Friday, March 04, 2011

Possible Charlie White Successors

Speculation on who Gov. Mitch Daniels might appoint as Secretary of State should Charlie White voluntarily resign or be forced from office under a plea bargain agreement or guilty verdict has commenced. Ed Feigenbaum tosses out these names in the latest edition of the Indiana Daily Insight:

As was the case when rumors were flying about the Governor trying to dissuade White from assuming, names are floating for a potential White replacement, including Sens. Connie Lawson (R) and Jim Banks (R); former Reps. Luke Messer (R), Dan Dumezich (R), Jackie Walorski (R), and David Yount (R); former Department of Natural Resources director Kyle Hupfer; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission Chair Mark Massa; and mayors Jon Costas (R) of Valparaiso and Wayne Seybold (R) of Marion. Front-runner: Messer if he wants it.
Any other names?

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Mike Gentry Executive Director of HRCC?

Cato said...

Messer was always a willing sponsor of Rokita's proposed legislation. I'd look for him to be high on the list.

mwarner95 said...

Messer already said he wasn't interested. He is working on ed-reform. So you can take him off the list.

mwarner95 said...

I left the last comment under my church blog name. Sorry about that Gary

Jon E. Easter said...

Sue Anne Gilroy

Gary R. Welsh said...

I'm assuming Gilroy would have to take a pay cut to go back to a job she didn't enjoy all that much when she had it. I would be surprised if she was interested in it.