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Micah Beckwith
Micah Beckwith (Republican Party) is the Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. He assumed office on January 13, 2025. His current term ends on January 8, 2029.
Beckwith (Republican Party) ran for election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Beckwith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Micah Beckwith was born in Hillsdale, Michigan. He earned a bachelor's degree in business and economics from Huntington College in 2005. His career experience includes teaching a high-school constitutional literacy class for a Christian school in Carmel. He also co-hosted the podcast, "Jesus, Sex and Politics" with Pastor Nathan Peternel. He has served as the keynote speaker for several not-for-profit and community groups and has spent time advocating for healthcare freedom around the state. He has also worked as CEO at Sing Love Ministries Inc., as a worship pastor at Northview Church and White River Christian Church, as a co-owner of Attaboy LLC, and as a franchisee with EmbroidMe.[1][2]
Beckwith has been affiliated with the following organizations:[2]
- Noblesville Campus Pastor for Life Church
- Indiana Family Action PAC, Executive Director
- Indiana Coalition Conservatives, Co-Founder
- U.S. Term Limits, Indiana Chairman
- Hoosier Leadership Series, Executive Director
Political career
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Beckwith's political career includes the following offices:
- 2025-present: Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Elections
2024
See also: Indiana gubernatorial and lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Micah Beckwith defeated Terry Goodin and Tonya Hudson in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Micah Beckwith (R)  | 54.4 | 1,566,081 |
 | Terry Goodin (D) | 41.1 | 1,183,741 | |
 | Tonya Hudson (L) | 4.5 | 129,781 | |
| Total votes: 2,879,603 | |||
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Democratic convention
Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Terry Goodin defeated Tamie Dixon-Tatum, Clif Marsiglio, and Bob Kern in the Democratic convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on July 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Terry Goodin (D) | 79.3 | 1,209 |
| Tamie Dixon-Tatum (D) | 10.6 | 162 | ||
 | Clif Marsiglio (D) | 9.5 | 145 | |
 | Bob Kern (D) | 0.6 | 9 | |
| Total votes: 1,525 | |||
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Republican convention
Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Micah Beckwith defeated Julie McGuire in the Republican convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on June 15, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Micah Beckwith (R) | 51.8 | 891 |
 | Julie McGuire (R) | 48.2 | 828 | |
| Total votes: 1,719 | |||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Tonya Hudson defeated Tommy Brown III in the Libertarian convention for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana on March 2, 2024.
Candidate | ||
| Tommy Brown III (L) | ||
| ✔ | | Tonya Hudson (L) |
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Campaign finance
2020
See also: Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Victoria Spartz defeated Christina Hale and Ken Tucker in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Spartz (R) | 50.0 | 208,212 |
 | Christina Hale (D) | 45.9 | 191,226 | |
 | Ken Tucker (L) | 4.0 | 16,788 | |
| Total votes: 416,226 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Vernon Moore (Independent)
- Ellen Kizik (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Christina Hale defeated Dee Thornton, Jennifer Christie, Andy Jacobs, and Ralph Spelbring in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christina Hale | 40.8 | 30,123 |
 | Dee Thornton | 27.1 | 20,049 | |
 | Jennifer Christie | 18.1 | 13,345 | |
| Andy Jacobs | 13.3 | 9,817 | ||
| Ralph Spelbring | 0.8 | 575 | ||
| Total votes: 73,909 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Spartz | 39.7 | 34,526 |
 | Beth Henderson | 17.6 | 15,343 | |
| Micah Beckwith | 12.7 | 11,063 | |
 | Carl Brizzi | 6.5 | 5,619 | |
 | Kent Abernathy | 5.6 | 4,901 | |
 | Kelly Mitchell | 5.3 | 4,643 | |
 | Chuck Dietzen | 4.7 | 4,071 | |
 | Matthew Hook | 2.5 | 2,147 | |
 | Andrew Bales | 1.5 | 1,329 | |
 | Mark Small | 1.2 | 1,057 | |
 | Danny Niederberger | 0.8 | 675 | |
 | Victor Wakley | 0.5 | 465 | |
 | Allen Davidson | 0.5 | 411 | |
 | Russell Stwalley | 0.4 | 379 | |
 | Matthew Hullinger | 0.4 | 333 | |
| Total votes: 86,962 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mark Jay (R)
- Steve Braun (R)
- Jeremy Miner (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Ken Tucker advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
| ✔ | | Ken Tucker (L) |
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Micah Beckwith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beckwith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Stop radicalization in the schools and empower parents
- Preserve our constitutional rights
- Revive economic prosperity
restored prosperity to our nation. His peace through strength policy led to the collapse of the Soviet
Union and the return of our hostages. As the next Lt. Governor, I will embrace his positive leadership
old at the time.
school job that I held for 2 years.
