Republican congressman Mike Pence has announced that he will run for governor of Indiana in 2012. The popular six term congressman is the favorite to win the seat and will help carry the state for the Republican Presidential candidate. Indiana voted for the Democratic Presidential candidate in 2008 for the first time since 1964. Obama won the state by a slim margin in 2008 and is polling behind potential GOP candidates for the 2012 election.
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James Sutliff