who won governor race in indiana?
Mitch Daniels
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 Democratic Senator and former Governor Evan Bayh of Indiana began a movement for the 2008 Democratic nomination for president of the United States shortly following the 2004 presidential election . 

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 When the war ended , the state 's Democrats were upset about their wartime treatment by the Republicans , but they staged a quick comeback . Indiana became the first state after the Civil War to elect a Democratic governor , Thomas Hendricks . His rise to the governor 's office initiated a period of Democratic control in the state that reversed many of the political gains made by the Republican Party during the war . 

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 After the development of the party system , it became commonplace for political parties to choose their nominees for the office of governor via a nominating convention . Thomas Metcalfe was the first gubernatorial candidate chosen by a nominating convention ; he was nominated by the National Republican Party at their convention in December 1827 . Governor Ruby Laffoon , elected in 1931 , was the last governor of Kentucky nominated by a convention . Laffoon 's lieutenant governor , Happy Chandler , pushed the legislature to mandate party primaries , which they did in 1935 . Party primaries remain required by law today . In 1992 , the state constitution was amended to require candidates for governor and lieutenant governor to be nominated and elected as a ticket . 

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 During his tenure as governor Jennings nominated three candidates to the Indiana Supreme Court : John Johnson , James Scott , and Jesse Lynch Holman . All three were quickly confirmed by the state legislature . 

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 Potential Republican gubernatorial candidates were initially few . Some saw Kentucky 's 18 @,@ 000 @-@ vote plurality for William Jennings Bryan in the 1896 presidential election as a sure sign that the state would vote Democratic in 1899 . Others were not interested in being on the defense against the inevitable Democratic attacks on the Bradley administration . Still others were intimidated by the prospect of being defeated by the machinery of the Goebel Election Law . Party leaders were encouraged , however , by the deep Democratic divisions at the Music Hall Convention . Sitting attorney general William S. Taylor was the first to announce his candidacy and soon secured the support of Republican senator William Deboe . Later candidates included Hopkins County judge Clifton J. Pratt and sitting state Auditor Sam H. Stone . The former was the choice of Governor Bradley , while the latter was supported by Lexington Herald editor Sam J. Roberts . Taylor , like Goebel , was a skilled political organizer . He was able to create a strong political machine amongst the county delegations and seemed the favorite to win the nomination . 
