Purdue's 12th President

Daniels Gubernatorial Term 2005-2013

Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. was elected Indiana’s 49th Governor in 2004, in his first bid for any elected office, and was re-elected in 2008, receiving more votes than any governor in the state's history.

In office, he spearheaded a host of reforms aimed at improving the performance of state government with a strong emphasis on performance measurement, which included leading the state to its first balanced budget in nearly a decade, transforming a nearly $800 million deficit into an annual surplus of $370 million within a year (without a tax increase), enacting the most sweeping education reforms in the country, and dramatically increasing Indiana's business attractiveness and job creation.

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