Mike Braun

Indiana businessman and state legislator; GOP US Senator

Braun, who was elected to the state House as a Republican in 2014, participated in Democratic primaries through 2012, according to The Associated Press, which reviewed voting records. His campaign says Braun voted in Democratic primaries to meddle in their outcomes, and that Braun is a lifetime member of the GOP. Founder and CEO of Meyer Distributing and owner of Meyer Logistics, Mike Braun's companies serve all 50 states and have locations in 38 states, with Meyer’s corporate headquarters located in Jasper, Indiana. Bachelors, Economics, Wabash College MBA, Harvard College, 1978

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Leadership & Staff

Garrison Payne Griffin Deputy Legislative Director for Senator Mike Braun; Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

• legislative assistant (Jan '19→?)

Donors

Kindred Healthcare Inc. PAC

• Donation/Grant · 10,000 USD ('17→'18)

Federal Election Campaign Contributions

National Federation of Independent Business/ Save Americas Free Enterprise Trust

• 4 contributions · 800 USD (Sep 12 '14→Sep 22 '16)

Campaign Donors

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Richard Uihlein Billionaire founder and CEO of shipping supplies manufacturer Uline

• 3 contributions · 5,800 USD (Dec 24 '21)

Elizabeth Uihlein Co-Founder of Uline, Inc.

• 3 contributions · 5,800 USD (Mar 31 '21)

Lenore Broughton Burlington, Vermont heiress

• 2 contributions · 5,400 USD (Jun 13 '18→Jun 19 '18)

Belinda VanderSloot

• 2 contributions · 5,400 USD (Jun 25 '18)

Ron Cameron CEO of Arkansas-based Mountaire Corp., one of the country's largest poultry companies.

• 3 contributions · 5,400 USD (Jun 8 '18)

Frank L VanderSloot Chairman & CEO of Melaleuca

• 2 contributions · 5,400 USD (Jun 25 '18)

Trammell S Crow Heads Crow Family Foundation; Son of real estate magnate F Trammell Crow

• 3 contributions · 5,000 USD (Mar 10 '22)

Marc Goldman Sold New Jersey-based family business, Farmland Dairies, in 1999 to Parmalat SpA

• 4 contributions · 3,900 USD (Mar 3 '20→Mar 26 '21)

Timothy Mellon Heir to a family banking fortune; grand son of Andrew W Mellon

• 1 contribution · 2,900 USD (Mar 31 '21)

Bill Gates Founder of Microsoft

• 1 contribution · 2,800 USD (Sep 30 '20)

Holdings

Meyer Distributing Mike Braun company

• Owner

Memberships

Republican Party The U.S. Republican Party

• Member

US Senate upper house of the United States Congress

• Senator (Jan 3 '19→Jan 3 '25)

Services & Transactions

Jamestown Associates political consulting firm

• consultant

Schools

Harvard Business School

• MBA

Wabash College One of the few remaining liberal arts colleges for men. Founded in 1832 in Crawfordsville Indiana

• Bachelor's Degree, Economics