Former Indiana AG joins 2024 race for governor

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Curtis Hill Photo credit Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK

(WBBM NEWSRADIO) -- Former Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill has announced he’s joining the 2024 race for governor.

Curtis Hill’s announcement comes three years after his re-election bid was derailed by allegations that he drunkenly groped four women during a party.

His law license was suspended but he was not criminally charged and a court ruled that the women had no ground to sue for sexual harassment because they didn’t work for him.

“Hoosiers are hungry for a proven conservative leader with the courage to stand up for traditional values," Hill said in a statement.

Hill is 62. When he became Attorney General in 2016, he was seen as a rising African American star in the Republican Party.

He’ll face U.S. Sen. Mike Braun, Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and Fort Wayne businessman Eric Doden. Governor Eric Holcomb can’t seek re-election because of term limits.

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Featured Image Photo Credit: Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK