Mitch Daniels

ABOUT MITCH DANIELS

Indiana Governor who left the post in 2013 to become president of Purdue University. He was a widely speculated candidate in the 2012 presidential election but Republican party officials couldn't convince him to throw his hat into the ring.

He was a political advisor to President Ronald Reagan .

As Governor of Indiana, one of his first acts was to repeal the requirement that state employees pay union dues.

He married Cheri Herman a second time after a four-year period when they were divorced.

He was the director of the Office of Management and Budget under George W. Bush .