Ex-Pence aide gets GOP nod to run for secretary of state


              Diego Morales, then advisor and special assistant representing Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, speaks to the 97 new American citizens sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Constitution Day, on Sept. 17, 2015 at the Indiana War Memorial's Pershing Auditorium in Indianapolis. Indiana Republicans on Saturday, June 18, 2022 will nominate their Secretary of State candidate.(Charlie Nye/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Secretary of State Holli Sullivan shows a Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), during a press conference Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Indiana Statehouse in Indianapolis. Indiana Republicans on Saturday, June 18,  will nominate their Secretary of State candidate. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, does a news conference at the state GOP Convention, Indiana Farmer's Coliseum, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Secretary of State Holli Sullivan shows a Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), during a press conference Thursday, March 17, 2022 at the Indiana Statehouse. Indiana Republicans on Saturday, June 18,  will nominate their Secretary of State candidate. (Kelly Wilkinson/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Norma Holm, of Hammond, chats with Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, at the state GOP Convention, Indiana Farmer's Coliseum, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, attends the state GOP Convention at Indiana Farmer's Coliseum, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, shakes a hand at the state GOP Convention, Indiana Farmer's Coliseum, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, shakes the hand of campaign worker Jason Miner at the state GOP Convention, Indiana Farmer's Coliseum, Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Diego Morales, the GOP pick for Indiana's Secretary of State, speaks at the state GOP Convention at the Indiana Farmer's Coliseum in Indianapolis, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
            
              Indiana Secretary of State Holli Sullivan greets well-wishers at the state GOP convention on Saturday, June 18, 2022, in Indianapolis. Sullivan failed to get the party's nomination to run in the fall election, losing Saturday to a challenger who has called for more voting restrictions and embraced former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen. (Robert Scheer/The Indianapolis Star via AP)
Ex-Pence aide gets GOP nod to run for secretary of state