Despite being widely condemned by much of the media in Indiana and nationwide, controversial Republican Micah Beckwith was elected as lieutenant governor on Tuesday and with relative ease.

According to near-final returns, the ticket of Sen. Mike Braun and Beckwith, a Christian pastor, won with 54% of the vote in the race for governor and lieutenant governor.

Beckwith, who is also a small business owner and past member of the Hamilton East Public Library Board of Trustees, won the nomination for Indiana’s second-highest office at the state GOP convention against the favored State Rep. Julie McGuire.

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