Indiana has never elected a woman as governor, but the state has a strong history of women serving as lieutenant governors. According to the Rutgers Center for American Women in Politics, Indiana is one of 18 states that have never had a female governor. However, four out of the state's past five lieutenant governors have been women.
In the recent gubernatorial GOP primary, U.S. Sen. Mike Braun emerged victorious, defeating Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch. Braun's selection of state Rep. Julie McGuire as his lieutenant governor running mate continues the trend of having women in the second-highest office in Indiana.
