Mitch Daniels

Notable Facts

  • Served as U.S. Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Under President George W. Bush) from 2001-2003

Offices

Governor
Statewide
In office
Jan 10, 2005 to Jan 14, 2013

Party: Republican
Assumed: General Election
Left: Term Limited
8 years, 6 days
Mitch Daniels spent 8 years, 6 days in office in Indiana, all of it at the state level.

Elections

2004–Governor WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 4, 2004
66.40%
Mitch Daniels*, Republican, 335,828 votes
33.60%
Eric I. Miller, Republican, 169,930 votes
Out of 505,758 votes casts, the margin of victory was 165,898 (32.80%)
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2004–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 2, 2004
53.21%
Mitch Daniels*, Republican, 1,302,912 votes
Lt. Governor: Becky Skillman
45.49%
Joe Kernan (i), Democratic, 1,113,900 votes
Lt. Governor: Kathy Davis
 1.29%
Kenn Gividen, Libertarian, 31,664 votes
Lt. Governor: Elaine Badnarik
Out of 2,448,476 votes casts, the margin of victory was 189,012 (7.72%)
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2008–Governor WON
Republican Primary–Tuesday, May 6, 2008
100.00%
Mitch Daniels (i)*, Republican, 350,390 votes
Out of 350,390 votes casts, the margin of victory was 350,390 (100.00%)
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2008–Governor WON
General Election–Tuesday, November 4, 2008
57.84%
Mitch Daniels (i)*, Republican, 1,563,885 votes
Lt. Governor: Becky Skillman
40.04%
Jill Long (Thompson), Democratic, 1,082,463 votes
Lt. Governor: Dennie R. Oxley, II
 2.12%
Andy Horning, Libertarian, 57,376 votes
Lt. Governor: Lisa Kelly
 0.00%
Christopher Stried, Write-In, 19 votes
 0.00%
Timothy Lee Frye, Write-In, 9 votes
Out of 2,703,724 votes casts, the margin of victory was 481,422 (17.80%)
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In the 4 races for which we have results, Mitch Daniels had a record of 4-0. That includes a record of 2-0 in 2 general elections, and 2-0 in 2 primary elections.