Eric Holcomb

Eric Holcomb
Holcomb in 2024
51st Governor of Indiana
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2017
Lieutenant	Suzanne Crouch
Preceded by	Mike Pence
51st Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
In office March 3, 2016 – January 9, 2017
Governor	Mike Pence
Preceded by	Sue Ellspermann
Succeeded by	Suzanne Crouch
Chair of the Indiana Republican Party
In office January 3, 2011 – July 22, 2013
Preceded by	J. Murray Clark
Succeeded by	Tim Berry
Personal details
Born	Eric Joseph Holcomb (1968-05-02) May 2, 1968 (age 55) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse	Janet Holcomb
Residence	Governor's Residence
Education	Hanover College (BA)
Website	Government website
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Navy
Years of service	1990–1996

Eric Joseph Holcomb (born May 2, 1968)^[1] is an American politician who has served since 2017 as the 51st governor of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 51st lieutenant governor of Indiana from 2016 to 2017 under Governor Mike Pence, who left the governorship in 2017 to become the vice president of the United States. Holcomb was nominated to fill the remainder of Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann's term after she resigned on March 2, 2016, to become president of Ivy Tech Community College.^[2] He won the 2016 election for governor of Indiana over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg. Holcomb was reelected in 2020 over Democratic nominee Woody Myers and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.^[3]