All Indiana Politics Special: The Governor’s Debate | Oct. 3, 2024
Video with this story is the entire debate from Oct. 3, 2024.
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The three candidates in November’s election for governor debated in a live broadcast Thursday night at WISH-TV studios.
“All Indiana Politics Special: The Governor’s Debate” featured Republican Mike Braun, Democrat Jennifer McCormick, and Libertarian Donald Rainwater.
Early voting will start Tuesday, and Election Day will be Nov. 5.
Here are the questions they were asked followed with their answers. Answers are paraphrased unless they’re in quotation marks.
Raise your hand if you support cutting or reducing Indiana’s property taxes as governor.
All three raised their hands.
What specifically would you cut, and how would you replace funding for schools and local police and fire services?
BRAUN: People are complaining about property taxes. Circuit breakers put in place by Gov. Mitch Daniels are no longer working. I would reset property taxes to where they were before they went out of control. I want to assure local governments and school districts have enough to keep going.