Mike Braun — Governor of Indiana

Party	Republican
State	Indiana
Age	71
Term Start	2017
Approval Rating	4.0%
People's Champion Score	41.5 / 100 (Rank #48 of 50)
Hawk Index	78.0 / 100 (Rank #11 of 50)
Estimated Net Worth	~$500K???$1M
Education	Wabash College (BA)Harvard University (MBA)
Birth Place	Jasper, Indiana, U.S.

Key Policy Positions

• Economic development
• Infrastructure
• Education
• Anti-abortion

Biography

Michael Kent Braun is an American businessman and politician serving as the 52nd governor of Indiana since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, he served from 2019 to 2025 as a United States senator from Indiana and from 2014 to 2017 as the representative for the 63rd district in the Indiana House of Representatives.

People's Champion Rationale

Early agenda looks more ideological than household-relief centered.

Scores based on publicly available executive actions, bills signed or vetoed, budgets, executive orders, approval trends, and administrative priorities. Data as of March 2026. Not editorial opinion.