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2012 Indiana gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 Indiana gubernatorial election
country	Indiana
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2008 Indiana gubernatorial election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2016 Indiana gubernatorial election
next_year	2016
election_date
image1	File:Mike Pence in November 2013.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Mike Pence
running_mate1	Sue Ellspermann
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,275,424
percentage1	49.49%
image2	File:John R. Gregg.jpg
nominee2	John R. Gregg
running_mate2	Vi Simpson
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,200,016
percentage2	46.56%
map_image	{{switcher
map_caption	Pence:
Gregg:
title	Governor
before_election	Mitch Daniels
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Mike Pence
after_party	Republican Party (United States)
map_alt	Indiana Governor Election Results by County, 2012

|[[File:2012 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|160px]]|County results |[[File:2012 Indiana gubernatorial election results map by congressional district.svg|160px]]|Congressional district results Gregg:
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 Representatives

Results

Libertarian

Rupert Boneham, four-time contestant on Survivor and founder of Rupert's Kids. Boneham was nominated by delegates at his party's state convention.

General election

Candidates

Mike Pence (Republican), U.S. Representative :*Running mate: Sue Ellspermann, state Representative
John Gregg (Democratic), former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives :*Running mate: Vi Simpson, state Senate Minority Leader
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
Donnie Harold Harris (Public Party) (write-in) :*Running mate: George Fish

Debates

The Indiana 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 Report		November 1, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 5, 2012
Rothenberg Political Report		November 2, 2012
Real Clear Politics		November 5, 2012

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin of
error	Mike
Pence (R)	John R.
Gregg (D)	Rupert
Boneham (L)	Other	Undecided
Howey Politics/DePauw	October 28–30, 2012	800	± 3.5%	47%	40%	5%	—	—
Benenson Strategy Group	October 18–21, 2012	701	± 3.7%	44%	38%	6%	—	12%
YouGov	October 4–11, 2012	470	± 5.6%	49%	38%	—	—	13%
Howey Politics/DePauw University	September 19–23, 2012	800	± 3.5%	47%	34%	5%	—	14%
Market Research Insight	August 6–9, 2012	600	± 4%	50%	32%	3%	—	15%
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810045510/http://howeypolitics.com/main.asp?SectionID=39&SubSectionID=123&ArticleID=7615	date=August 10, 2012 }}	March 26–27, 2012	503	± 4.5%	44%	31%	5%	—	20%

