Mike Pence is a politician.
Mike Pence . Pence was elected to the United States Congress in 2000 and represented and in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013 . On November 8 , 2016 , Pence was elected as Vice President , after he dropped out of his gubernatorial re-election campaign in July to become the vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump , who went on to win the presidential election .