Diego Morales (politician)

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Diego Morales (born February 15, 1979) is a Guatemalan-American politician serving as the secretary of state of Indiana since 2023. He is a member of the Republican Party. Morales was born in Guatemala and immigrated to the United States with his family while in high school. He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Southeast in 2004, and later received an MBA from Purdue University in 2012. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2007, served briefly on active duty, and later worked in the Indiana secretary of state's office under Todd Rokita and Charlie White before serving as an adviser to then-governor Mike Pence. In 2018, he ran to represent Indiana's 4th congressional district in Congress. Morales was first elected secretary of state of Indiana in 2022. He was the only candidate backed by the America First Secretary of State Coalition that year to win an election. He lost the Republican convention in 2026 to Max Engling.

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