Political career John R. Gregg

1 political career

1.1 indiana house of representatives

1.1.1 elections
1.1.2 tenure
1.1.3 election history
1.1.4 committee assignments


1.2 2012 gubernatorial campaign
1.3 2016 gubernatorial campaign

political career

gregg democratic precinct committeeman 1974 until 1986. delegate democratic national convention in 1992, 1996, 2000 , 2008. during 2008 primary, gregg honorary chair of hillary clinton president, indiana campaign, , accompanied former president bill clinton events across indiana.

indiana house of representatives
elections

john gregg s legislative career spanned 8 elections. in 1986 ran against , defeated republican incumbent representative bill roach represent district 45 in indiana house of representatives. re-elected 7 times: 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, , 2000. represented sullivan, daviess, greene, knox, , vigo counties.

tenure

over span of 16 years in indiana house, gregg spent dozen years in powerful positions in chamber, , contributed twice redistricting process occurs every decade.

in 1990, gregg went back-bencher in seat number 100 first position house majority leader. served house majority leader 1990–1994 , house democratic leader 1994–1996. house democratic leader, remembered leadership of walkout in 1995.

gregg first elected speaker of house in 1996, when general election had left equally divided house 50 democrats , 50 republicans. first time in indiana history, single speaker presided on equally divided house. in 1988, michael k. phillips (d-boonville) , paul s. mannweiler (r-indianapolis) shared speaker position in first even-split between 2 parties in history. gregg re-elected speaker following 1998 general election when democrats took control of house of representatives 53-47 majority.

throughout legislative career, gregg proponent of tax cuts, including elimination of excise , inventory taxes , reform of property taxes. while in house, advocate of balanced budgets. member of house, gregg opposed gambling expansions, later modified stance, noting gaming business heavily regulated. we’ve not had indictments. we’ve not had kind of federal investigations or [in indiana]. during tenure speaker, gregg championed many causes, including reforms in education, campaign finance, lobbying , ethics. speaker, gregg negotiated compromise between democrats , house republicans expand worker s compensation coverage , build conseco fieldhouse in downtown indianapolis.

during terms speaker, gregg implemented improvements in house procedures, including on-time convening of sessions, support of bipartisan clerk s office, staffing parity both caucuses, , prohibition of smoking within interior hallways , offices surrounding house chamber. gregg introduced measures streamline workload of legislators , staff, including reducing number of standing committees 21 17 , initiating stricter adherence house rules regarding how members vote , conduct on house floor.

a house resolution honor speaker gregg on retirement in 2002 credited him returning civility , congeniality house chamber. 1 commentator noted despite disagreements on policy ideas during speakership, hard find enemy of gregg’s @ statehouse. commenting on gregg s legislative career, former governor evan bayh stated [if there s] 1 thing john gregg, people on both sides of aisle think he’s person , man of word.”

election history

house representative, district 45, 1986

the incumbent republican bill roach lost john gregg.

house representative, district 45, 1988

john gregg, in first election incumbent, defeated opponent david tatem, republican candidate terre haute.

house representative, district 45, 1992

in 1992, gregg ran unopposed fourth term.

house representative, district 45, 1994

john gregg ran unopposed again fifth legislative term in 1994.

house representative, district 45, 1996

john gregg won sixth term against republican opponent scheffler.

house representative, district 45, 1998

john gregg ran unopposed seventh term in 1998.

house representative, district 45, 2000

john gregg again defended seat eighth term state representative , incumbent speaker of house against republican opponent hood.

committee assignments

house county , township committee, 1986
house natural resources committee, 1986
house ways , means committee, 1988
house committee on joint rules
house committee on rules & legislative procedures

2012 gubernatorial campaign

gregg in 2012, @ gubernatorial debate

gregg democratic nominee governor of indiana in 2012 election. faced republican nominee mike pence. although predicted lose decisively pence, gregg closed gap late in election, winning 46% of vote pence s 49%. gregg s campaign focused on putting indiana work in midst of economic recession, , called armistice on social issues. attempted brand pence extremist washington politician, effective demographics, particularly women, did not carry election.

2016 gubernatorial campaign

on april 30, 2015, gregg launched second campaign, rematch against gov. pence, perceived politically weakened after signing religious freedom restoration act. gregg entered 2016 race governor before other democrats announced presumed candidacies, including indiana state sen. karen tallian , state superintendent of schools glenda ritz, withdrew. in july, after pence dropped out of race become republican presidential nominee donald trump s vice presidential running mate in 2016 presidential election, lieutenant governor eric holcomb ended candidacy retain seat in order seek gubernatorial nomination. indiana state republican committee selected holcomb replace pence gubernatorial nominee. greg defeated holcomb in general election governorship.