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The2020 Indiana gubernatorial election was won by incumbentRepublicanEric Holcomb on November 3, 2020. The election was held concurrently with the2020 U.S. presidential election, as well aselections to theUnited States House of Representatives and variousstate andlocal elections.
Holcomb was eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, and announced his intention to do so on July 13, 2019, alongside hislieutenant governor,Suzanne Crouch.[1] He facedDemocratWoody Myers, the former health commissioner of Indiana (and later, ofNew York City) and his running mate,Linda Lawson, the former minority leader of theIndiana House of Representatives, in addition toLibertarian Donald Rainwater, aU.S. Navy veteran and his running mate William Henry.[2][3] Primary elections were held on June 2; Holcomb and Myers ran unopposed.
In the general election, Holcomb won re-election to a second term. Myers also became the first major party candidate to receive fewer than one million votes since RepublicanDavid McIntosh in2000.[4] The election was also notable for the strong performance of Libertarian candidate Rainwater, who finished in second place, behind Holcomb and ahead of Myers, in over one-third of Indiana's counties, 33 out of 92.[5] The stronger-than-expected performance by Rainwater was perceived to be a reaction to Governor Holcomb's response to theCOVID-19 pandemic, with Rainwater pushing for fewer government restrictions.[6]
The Associated Press's large-scale pre-election survey found that Eric Holcomb won white Hoosiers 62–27%, while Myers won black Hoosiers 76–20%.[7]
This election marked the worst performance by a Democratic candidate for governor in Indiana history.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Eric Holcomb (incumbent) | 524,496 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 524,496 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Woody Myers | 408,230 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 408,230 | 100.00 | ||
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[29] | Safe R | October 23, 2020 |
| Inside Elections[30] | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[31] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| Politico[32] | Likely R | November 2, 2020 |
| Daily Kos[33] | Safe R | October 28, 2020 |
| RCP[34] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
| 270towin[35] | Safe R | November 2, 2020 |
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| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size[a] | Margin of error | Eric Holcomb (R) | Woody Myers (D) | Donald Rainwater (L) | Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cygnal[47] | October 21–23, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 47% | 29% | 15% | 10%[b] |
| Ragnar Research (R)[48] | October 18–21, 2020 | 529 (LV) | ± 4% | 52% | 26% | 14% | 8%[c] |
