39 Facts About Mike Delph

Mike Delph is considered to be a "socially conservative Republican," who has courted support from the Tea Party movement.

Mike Delph is frequently mentioned and has shown interest in representing Indiana in statewide office or in US Congress.

On November 6,2018, Mike Delph lost reelection in the State Senate to JD Ford.

Mike Delph is the son of David W Delph, who was an Indianapolis-based executive for Iowa Beef Processors, and Sharon Delph, who worked at a bank, and he has three brothers, Jamie, Stephen and John.

Mike Delph attended Carmel High School and was a member of the class of 1988.

Mike Delph was educated at Indiana University and holds four degrees from the institution.

Mike Delph received his BA in 1992, MS in Environmental Science and Masters of Public Affairs in 1996, and his JD from Indiana University School of Law in 2010.

Mike Delph married Beth in 1993 and they have five daughters, who are home schooled.

Mike Delph is a major in the United States Army Reserve.

From 1996 to 2004, Mike Delph worked as a Congressional staffer for US Representative Dan Burton, a Republican who at the time represented, although Burton would end his career in.

Mike Delph has served as Burton's district director and chief of staff.

Mike Delph competed and lost the Republican nomination for Indiana Secretary of State in 2002.

Mike Delph was running against then Marion County Coroner Dr John McGoff, Vanderburgh County Commissioner Richard Mourdock and Deputy Secretary of State Todd Rokita.

Richard Mourdock's campaign made a controversial move when it issued a vote appeal handout to delegates inferring Mike Delph had withdrawn when Mike Delph was still in competition for the nomination.

In December 2005, Delph replaced retiring State Senator J Murray Clark, who retired with one year remaining in his term.

Mike Delph won the Republican Caucus vote, a special election, against his competitor Dan Gammon, who was at the time a Wayne Township trustee.

In 2010, Mike Delph ran for re-election and won in a race where he faced Democrat Robin Shackleford.

Mike Delph ran against Delph's immigration legislation modeled after Arizona state's.

In November 2014, Mike Delph successfully stood for reelection against Democrat JD Ford.

JD Ford was a gay candidate who opposed Mike Delph's stand on same-sex marriage.

Mike Delph again faced Ford when he sought reelection for the fourth time in 2018.

Mike Delph was again mentioned as a potential congressional candidate in the 2024 race for the open District 5 seat.

Mike Delph supported Senator Brent Steele, a Republican from Bedford and a strong opponent of abortion, during his bid to replace Garton for Senate leader in 2006, but Senator David Long won.

Later, Mike Delph was critical of a judge's decision in June 2012 on the state's law concerning the federal funding of abortion services.

Mike Delph said the courts were interfering with state executive and legislative powers.

Mike Delph was an author and advocate for 2011 state immigration legislation, known as Indiana SB-590, that was modeled after Arizona's controversial 2010 immigration law.

Mike Delph then negotiated the compromise between the House and Senate.

When Republicans raised the issue with HJR-3 in 2014, Mike Delph became a prominent spokesperson for passage in the media pushing for statewide vote.

Mike Delph was critical of traditional supporters of the amendment, especially Senate leader David Long and House Speaker Brian Bosma, who did not exert their political influence during the most favorable political climate for its passage.

Mike Delph criticized Long for moving the hearing for the amendment from the Judiciary Committee, led by social conservative Senator Brent Steele, to the Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee, headed by Long, and the change to the second sentence was made in the less favorable committee.

In 1998, while Mike Delph worked on Congressman Dan Burton's staff, Salon reported that Mike Delph's mother was a possible "ghost employee" of Burton's federal political campaigns although her ex-husband and the state senator's father was unaware of her campaign work.

At the time, Mike Delph was a captain and a company commander with the 310th.

Mike Delph was the one who suggested the officer wear his uniform to the press conference.

In 2011, Mike Delph announced he would return US$10,000 in campaign funds from 2006 and 2007 donated by Tim Durham.

Mike Delph's brother conducted interviews and said he disagreed with his brother on the amendment but said all his brothers had always been supportive.

Stephen said Mike even suggested he date an old college friend; Senator Delph said he was not a matchmaker but encouraged his brother to seek out positive friends.

In 2014, Mike Delph made what was called in Indiana "the tweet heard around the world" about the defeat of HJR-3 in a form social conservatives wanted to move to voters in the fall.

Mike Delph said in a press conference that he tweeted information from the Senate floor based on his own vote count.

Mike Delph told journalists after he had "no regrets" and had "strong beliefs" about the issue.