%40.44%Dan Burton (112th Congress)Susan Brooks (113th Congress)6th56.56%38.49%Mike Pence (112th Congress)Luke Messer (113th Congress)7th33.07%61.73%André Carson8th48.28%48.69%Larry Bucshon9th53.08%42.70%Todd Young References 30em External links Election Division https://web.archive.org/web/20121108073629/http://www.state.in.us/sos/elections/ November 8, 2012 at the Indiana Secretary of State office Indiana gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2012 at Ballotpedia Campaign websites (archived) Rupert Boneham for Governor John R. Gregg for Governor Mike Pence for Governor Indiana Governor 2012 Category:Mike Pence Category:2012 elections in the United States Category:November 2012 in the United States