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Suzanne Crouch
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<h2 id="early-life">Early life</h2> <p>Crouch graduated from <a href="/facts/Mater_Dei_High_School_(Evansville,_Indiana)/vD236P56">Mater Dei High School</a> in <a href="/facts/Evansville,_Indiana/YuqI0UdN">Evansville</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> and received her <a href="/facts/Bachelor_of_Science/9n3gvDf7">Bachelor of Science</a> degree from <a href="/facts/Purdue_University/dRuTdltL">Purdue University</a>, majoring in <a href="/facts/Political_science/Gqy5EoRX">political science</a>. Before serving in local government, Crouch chaired the <a href="/facts/Vanderburgh_County,_Indiana/CQglUofS">Vanderburgh County</a> Republican Central Committee for four years. Under her chairship, a majority of Republicans were elected to County Council, the first time in 60 years that Republicans had controlled that body. </p> <h2 id="county-government">County government</h2> <h3>County Auditor</h3> <p>Crouch was elected <a href="/facts/Vanderburgh_County/CQglUofS">Vanderburgh County</a> Auditor in 1994 and served two terms. </p> <h3>Vanderburgh County Commissioner</h3> <p>In 2002, Crouch was elected to the Vanderburgh County Board of Commissioners and served as president until the end of her term in 2005. She worked to televise weekly commission meetings and held public hearings to seek the public's input on important issues. While she was president, the commissioners, for the first time, applied and received federal transportation dollars for a local road project. </p> <h2 id="indiana-state-representative">Indiana State Representative</h2> <p>In 2005 the district 78 seat for state representative was vacated by <a href="/facts/Vaneta_Becker/mR2sY9WA">Vaneta Becker</a>, who had moved to the State Senate to fill the vacated seat of <a href="/facts/Greg_Server/Nklgkd7P">Greg Server</a>. House District 78 contains parts of <a href="/facts/Spencer_County,_Indiana/npsww5oj">Spencer</a>, <a href="/facts/Vanderburgh_County,_Indiana/CQglUofS">Vanderburgh</a> and <a href="/facts/Warrick_County,_Indiana/dnP6htVE">Warrick</a> counties. Parts of <a href="/facts/Evansville,_Indiana/YuqI0UdN">Evansville</a>, <a href="/facts/Newburgh,_Indiana/WtVXqURA">Newburgh</a>, <a href="/facts/Richland_City,_Indiana/wIxbVuy6">Richland</a>, <a href="/facts/Hatfield,_Indiana/S3Hp5pK3">Hatfield</a>, <a href="/facts/Darmstadt,_Indiana/5U3CLcyF">Darmstadt</a> and <a href="/facts/McCutchanville/XlPgGF15">McCutchanville</a> are in the district. Crouch was elected to fill the position in a caucus by <a href="/facts/Precinct_committeeman/rlX2AMHt">precinct committeemen</a>. She was appointed vice chair of the Public Health Committee in the state legislature. Crouch was challenged in the 2006 Republican primary by conservative activist Jonathan Fulton, but defeated him with 63% of the vote. </p> <h2 id="indiana-state-auditor">Indiana State Auditor</h2> <p>After Indiana State Auditor Dwayne Sawyer resigned in 2013, Crouch was appointed to fill the position.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> In 2014, after the completion of Sawyer's term, the Republican Party of Indiana officially nominated Crouch for that year's election. On November 4, Crouch was elected by 23 points over <a href="/facts/Democratic_Party_(United_States)/MNe3nDrL">Democratic</a> nominee <a href="/facts/Mike_Claytor/0DkGh0Fa">Mike Claytor</a>, with 59.6% of the vote.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="lieutenant-governor">Lieutenant governor</h2> <h3>2016 election</h3> <p>After Governor <a href="/facts/Mike_Pence/yF3PHK7L">Mike Pence</a> was named <a href="/facts/Donald_Trump/pqqKY21P">Donald Trump</a>'s running mate in the <a href="/facts/2016_United_States_presidential_election/Bs9DUEoc">2016 presidential election</a>, he had to withdraw from the <a href="/facts/Indiana_gubernatorial_election,_2016/g01GW1P7">gubernatorial election</a>. <a href="/facts/Eric_Holcomb/LSEV6Gmx">Eric Holcomb</a>, the <a href="/facts/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Indiana/B7nQtLoD">lieutenant governor of Indiana</a>, was chosen as Republican nominee for governor, and Crouch as the nominee for lieutenant governor.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="electoral-history">Electoral history</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana State House of Representatives 78th District Republican primary election, 2006</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch (inc.)</td><td>4,032</td><td>62.68</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Jonathan "Jon" Fulton</td><td>2,401</td><td>37.32</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana State House of Representatives 78th District election, 2006</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch (inc.)</td><td>21,300</td><td>100.00</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana State House of Representatives 78th District election, 2008</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch (inc.)</td><td>26,510</td><td>70.27</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic</td><td>James Pete Rapp</td><td>11,214</td><td>29.73</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana State House of Representatives 78th District election, 2010</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch (inc.)</td><td>20,866</td><td>75.99</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic</td><td>Steven Smith</td><td>6,594</td><td>24.01</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana State House of Representatives 78th District election, 2012</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch (inc.)</td><td>21,991</td><td>100.00</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><th colspan="4">Indiana Auditor Election, 2014</th></tr><tr><td>Party</td><td>Candidate</td><td>Votes</td><td>%</td></tr><tr><td>Republican</td><td>Suzanne Crouch</td><td>793,633</td><td>59.62</td></tr><tr><td>Democratic</td><td>Michael Claytor</td><td>479,109</td><td>35.99</td></tr><tr><td>Libertarian</td><td>John Schick</td><td>58,332</td><td>4.38</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_female_lieutenant_governors_in_the_United_States/Ptr09HU3">List of female lieutenant governors in the United States</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Suzanne Crouch. <ul><li><a href="https://www.c-span.org/person/?124060">Appearances</a> on <a href="/facts/C-SPAN/MdgMU5eM">C-SPAN</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.in.gov/lg/2347.htm">"Biography of Suzanne Crouch"</a>. IN.gov. 5 January 2022.</li> <li></li> <li><a href="https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/57508">Profile</a> at <a href="/facts/Vote_Smart/0coBwf4q">Vote Smart</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch: Biography". 5 January 2022. <a href="https://secure.in.gov/lg/2347.htm" target="_blank">https://secure.in.gov/lg/2347.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Brandon Smith (December 16, 2013). "Suzanne Crouch Named Third State Auditor In Five Months". indianapublicmedia.org. <a href="http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/60098-60098/" target="_blank">http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/60098-60098/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Indiana Secretary of State. "Election Results: Auditor of State". <a href="http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2014?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=7&districtID=-1&candidate=" target="_blank">http://www.in.gov/apps/sos/election/general/general2014?page=office&countyID=-1&officeID=7&districtID=-1&candidate=</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb picks Suzanne Crouch as running mate". <a href="http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/29/halcomb-selects-suzanne-crouch-running-mate/87699088/" target="_blank">http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/29/halcomb-selects-suzanne-crouch-running-mate/87699088/</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>