Last week with bagpipes playing at the Statehouse, Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb joined family and friends in unveiling a bust of Kernan.

Obituary: Joe Kernan, former South Bend mayor and Indiana governor, dies at 74 One of the organizers for commissioning the bust and its unveiling was Indianapolis attorney Kevin Murray.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb said that there’s a portrait of Kernan hanging in his office like he’s reading over Holcomb’s shoulder and correcting mistakes.

Former Indiana first lady Maggie Kernan rests her hand on a bust of her late husband, former Gov. Joe Kernan, as she speaks with Gov. Eric Holcomb after an unveiling ceremony Friday at the Indiana ...

Republicans have controlled Indiana’s governor’s office since Mitch Daniels defeated the late Democrat Joe Kernan in 2004.

At the Indiana Statehouse, there was an event honoring St. Joseph County native, long-time South Bend Mayor and former Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Indiana, Joe Kernan.

Republicans have controlled Indiana’s governor’s office since Mitch Daniels defeated the late Democrat Joe Kernan in 2004.

Headshot of Joe Kernan, the most recent Democratic governor of Indiana. Holcomb, a U.S. Navy veteran, keeps portraits of two of his predecessors – Kernan and Republican Gov. Edgar Whitcomb – in his ...

Former Indiana first lady Maggie Kernan rests her hand on a bust of her late husband, former Gov. Joe Kernan, as she speaks with Gov. Eric Holcomb after an unveiling ceremony March 17 at the ...

I would have loved to have seen the reaction to this type of criticism from the last Indiana Democratic governor, Joe Kernan. Kernan passed away at age 74 in July 2020 due to complications from ...

Republicans have controlled Indiana’s governor’s office since Mitch Daniels defeated the late Democrat Joe Kernan in 2004.

Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun is running against Democratic nominee Jennifer McCormick, a former state education chief, and Libertarian nominee Donald Rainwater.