Mitchell Elias "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (born April 7, 1949 in Monongahela, PA) is the current Governor of the U.S. state of Iniana. A Republican, he began his four-year term as Indiana's 49th Governor on January 10, 2005. On June 16, 2007, Daniels announced he was running for re-election in 2008. He will face former Congresswoman Jill Long Thompson, the Democratic nominee.