At the State House, Ted Kennedy Jr. seems to be taking the same advice his father reportedly gave Hillary Clinton when she entered the US Senate from New York: A famous last name wonât excuse you from hard work.
Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed into law a controversial 'religious freedom' bill that some groups have said will open the door to greater LGBT discrimination. Bill Clark/Getty.
On May 5, 2011, Pence announced that he would be seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana in 2012. On November 6, 2012, he won the gubernatorial election, defeating Democratic nominee John R. Gregg and Libertarian nominee Rupert Boneham. Incumbent Republican Governor Mitch Daniels was term-limited.