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Mike Braun, with one arm wrapped around his wife Maureen, waves to a crowd of supporters at his primary election night celebration on May 7, 2024.
Brandon Smith / IPB NewsMike Braun will be sworn in as the 52nd governor of Indiana Monday, while Micah Beckwith will take the oath of office as lieutenant governor and Todd Rokita as attorney general.
The ceremony will include inaugural addresses from each officeholder.
Both of Braun’s most recent predecessors — Mike Pence and Eric Holcomb — warned against complacency in their speeches.
Pence’s address included a call to action for all Hoosiers.
“If you have a job, work at it as never before,” Pence said. “If you serve the people, serve with all your heart. If you can build a business, do. If you can start a business, try.”
Holcomb’s first inaugural cast a vision for the future.
“Our harvests today might include driverless cars or pilotless barges, or stronger, more flexible metals, or breakthroughs for Alzheimer’s disease,” Holcomb said.
Indiana has been led by Republican governors for 20 years.
Brandon is our Statehouse bureau chief. Contact him at bsmith@ipbs.org or follow him on Twitter at @brandonjsmith5.
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