[4] Connie Lawson Republican Connie Lawson Republican Incumbent Republican Secretary of State Connie Lawson, who was appointed to the office in 2012 after Charles P. White was removed from office due to felony convictions, ran for election to a first full term in office.

He resigned on August 29, 2014,[11] the last day that state employees could retire before cuts to pension benefits took effect in September 2014.

[12] Republican Governor Mike Pence appointed chief financial officer and chief operating officer of the Indiana Finance Authority Daniel Huge to serve as interim treasurer until a longer-term replacement could be identified to finish the rest of Mourdock's term.

[13] Three candidates ran for the Republican nomination: financial advisor and candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2010 and for Indiana's 6th congressional district in 2012 Don Bates;[14] Marion Mayor and candidate for Indiana's 5th congressional district in 2012 Wayne Seybold;[15] and director of the TrustINdiana local government investment pool and former Cass County County Commissioner Kelly Mitchell.

The Libertarian nominee was John Schick, a management consultant and candidate for the State House in 2010.

[23] All of Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.