| SurveyUSA[49][A] | October 10–13, 2020 | 527 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 55% | 25% | 10% | 11%[d] |
| BK Strategies (R)[50][B] | October 4–5, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 60% | 21% | 8% | 11% |
| Change Research[51] | September 3–7, 2020 | 1,033 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 36% | 30% | 24% | 10% |
| BK Strategies (R)[52][B] | May 20–21, 2020 | 600 (LV) | ± 4% | 64% | 21% | – | 15% |
| Change Research[53] | April 10–13, 2020 | 1,021 (LV) | ± 3.1% | 45% | 25% | 8% | 22%[e] |
Holcomb won reelection by over 24 percentage points, the biggest margin of victory for an Indiana gubernatorial candidate sinceEvan Bayh in1992 as well as the biggest ever for a Republican. Exit polls show Holcomb won over 30% of voters who voted forDemocratJoe Biden for president. This is also one of the strongest performances for a third-party candidate in a statewide election inIndiana, withLibertarian nominee Donald Rainwater receiving over 11% of the total vote. Rainwater outperformed Myers in several counties; his best performance was inPutnam County, where he received nearly 26% of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |
| 1,706,727 | 56.51 | +5.13 | |
| Democratic | 968,094 | 32.05 | −13.37 | ||
| Libertarian |
| 345,567 | 11.44 | +8.24 | |
| Total votes | 3,020,388 | 100.00 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,068,625 | 65.58 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,751,370 | ||||
| Republicanhold | |||||
| Holcomb/Crouch Republican | Myers/Lawson Democratic | Rainwater/Henry Libertarian | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes |
| Adams | 9,441 | 66.7% | 2,143 | 15.1% | 2,570 | 18.2% | 14,154 |
| Allen | 98,406 | 58.5% | 53,895 | 32.0% | 16,011 | 9.5% | 168,312 |
| Bartholomew | 21,959 | 60.9% | 9,013 | 25.0% | 5,065 | 14.1% | 36,037 |
| Benton | 2,815 | 68.7% | 671 | 16.4% | 614 | 15.0% | 4,100 |
| Blackford | 3,333 | 63.1% | 933 | 17.7% | 1,017 | 19.3% | 5,283 |
| Boone | 23,737 | 61.7% | 9,661 | 25.1% | 5,094 | 13.2% | 38,492 |
| Brown | 4,953 | 55.3% | 2,381 | 26.6% | 1,623 | 18.1% | 8,957 |
| Carroll | 6,077 | 63.9% | 1,569 | 16.5% | 1,864 | 19.6% | 9,510 |
| Cass | 8,833 | 58.3% | 3,373 | 22.3% | 2,940 | 19.4% | 15,146 |
| Clark | 34,669 | 60.4% | 19,077 | 33.2% | 3,680 | 6.4% | 57,426 |
| Clay | 8,164 | 67.0% | 1,780 | 14.6% | 2,242 | 18.4% | 12,186 |
| Clinton | 7,971 | 61.8% | 2,406 | 18.7% | 2,514 | 19.5% | 12,891 |
| Crawford | 3,064 | 63.1% | 1,242 | 25.6% | 553 | 11.4% | 4,859 |
| Daviess | 8,313 | 70.1% | 1,531 | 12.9% | 2,016 | 17.0% | 11,860 |
| Dearborn | 18,353 | 72.6% | 4,559 | 18.0% | 2,383 | 9.4% | 25,295 |
| Decatur | 7,911 | 64.5% | 1,562 | 12.7% | 2,787 | 22.7% | 12,260 |
| Dekalb | 13,042 | 66.9% | 3,293 | 16.9% | 3,158 | 16.2% | 19,493 |
| Delaware | 26,829 | 56.0% | 15,638 | 32.6% | 5,482 | 11.4% | 47,949 |
| Dubois | 14,403 | 66.7% | 4,586 | 21.2% | 2,599 | 12.0% | 21,588 |
| Elkhart | 46,223 | 62.1% | 20,512 | 27.6% | 7,690 | 10.3% | 74,425 |
| Fayette | 6,933 | 69.0% | 1,707 | 17.0% | 1,414 | 14.1% | 10,054 |
| Floyd | 24,972 | 60.0% | 14,948 | 35.9% | 1,669 | 4.0% | 41,589 |
| Fountain | 5,189 | 65.3% | 1,150 | 14.5% | 1,613 | 20.3% | 7,952 |
| Franklin | 8,633 | 73.0% | 1,690 | 14.3% | 1,499 | 12.7% | 11,822 |
| Fulton | 5,436 | 59.6% | 1,603 | 17.6% | 2,084 | 22.8% | 9,123 |
| Gibson | 11,607 | 72.0% | 2,990 | 18.5% | 1,533 | 9.5% | 16,130 |
| Grant | 16,847 | 62.3% | 5,849 | 21.6% | 4,325 | 16.0% | 27,021 |
| Greene | 9,579 | 65.2% | 2,511 | 17.1% | 2,604 | 17.7% | 14,694 |
| Hamilton | 117,749 | 60.8% | 58,714 | 30.3% | 17,121 | 8.8% | 193,584 |
| Hancock | 25,647 | 59.9% | 8,538 | 19.9% | 8,624 | 20.1% | 42,809 |
| Harrison | 14,083 | 69.7% | 4,514 | 22.3% | 1,602 | 7.9% | 20,199 |
| Hendricks | 50,697 | 57.5% | 23,179 | 26.3% | 14,246 | 16.2% | 88,122 |
| Henry | 12,491 | 59.3% | 4,128 | 19.6% | 4,442 | 21.1% | 21,061 |
| Howard | 24,359 | 60.1% | 9,871 | 24.3% | 6,317 | 15.6% | 40,547 |
| Huntington | 11,759 | 66.3% | 2,804 | 15.8% | 3,168 | 17.9% | 17,731 |
| Jackson | 11,714 | 61.2% | 3,234 | 16.9% | 4,188 | 21.9% | 19,136 |
| Jasper | 10,378 | 67.5% | 2,904 | 18.9% | 2,089 | 13.6% | 15,371 |
| Jay | 5,227 | 62.2% | 1,240 | 14.8% | 1,938 | 23.1% | 8,405 |
| Jefferson | 9,076 | 62.4% | 3,711 | 25.5% | 1,750 | 12.0% | 14,537 |
| Jennings | 7,547 | 62.1% | 1,930 | 15.9% | 2,676 | 22.0% | 12,153 |
| Johnson | 47,467 | 61.4% | 17,630 | 22.8% | 12,177 | 15.8% | 77,274 |
| Knox | 11,210 | 70.8% | 2,809 | 17.7% | 1,821 | 11.5% | 15,840 |
| Kosciusko | 23,029 | 64.6% | 5,784 | 16.2% | 6,845 | 19.2% | 35,658 |
| Lagrange | 7,520 | 71.1% | 1,690 | 16.0% | 1,365 | 12.9% | 10,575 |
| Lake | 94,841 | 43.7% | 112,352 | 51.7% | 10,039 | 4.6% | 217,232 |
| LaPorte | 26,129 | 53.7% | 18,133 | 37.3% | 4,356 | 9.0% | 48,618 |
| Lawrence | 13,371 | 64.1% | 3,616 | 17.3% | 3,881 | 18.6% | 20,868 |
| Madison | 29,434 | 56.8% | 14,254 | 27.5% | 8,118 | 15.7% | 51,806 |
| Marion | 152,405 | 39.0% | 203,475 | 52.1% | 34,974 | 8.9% | 390,854 |
| Marshall | 13,145 | 66.4% | 4,025 | 20.3% | 2,634 | 13.3% | 19,804 |
| Martin | 3,232 | 63.1% | 709 | 13.9% | 1,177 | 23.0% | 5,118 |
| Miami | 9,208 | 64.1% | 2,439 | 17.0% | 2,714 | 18.9% | 14,361 |
| Monroe | 24,605 | 39.4% | 33,033 | 52.8% | 4,885 | 7.8% | 62,523 |
| Montgomery | 10,587 | 61.6% | 2,812 | 16.4% | 3,785 | 22.0% | 17,184 |
| Morgan | 22,161 | 61.6% | 5,602 | 15.6% | 8,184 | 22.8% | 35,947 |
| Newton | 4,358 | 66.5% | 1,148 | 17.5% | 1,050 | 16.0% | 6,556 |
| Noble | 12,498 | 65.5% | 3,237 | 17.0% | 3,353 | 17.6% | 19,088 |
| Ohio | 2,210 | 69.4% | 641 | 20.1% | 335 | 10.5% | 3,186 |
| Orange | 5,591 | 63.8% | 1,952 | 22.3% | 1,216 | 13.9% | 8,759 |
