Eric Holcomb

That number is only likely to grow, unlike, say, the exceedingly small number of transgender female athletes competing in Indiana high school sports.

Yet that was an issue lawmakers greeted with no shortage of sound and fury, even overriding Governor Eric Holcomb's veto.

As Holcomb pointed out, the IHSAA already had guidelines in place for more than a decade before the supermajority took up the culture war cause.

Regarding NIL dol- NIL dollars, there are legitimate questions to be answered.

No later than the first Friday after Election Day, the Secretary of State has to issue a certificate stating whether each judge was retained or removed.

On the ballot, Judge Mary DeBeer was appointed to the Court of Appeals by Governor Eric Holcomb in 2024.

While on the Porter County bench, DeBeer created two problem-solving courts for juveniles, a truancy court, and a transformation court focused on mental illness.

She also developed an immersion through the arts program to help get youths struggling with delinquency connected with mentors in the local community.

The comptroller, formerly known as a state auditor, is responsible for accounting, dispersing, and reporting how Indiana spends its $26 billion in annual state general fund revenues.

Former Governor Eric Holcomb appointed Nishalla to the position in 2023.

The comptroller compiles an annual financial report for lawmakers and governors to plan future budgets, pays the state 30,000 employees, disperses funds to state agencies and local governments, and administers Indiana's Deferred Compensation Fund.

She also manages the state's transparency portal, intended for Hoosiers to know how their tax dollars are spent, and is a member of the State Board of Finance.

Can you explain what RaiseUS does and what the initiative is and, um, some of the solutions? I think a lot of people hear, "Oh my gosh, my job is being taken," and there is no plan.

It was started by Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb, uh, two former governors, and, and they see the same issue about job displacement, and they're really focused on retraining...

First of all, exposing what the set of issues are, so we actually have the understanding of where jobs are getting displaced, and then come up with a plan to retrain the folks that are being displaced.

And there's a whole bunch of companies involved.

State leaders, however, have weakened the office from two directions.

In 2024, the Republican supermajority, with the signature of then-Governor Eric Holcomb, restricted the sources the counselor may consider when writing opinions.

Lawmakers also eliminated the councilor's fixed four-year term and protection from dismissal without cause.

The councilor now serves at the pleasure of the governor.

Uh, we're proud to claim both you and Secretary Raimondo as, uh, Harvard undergraduates.

And, uh, Governor Eric Holcomb, uh, recently governor of Indiana, who, um, uh, I got to know when he was serving.

Tell me a little bit about why you were attracted to that, and, um, and what, what do you think are the most important priorities or gaps that they should be focused on going forth?

Well, first of all, the reason, uh, I w- really was excited to get involved is what you talked about, leadership.

And then, of course, that meant a guy who was dead last at the U.S. Senate race and was completely out of money.

somehow conveniently became lieutenant governor, and that guy was Eric Holcomb.

Right, you see how this all works? It's amazing, isn't it? But Sue Ellsperman is a name.

She's obviously a known quantity.

Or get sued.

And you, you could have Eric Holcomb come up and do Klaus Schwab Jr. and pretend to be one of the characters like they do on SNL when one pretends to be Burt Reynolds, and they're having fun with it.

Right.

You know, and you could give answers like him.

So you might want to get over to the Hoosier State and hoard some gas, too, while you can get it on the cheap.

I mean, you know, I've asked this of previous Indiana governors, Mitch Daniels, Mike Pence, Eric Holcomb.

I mean, I'll put it to Governor Brown.

Why don't you just skip ahead and annex Illinois? Look, if you scramble the Indiana National Guard and had them come over, I'm sure we would lay down our arms and openly join the Hoosier state, at least most of us.