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Curtis Hill, the former Indiana attorney general who had his law license temporarily suspended after allegations surfaced that he drunkenly groped four women during a 2018 party, has entered the crowded Republican primary in the 2024 governor’s race, he said Monday morning.
“After much prayer and consideration, I have decided to launch my run for Governor,” Hill tweeted. “Hoosiers are hungry for fresh, conservative leadership. I look forward to the coming weeks as we share our message with Hoosiers up and down Indiana!”
Hill had been considering entering the race in recent months, according to previous reports.
The former attorney general becomes the fourth Republican candidate to declare for the 2024 gubernatorial primary, where he faces heavy competition in U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden.
Hill, 62, was elected as state attorney general in 2016 after 14 years as the Elkhart County Prosecutor. He lost his re-election bid at the 2020 Indiana GOP convention to Todd Rokita after allegations became public that he groped four women during a 2018 post-General Assembly party at an Indianapolis bar. The Supreme Court ordered a 30-day suspension of his law license after finding that Hill “committed the criminal act of battery” against three female legislative staffers and a state lawmaker during the party.
Several top Indiana Republican Party officials, including Gov. Eric Holcomb, called for Hill’s resignation following the suspension. Hill has denied the allegations.
This isn’t Hill’s first attempt at a political comeback. Last year, he was one of four Republicans who sought the congressional seat of Jackie Walorski, who died in an August car crash. A caucus of Republican precinct committee members chose Rudy Yakym, who won the endorsement of the late congresswoman’s husband.
In March, Hill was named a senior fellow at the Center for Urban Renewal and Education, a Washington, D.C. free-market think tank.
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No chance.
This guy just doesn’t give up.
Not too bright thinking his political career can rebound. Wasting his time.
And ours
I was just saying to myself, “I sure hope we can find a morally corrupt narcissist to throw his hat into the ring. We just don’t have enough of those in the political process.”
What are the odds? I guess repubs think they are immune to their history. Starting with the EX MAGA and it trickles down …. way down
Maybe he’s hoping Trump will come to Indiana and campaign with him… under a MAGA banner proclaiming Male Aggressive Gropers Association
His charges against him were never with conclusive evidence and part of the “Me Too Movement” that soon became a political brick bat of Leftist Democrats and RINOs.
Looking at his record of accomplishments in office, he’s the man for the job!
He’s got my vote!!!
His accusers included a Republican.
The only thing he accomplished was being less cringeworthy than Todd Rokita.
The allegations arose from a Republican event by Republican women, so leave the Democratic Party out of it.