| Owen | 5,857 | 59.5% | 1,852 | 18.8% | 2,137 | 21.7% | 9,846 |
| Parke | 4,766 | 68.4% | 1,127 | 16.2% | 1,079 | 15.5% | 6,972 |
| Perry | 5,523 | 63.9% | 2,518 | 29.1% | 607 | 7.0% | 8,648 |
| Pike | 4,199 | 68.4% | 1,092 | 17.8% | 850 | 13.8% | 6,141 |
| Porter | 45,996 | 53.2% | 33,397 | 38.6% | 7,131 | 8.2% | 86,524 |
| Posey | 9,648 | 72.9% | 2,773 | 21.0% | 809 | 6.1% | 13,230 |
| Pulaski | 3,874 | 67.2% | 1,019 | 17.7% | 875 | 15.2% | 5,768 |
| Putnam | 9,375 | 56.7% | 2,876 | 17.4% | 4,269 | 25.8% | 16,520 |
| Randolph | 7,399 | 67.3% | 1,863 | 16.9% | 1,732 | 15.8% | 10,994 |
| Ripley | 9,518 | 67.0% | 2,231 | 15.7% | 2,458 | 17.3% | 14,207 |
| Rush | 4,949 | 62.8% | 1,215 | 15.4% | 1,716 | 21.8% | 7,880 |
| Scott | 6,065 | 60.8% | 2,297 | 23.0% | 1,613 | 16.2% | 9,975 |
| Shelby | 12,269 | 61.8% | 3,499 | 17.6% | 4,099 | 20.6% | 19,867 |
| Spencer | 7,272 | 68.2% | 2,461 | 23.1% | 926 | 8.7% | 10,659 |
| St. Joseph | 60,696 | 52.9% | 48,610 | 42.4% | 5,387 | 4.7% | 114,693 |
| Starke | 6,730 | 66.1% | 2,026 | 19.9% | 1,427 | 14.0% | 10,183 |
| Steuben | 11,407 | 70.9% | 2,939 | 18.3% | 1,739 | 10.8% | 16,085 |
| Sullivan | 6,009 | 67.4% | 1,550 | 17.4% | 1,357 | 15.2% | 8,916 |
| Switzerland | 2,846 | 69.8% | 822 | 20.1% | 412 | 10.1% | 4,080 |
| Tippecanoe | 37,979 | 53.3% | 26,179 | 36.8% | 7,057 | 9.9% | 71,215 |
| Tipton | 5,169 | 64.0% | 1,200 | 14.9% | 1,707 | 21.1% | 8,076 |
| Union | 2,533 | 73.2% | 603 | 17.4% | 323 | 9.3% | 3,459 |
| Vanderburgh | 46,490 | 60.1% | 27,242 | 35.2% | 3,658 | 4.7% | 77,390 |
| Vermillion | 4,938 | 66.9% | 1,531 | 20.7% | 917 | 12.4% | 7,386 |
| Vigo | 25,917 | 59.8% | 13,999 | 32.3% | 3,419 | 7.9% | 43,335 |
| Wabash | 9,111 | 62.8% | 2,421 | 16.7% | 2,979 | 20.5% | 14,511 |
| Warren | 3,009 | 67.5% | 672 | 15.1% | 777 | 17.4% | 4,458 |
| Warrick | 22,703 | 67.7% | 9,074 | 27.1% | 1,747 | 5.2% | 33,524 |
| Washington | 7,919 | 65.6% | 2,408 | 19.9% | 1,746 | 14.5% | 12,073 |
| Wayne | 16,914 | 61.2% | 7,534 | 27.3% | 3,172 | 11.5% | 27,620 |
| Wells | 9,371 | 66.7% | 1,967 | 14.0% | 2,712 | 19.3% | 14,050 |
| White | 7,334 | 65.8% | 1,978 | 17.8% | 1,826 | 16.4% | 11,138 |
| Whitley | 11,522 | 66.0% | 2,738 | 15.7% | 3,191 | 18.3% | 17,451 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
Holcomb won seven of nine congressional districts.[57]
| District | Holcomb | Myers | Rainwater | Representative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 47% | 48% | 6% | Frank J. Mrvan |
| 2nd | 59% | 31% | 10% | Jackie Walorski |
| 3rd | 62% | 24% | 13% | Jim Banks |
| 4th | 59% | 25% | 16% | Jim Baird |
| 5th | 56% | 34% | 10% | Victoria Spartz |
| 6th | 63% | 22% | 15% | Greg Pence |
| 7th | 37% | 53% | 10% | André Carson |
| 8th | 65% | 25% | 10% | Larry Bucshon |
| 9th | 58% | 30% | 12% | Trey Hollingsworth |
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