Governor names secretary of state
GOP legislator to finish term of retiring Lawson
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb on Tuesday tapped Rep. Holli Sullivan, R-Evansville, to serve as Indiana s new secretary of state.
She was sworn in about 30 minutes before an afternoon news conference.
Holcomb called Sullivan the perfect leader to take over, and noted that while there were a number of overqualified candidates she “never relinquished the pole position.”
She will finish the term of Connie Lawson, who announced last month she was retiring. Lawson was first appointed secretary of state in March 2012 by former Gov. Mitch Daniels. She successfully ran for election in 2014 and 2018. Her term is up in 2022.
Evansville legislator chosen as secretary of state
NIKI KELLY | The Journal Gazette
INDIANAPOLIS – Gov. Eric Holcomb on Tuesday tapped Rep. Holli Sullivan, R-Evansville, to serve as Indiana’s new Secretary of State.
She was sworn in about 30 minutes before an afternoon press conference.
Holcomb called Sullivan the perfect leader to take over, and noted that while there were a number of overqualified candidates she never relinquished the pole position.
She will finish the term of Connie Lawson, who announced last month she was retiring. Lawson was first appointed secretary of state in March 2012 by former Gov. Mitch Daniels. She successfully ran for election in 2014 and 2018. Her term is up in 2022.
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