Indiana’s Republican Secretary of State Diego Morales is under mounting pressure to abandon his reelection campaign after multiple high-profile endorsements were withdrawn by party leaders. U.S. Senator Jim Banks and Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita have both officially pulled their support for Morales, with Rokita directly urging the candidate to suspend his campaign.

State Treasurer Daniel Elliott has called for Morales’ immediate resignation, condemning “scandals, controversy and failures” that have eroded public trust in the office. “From allegations of corruption and mismanagement to the news that his own Chief of Staff was a non-citizen illegally registered to vote,” Elliott stated, “these failures have shattered confidence in the office.”

The pressure intensified following reports that Morales hired an illegal alien as chief of staff—a role critical to his administration’s operations. The situation has drawn bipartisan scrutiny, with Indiana Republicans increasingly questioning Morales’ fitness for office amid a wave of accusations dating back to his 2022 campaign.

Morales previously faced criticism for hiring his brother-in-law at a six-figure salary shortly after taking office and for alleged mismanagement of state funds, including a $90,000 taxpayer expenditure on a luxury vehicle. The Secretary of State also faced scrutiny over his handling of voter citizenship verification, having sued the Department of Homeland Security in 2024 to verify the status of 550,000 Indiana voters—a move critics called hypocritical given his own alleged violations.

As endorsements vanish and political allies distance themselves from Morales’ campaign, the Secretary of State remains without a clear path forward ahead of the June GOP convention. Time will tell whether these accumulating allegations compel him to step aside or if he can overcome the crisis before November.