(WFLA) — Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump announced on Friday morning that he had picked Indiana Governor Mike Pence as his vice presidential running mate.
Trump revealed his decision in a Twitter post.
Trump had planned to introduce his pick at a news conference this morning in New York, but tweeted that he would postpone the event because of the deadly attack in Nice, France.
Now that he’s Donald Trump’s running mate, Mike Pence has withdrawn from the Indiana governor’s race.
The first-term Republican governor was seeking re-election. But state law bars him from running for that office and also appearing on the ballot as a candidate for vice president.
The deadline for Pence to exit the race was noon on Friday.
One of the governor’s aides filed the paperwork with the Indiana Secretary of State’s office a few minutes after Trump announced that Pence would join him on the Republican ticket.The Associated Press contributed to this report
