1. Micah Beckwith was born on August 1982 and is an American pastor and politician serving as the 53rd lieutenant governor of Indiana since 2025.
10 Facts About Micah Beckwith
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Micah Beckwith is a pastor at Life Church in Noblesville, Indiana, and he calls himself a Christian nationalist.
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Micah Beckwith sought the Republican Party's nomination for in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections.
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Micah Beckwith resigned from the board of trustees in January 2024 in order to pursue his candidacy for lieutenant governor.
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In 2023, Micah Beckwith announced his candidacy for lieutenant governor of Indiana in the 2024 election.
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Micah Beckwith faced Julie McGuire for the nomination, and won with 891 votes against McGuire's 828.
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Micah Beckwith won the election on a ticket with US senator Mike Braun, defeating the Democratic Party nominees Jennifer McCormick and Terry Goodin.
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In November 2024, Beckwith addressed a story posted in Indiana University's student newspaper, the Indiana Daily Student, in a post on X The front-page story featured president-elect Donald Trump and critical remarks made about him by former members of his cabinet.
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Micah Beckwith responded to the argument by defending the Three-fifths Compromise, calling it "a great move" and saying that the policy "helped to root out slavery".
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Micah Beckwith's comments were condemned by the Alliance of Baptists, the Concerned Clergy of Indianapolis, and the Indiana chapter of the National Action Network in a joint statement that called Beckwith's interpretation of the compromise "historical revisionism".