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Michael Braun

Republican junior Senator of Indiana

  • Senator

    Indiana

    January 3, 2019 - January 3, 2025

202-224-4814

@SenatorBraun

braun.senate.gov

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January 1, 1954 (70 years old)

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  • Serves as the junior United States senator from Indiana since 2019
  • Served in the Indiana House of Representatives from 2014 to 2017
  • Defeated a Democratic incumbent to be elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018
  • Is the Republican nominee for governor of Indiana in the 2024 election
  • Opposes the Affordable Care Act, same-sex marriage, abortion, and a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants
  • Advocates for the Republican Party to address climate change more seriously
  • Supported President Donald Trump’s trade and tariff policies and voted to acquit him in the impeachment trial related to the Trump-Ukraine scandal
  • Defended Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results
  • Born and raised in Jasper, Indiana, and married his high school sweetheart
  • Attended Wabash College and Harvard Business School, earning an MBA
  • Joined his father’s business, eventually steering it towards selling truck accessories and growing the company significantly
  • Switched from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party in 2012
  • Called for the resignation of the Indiana attorney general amid groping allegations
  • Voted against a $19.1 billion emergency aid package for states and territories affected by natural disasters
  • Supported the withdrawal of American troops from northern Syria
  • Blocked a resolution to release CDC guidance on lifting COVID-19 restrictions
  • Voted to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court
  • Initially pledged to object to the counting of electoral votes in the 2020 presidential election but reversed his stance after the storming of the Capitol
  • Opposes efforts to reform qualified immunity for police officers
  • Describes himself as a conservationist and supports market-driven solutions to climate change
  • Opposes the Affordable Care Act and supports efforts to repeal it
  • Supports building a wall as the first step to addressing illegal immigration
  • Believes in traditional marriage and opposed efforts to protect LGBTQ rights in Indiana
  • Opposed a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for companies with more than 100 employees