NEW CASTLE, Ind. – After teasing a run for months, Democrat Jennifer McCormick, of New Castle, announced Thursday she is entering the race for governor in 2024.
“I’m running for governor because our political leaders have lost sight of the challenges they were elected to solve. They are defunding and politicizing our schools, burdening us with the nation’s highest gas tax, taking our rights away, and standing by as we pay the highest health care costs in the nation,” she said in a press release. “It’s time for a leader who will put Hoosiers first. Together, we can restore common sense and put an end to the divisiveness that’s pulling our state backward.”
She is holding media conferences in indiana Thursday and Friday and has released a campaign video.
In the video, Mccormick spoke about how she pushed back against GOP state leaders when she was Superintendent of Public Instruction from 2017-2021. She was a Republican then but officially joined the Indiana Democratic Party in June 2021.
“Too many of our statehouse politicians were focused on their own agendas. they were putting politics before our people. they pushed their extreme ideas…I spoke up then and I am speaking up now.” she said. “I won’t play politics with our kids, our rights, or our freedoms.”
She joins three Republicans and one Libertarian already in the race. On the GOP side U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden are seeking the nomination. Libertarian Donald Rainwater is also back for a second run.
See the full story at the Indiana Capital Chronicle website.