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Campaign website
Beckwith’s campaign website linked to his running mate’s campaign themes, which stated the following:
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Freedom and Opportunity Agenda Public Safety Plan Hoosier families and communities deserve to know that their safety and security are the top priority of state government and law enforcement deserves a government that supports the critical work they do every day. Unchecked illegal immigration has contributed to the flow of drugs, including methamphetamine and fentanyl, into our communities and schools. Unprosecuted crime and lack of support for our law enforcement in major areas impacted morale and retention of veteran officers. Mike Braun’s plan to ensure Hoosier’s safety includes; confronting the drug crisis, enforcing our laws, tackling illegal immigration, supporting our police, treating mental health with seriousness, and prioritizing school safety. “Every Hoosier deserves to feel safe in their community, and to achieve that we need to support our police with the training and resources they need, confront the drug crisis head on, enforce the law so criminals don’t end up back on the street due to prosecutors refusing to do their jobs, tackle illegal immigration bringing fentanyl and crime to our streets like the attack we saw on a young girl in northwest Indiana, and take action to give our schools what they need to keep kids safe.” – Mike Braun Mike Braun’s agenda proposes the following solutions to keep Hoosier communities safe and support our law enforcement professionals.
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| —Mike Braun’s campaign website (2024)[4] | ||
2020
Micah Beckwith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beckwith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will fight for the constitution and stand for constitutional values.
- I will defend the right to life and every American's right to religious freedom.
- I will fight to defend our nation's borders, and to make our community a pro-business district-always working to cut taxes, cut regulations and spend taxpayer dollars wisely.
Economic policy that promotes small business and entrepreneurship by the promotion of tax cuts and deregulation of job killing red tape.
Healthcare policy that cuts costs for families and opens up the free market and competition that will drive down costs and increase quality of care.
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Campaign finance summary
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Noteworthy events
Nomination as lieutenant governor (2024)
At the June 15, 2024, Indiana Republican convention, Micah Beckwith (R) won the nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana, defeating State Rep. Julie McGuire (R) with 891 delegate votes to McGuire's 828.[5] According to Politico's Adam Wren, Beckwith: “...ran as an 'insurance policy' for conservatives — promising to be a 'check' on their own party’s leader after grassroots Republicans fumed at term-limited incumbent Gov. Eric Holcomb’s pandemic restrictions in 2020.”[6]
Gubernatorial nominee Sen. Mike Braun (R) and former President Donald Trump (R) endorsed McGuire.[7] Braun endorsed McGuire, saying: “Julie McGuire is a strong conservative who has lived the values of faith, family, and community. Like me, Julie didn’t come from the farm system of politics – her experience comes from the real world serving her neighbors, raising a family, and getting things done on issues like child services and health freedom.”[8]
Past state conventions traditionally saw the gubernatorial nominee's preferred pick win the nomination.[9] Isabella Volmert of the Associated Press said: “Delegates sometimes buck their leaders’ choices. In 2022, they defied Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb’s backing of the incumbent secretary of state for a second term and instead elected Diego Morales, who went on to win the general election.”[10] Leslie Bonilla Muñiz of the Indiana Capital Chronicle said: “Delegates have traditionally leaned more conservative – and more anti-establishment – than Republican general election and even primary election voters.“[5]
Beckwith said of his win: “It’s not a rebuke on Donald Trump or a rebuke on Mike Braun in any capacity,... It’s more just saying, the people want their voices represented anywhere they can be represented. Part of that representation comes at the lieutenant governor’s office.”[11]
At the convention, Braun told Beckwith: “...even though I chose someone else to be my partner, you and I have known one another. Everything you believe in, I have as well. I'm a guy that knows how to get from here to there. I'll handle it well, even when it doesn't go your way. And we will take Indiana to that next level because everything you're interested in that you've been disappointed with recently, that's gonna change.“[9] McGuire said in a Facebook post: “I am honored to have had the opportunity to travel this state hearing from Hoosiers about the issues that matter to them. I congratulate Micah Beckwith on his nomination and I look forward to supporting him, Mike Braun, and the whole Republican team this fall!“[12]
Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Mike Scmuhl (D) criticized Beckwith's nomination: “Gubernatorial candidates selected by the people should be allowed to select their potential governing partners, and Micah Beckwith’s win shows how out-of-the-mainstream extremism has hijacked the current Indiana GOP.“[13]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 2, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 5, 2023
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Mike Braun for Indiana, “ISSUES,” accessed October 14, 2024
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Indiana Capital Chronicle, "Hoosier GOP insiders spurn party establishment, nominate Beckwith for LG" accessed June 18, 2024
- ↑ Politico, "Trump-backed candidate in Indiana’s lieutenant governor race falls short" accessed June 20, 2024
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Trump makes surprise endorsement for lieutenant governor ahead of contested GOP convention" accessed June 18, 2024
- ↑ Indiana Capital Chronicle, "Braun pitches Rep. Julie McGuire as gubernatorial running mate" accessed June 25, 2024
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Indy Star, "Bucking tradition, Indiana Republicans nominate Micah Beckwith for lieutenant governor" accessed June 19, 2024
- ↑ Associated Press, "Indiana Republicans reject Mike Braun's pick for lieutenant governor, back far-right pastor" accessed June 18, 2024
- ↑ WFFT, "Indiana Republican leaders optimistic after Beckwith's Lt. Gov. nomination" accessed June 21, 2024
- ↑ Facebook, "Julie McGuire's Facebook post, June 16th, 2024" accessed June 21, 2024
- ↑ Indiana Democratic Party, "INDEMS Statement on Micah Beckwith’s Nomination as Lieutenant Governor" accessed June 20, 2024
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