My state folded. The people didn’t fail; our government did-specifically, our governor. Indiana is a red, Republican state with two Republican US Senators, seven (out of nine) Republican Congressman, a Republican State House, and Senate, and, ostensibly, a Republican governor. Governor Eric Holcomb is his name. With Republicans like him who needs Democrats.
   Holcomb won the governor’s seat by a series of unlikely events. He had never before won elected office. A state GOP apparatchik, he was a behind the scenes character. He had run for the Senate in 2016 against two Republican congressmen, Marlin Stutzman and Todd Young. Unable to compete politically or financially, the lackluster Holcomb quickly withdrew.
   But Then Lightning Struck
When Mike Pence’s lieutenant governor, Sue Ellspermann, left the ticket in 2016 to head Ivy Tech, then-governor Mike Pence tagged Holcomb to be his running mate. Donald Trump then tapped Pence for the Vice-Presidential slot, opening the door for Holcomb to ride the Trump/Pence coattails to the governorship of Indiana.
Holcomb has since dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic as any Democrat governor would. Only he is not a Democrat, and Indiana is not a Democrat state.
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