Results

By county

Source

		Mike Pence
Republican	John R. Gregg
Democratic	Rupert Boneham
Libertarian	Margin	Total	County	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes
	Adams		8,108		62.60%		4,515		34.86%		329		2.54%	3,593	27.74%	12,952
	Allen		78,657		54.69%		61,365		42.67%		3,790		2.64%	17,292	12.02%	143,812
	Bartholomew		17,414		59.74%		10,607		36.39%		1,130		3.88%	6,807	23.35%	29,151
	Benton		1,944		54.81%		1,374		38.74%		229		6.46%	570	16.07%	3,547
	Blackford		2,432		52.23%		2,012		43.21%		212		4.55%	420	9.02%	4,656
	Boone		17,415		56.43%		8,709		31.59%		1,019		3.70%	8,706	31.58%	27,565
	Brown		3,773		40.30%		3,407		44.52%		455		5.95%	366	4.78%	7,653
	Carroll		4,164		53.62%		3,132		40.33%		470		6.05%	1,032	13.29%	7,766
	Cass		7,104		50.19%		6,246		44.13%		803		5.67%	858	6.06%	14,153
	Clark		24,322		52.90%		20,108		43.73%		1,548		3.37%	4,214	9.17%	45,978
	Clay		5,525		50.98%		4,747		43.80%		565		5.21%	778	7.18%	10,837
	Clinton		5,411		54.93%		3,875		39.34%		565		5.74%	1,536	15.59%	9,851
	Crawford		2,096		46.63%		2,266		50.41%		133		2.96%	-170	-3.78%	4,495
	Daviess		5,386		53.52%		4,396		43.68%		281		2.79%	990	9.84%	10,063
	Dearborn		14,353		66.64%		6,210		28.83%		974		4.52%	8,143	37.81%	21,537
	Decatur		6,479		63.04%		3,182		30.96%		616		5.99%	3,297	32.08%	10,277
	DeKalb		9,583		59.89%		5,847		36.54%		571		3.57%	3,736	23.35%	16,001
	Delaware		19,978		45.56%		21,901		49.95%		1,967		4.49%	-1,923	-4.39%	43,846
	Dubois		10,931		59.64%		6,958		37.97%		438		2.39%	3,973	21.68%	18,327
	Elkhart		38,969		57.91%		26,340		39.15%		1,978		2.94%	12,629	18.77%	67,287
	Fayette		4,573		52.64%		3,662		42.15%		452		5.20%	911	10.49%	8,687
	Floyd		18,982		54.74%		14,738		42.50%		954		2.75%	4,244	12.24%	34,674
	Fountain		3,760		53.27%		2,884		40.86%		414		5.87%	876	12.41%	7,058
	Franklin		6,967		67.89%		2,858		27.84%		439		4.28%	4,109	40.03%	10,264
	Fulton		4,532		56.03%		3,194		39.49%		362		4.48%	1,338	16.54%	8,088
	Gibson		7,731		52.86%		6,508		44.50%		387		2.65%	1,223	8.36%	14,626
	Grant		13,824		55.15%		10,313		41.14%		931		3.71%	3,511	14.01%	25,068
	Greene		5,486		41.74%		7,307		55.60%		350		2.66%	-1,821	-13.86%	13,143
	Hamilton		88,062		65.19%		41,761		30.91%		5,265		3.90%	46,301	34.27%	135,088
	Hancock		20,288		62.17%		10,464		32.07%		1,879		5.76%	9,824	30.11%	32,631
	Harrison		9,987		57.07%		6,959		39.77%		554		3.17%	3,028	17.30%	17,500
	Hendricks		40,242		61.33%		22,115		33.70%		3,257		4.96%	18,127	27.63%	65,614
	Henry		9,437		49.63%		8,277		43.53%		1,301		6.84%	1,160	6.10%	19,015
	Howard		17,768		49.24%		16,515		45.77%		1,802		4.99%	1,253	3.47%	36,085
	Huntington		9,623		62.68%		5,212		33.95%		517		3.37%	4,411	28.73%	15,352
	Jackson		9,613		57.78%		6,377		38.33%		648		3.89%	3,236	19.45%	16,638
	Jasper		6,987		56.10%		5,055		40.59%		412		3.31%	1,932	15.51%	12,454
	Jay		4,324		55.05%		3,183		40.52%		348		4.43%	1,141	14.53%	7,855
	Jefferson		6,715		52.76%		5,610		44.08%		403		3.17%	1,105	8.68%	12,728
	Jennings		5,648		55.76%		4,023		39.72%		458		4.52%	1,625	16.04%	10,129
	Johnson		35,805		62.67%		18,097		31.68%		3,231		5.66%	17,708	30.99%	57,133
	Knox		5,031		33.11%		9,911		65.23%		253		1.67%	-4,880	-32.12%	15,195
	Kosciusko		20,527		69.01%		8,300		27.90%		919		3.09%	12,227	41.10%	29,746
	LaGrange		5,653		61.01%		3,257		35.15%		355		3.83%	2,396	25.86%	9,265
	Lake		55,750		30.70%		122,251		67.32%		3,584		1.97%	-66,501	-36.62%	181,585
	LaPorte		16,159		38.48%		24,186		57.59%		1,653		3.94%	-8,027	-19.11%	41,998
	Lawrence		10,094		57.14%		6,830		38.67%		740		4.19%	3,264	18.48%	17,664
	Madison		24,048		46.06%		25,392		48.64%		2,765		5.30%	-1,344	-2.57%	52,205
	Marion		129,125		36.27%		209,325		58.80%		17,518		4.92%	-80,200	-22.53%	355,968
	Marshall		9,900		56.22%		7,112		40.39%		598		3.40%	2,788	15.83%	17,610
