John Gregg

How well will a gay businessman do in a state that elected Trump by a margin of 57%?

Republican Eric Holcomb won the Indiana governor’s race, a little more than three months after replacing vice presidential candidate Mike Pence as the GOP nominee.

An October poll conducted for WISH-TV and Ball State University found that 59 percent of likely voters supported extending LBGT rights protections.

Holcomb said few people bring up the issue when he’s traveling around the state.

Governor Mike Pence’s extremist stances on issues like LGBT rights, immigration, and abortion may cost him the election in the conservative state.

Indiana faced a backlash last year after it passed a law allowing those who oppose gay rights for religious reasons to withhold services such as providing flowers or cakes for same-sex weddings.

John Gregg’s campaign manager calls Pence a “national embarrassment” for refusing to offer a position on extending protections to gay people.