INDIANAPOLIS — Rex Early, a longtime Indiana Republican Party leader and one-time candidate for governor, has died at age 88.

Early made a campaign for state governor in 1996, and was an at large delegate for former President Donald Trump.

Current Indiana Republican Chairman Kyle Hupfer released a statement on his passing:
“Rex Early was a Hoosier legend.

Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb called Early the “Indiana Republican Party’s Iron Man.”