	Martin		2,471		52.36%		2,050		43.44%		198		4.20%	421	8.92%	4,719
	Miami		6,882		54.48%		4,982		39.28%		767		6.07%	1,900	15.04%	12,631
	Monroe		14,530		36.76%		22,981		58.14%		2,019		5.11%	-8,451	-21.38%	39,530
	Montgomery		8,105		56.41%		5,482		38.16%		780		5.43%	2,623	18.26%	14,367
	Morgan		17,079		60.81%		9,295		33.10%		1,711		6.09%	7,784	27.72%	28,085
	Newton		3,015		54.28%		2,287		41.17%		253		4.55%	728	13.11%	5,555
	Noble		9,405		58.78%		6,047		37.80%		547		3.42%	3,358	20.99%	15,999
	Ohio		1,554		56.57%		1,084		39.46%		109		3.97%	470	17.11%	2,747
	Orange		4,112		53.85%		3,273		42.86%		251		3.29%	839	10.99%	7,636
	Owen		4,164		51.43%		3,456		42.69%		476		5.88%	708	8.75%	8,096
	Parke		3,366		51.78%		2,818		43.35%		316		4.86%	548	8.43%	6,500
	Perry		3,132		40.04%		4,523		57.82%		168		2.15%	-1,391	-17.78%	7,823
	Pike		2,661		45.18%		3,066		52.05%		163		2.77%	-405	-6.88%	5,890
	Porter		29,321		41.06%		39,893		55.86%		2,198		3.08%	-10,572	-14.80%	71,412
	Posey		6,455		53.30%		5,340		44.10%		315		2.60%	1,115	9.21%	12,110
	Pulaski		2,809		53.88%		2,189		41.99%		215		4.12%	620	11.89%	5,213
	Putnam		7,550		55.03%		5,307		38.68%		864		6.30%	2,243	16.35%	13,721
	Randolph		5,708		56.51%		3,939		39.00%		454		4.49%	1,769	17.51%	10,101
	Ripley		7,018		64.99%		3,224		29.85%		557		5.16%	3,794	35.13%	10,799
	Rush		4,120		59.20%		2,370		34.05%		470		6.75%	1,750	25.14%	6,960
	St. Joseph		47,208		43.11%		59,410		54.25%		2,897		2.65%	-12,202	-11.14%	109,515
	Scott		4,069		47.26%		4,287		49.79%		254		2.95%	-218	-2.53%	8,610
	Shelby		9,643		57.70%		5,994		35.87%		1,084		6.49%	3,649	21.83%	16,712
	Spencer		5,059		52.38%		4,385		45.40%		215		2.23%	674	6.98%	9,659
	Starke		3,828		45.27%		4,291		50.75%		337		3.99%	-463	-5.48%	8,456
	Steuben		7,772		57.19%		5,308		39.06%		509		3.75%	2,464	18.13%	13,589
	Sullivan		2,948		35.33%		5,179		62.06%		218		2.61%	-2,231	-26.73%	8,345
	Switzerland		1,666		50.73%		1,489		45.34%		129		3.93%	177	5.39%	3,284
	Tippecanoe		25,709		45.70%		27,615		49.09%		2,929		5.21%	-1,906	-3.39%	56,253
	Tipton		4,136		56.74%		2,572		35.29%		401		5.50%	1,564	21.46%	7,289
	Union		1,963		64.40%		940		30.84%		145		4.76%	1,023	33.56%	3,048
	Vanderburgh		36,459		51.16%		32,830		46.07%		1,969		2.76%	3,629	5.09%	71,258
	Vermillion		2,617		39.76%		3,639		55.29%		326		4.95%	-1,022	-15.53%	6,582
	Vigo		15,013		37.98%		22,988		58.15%		1,528		3.87%	-7,975	-20.18%	39,529
	Wabash		7,524		60.41%		4,459		35.80%		471		3.78%	3,065	24.61%	12,454
	Warren		2,013		53.25%		1,579		41.77%		188		4.97%	434	11.48%	3,780
	Warrick		13,654		56.25%		10,030		41.32%		588		2.42%	3,624	14.93%	24,272
	Washington		6,129		57.71%		4,108		38.68%		383		3.61%	2,021	19.03%	10,620
	Wayne		13,891		54.66%		10,261		40.38%		1,262		4.97%	3,630	14.28%	25,414
	Wells		8,517		66.18%		3,997		31.06%		355		2.76%	4,520	35.12%	12,869
	White		5,032		50.93%		4,279		43.31%		570		5.77%	753	7.62%	9,881
	Whitley		9,084		61.44%		5,209		35.23%		493		3.33%	3,875	26.21%	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)

By congressional district

Pence won six of nine congressional districts; while Gregg won three including one, the 8th district, that elected a Republican.

District	Pence	Representative
33.61%	63.98%	Pete Visclosky
50.63%	46.15%	Joe Donnelly ([112th Congress](112th-united-states-congress))
	Jackie Walorski ([113th Congress](113th-united-states-congress))
58.24%	38.77%	Marlin Stutzman
53.82%	40.87%	Todd Rokita
55.34%	40.44%	Dan Burton ([112th Congress](112th-united-states-congress))
	Susan Brooks ([113th Congress](113th-united-states-congress))
56.56%	38.49%	Mike Pence ([112th Congress](112th-united-states-congress))
	Luke Messer ([113th Congress](113th-united-states-congress))
33.07%	61.73%	André Carson
48.28%	48.69%	Larry Bucshon
53.08%	42.70%	Todd Young

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