Micah Beckwith

Micah Beckwith (born August 1982) is an American pastor and politician who is serving as the 53rd lieutenant governor of Indiana, since 2025.

[2] Beckwith sought the Republican Party's nomination for Indiana's 5th congressional district in the 2020 United States House of Representatives elections.

Beckwith's appointment attracted local controversy due to his stated views on LGBTQ issues, and his belief that public school students were being taught "gay" and "oral sex" and being "indoctrinated with Marxist ideology."

The board suspended the new policy in August 2023 following public backlash that attracted national press attention and criticism from local authors such as John Green.

[9] He won the election on a ticket with U.S. senator Mike Braun, defeating the Democratic Party nominees Jennifer McCormick and Terry Goodin.