Mike Pence has positioned himself as a principled ideologue and supporter of the Tea Party movement, noting he is "a Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order.” This from a man born and reared in an  Irish Roman Catholic Democrat family, who as a young adult was inspired by JFK and MLK, volunteered to work for the Democratic Party and voted for Jimmy Carter in 1980.
While in college, he became a born-again Christian thanks to the common-sense conservatism of Ronald Reagan.
When asked by Chris Matthews if he believes in evolution, Pence answered, "I believe with all my heart that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that is in them. How he did that, I'll ask him about some day.” In a 2002 statement on the floor of the House of Representatives, Pence told his colleagues "... I also believe that someday scientists will come to see that only the theory of intelligent design provides even a remotely rational explanation for the known universe."