ENG:Michael Richard "Mike" Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who has been the 50th Governor of Indiana since 2013. A Republican, Pence previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013.
Pence was Chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. After the 2010 election, Pence announced that he would not run for re-election as the committee's chair. On May 5, 2011, Pence officially announced that he would seek the Republican nomination for Governor of Indiana in 2012. Pence's announcement was anticipated by his resignation of his leading position in the GOP caucus in the House. On November 6, 2012, Pence narrowly won the 2012 Indiana gubernatorial election over Democratic nominee John R. Gregg and Libertarian Party ...
Pence participated in the 2010 Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage, which took place from March 5—7 with stops in Birmingham, Selma and Montgomery, Alabama. , positive
On Tuesday September 13, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2218, the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act, with a strong bipartisan vote of 365 to 54. I cosponsored this bill as a member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce and it is the first piece of education reform legislation to pass the House this year.
Over the past few decades, America’s education system has lost its place as a world leader. This is not because we don’t have the brightest students and teachers in the classroom, but because the federal government hasn’t ...
Mike Pence, a 2012 Republican gubernatorial candidate and congressman from Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, spoke with members of the public and the IU College Republicans during the group’s weekly meeting Monday in the Indiana Memorial Union.Couldn’t make it? Here’s what you missed:Running for GovernorWith Mitch Daniels stepping down as Indiana governor in 2012, the Republican field is wide open, and Pence said he hopes to build from Daniels’ momentum.“I think we’ve got the best governor in America with Mitch Daniels,” Pence said. ...
The office of Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) appears to have been editing the congressman's Wikipedia page to present a more flattering portrait of the hardline conservative lawmaker.
According to the entry editing history for the Mike Pence Wikipedia page, a user named "HouseofRep." made six separate revisions of the page in April of this year, ranging from minor tweaks to significant overhauls. Those revisions included a host of content from Pence's official bio at his website, prompting a review for potential copyright infringement by Wikipedia. The user HouseofRep. responded to the review, ...