“I knew from the beginning that that would be what I would do: fulfill the term and then be ready to run,” she told the Capital Chronicle on Wednesday.

Nieshalla, a Republican, has served as the state’s 58th chief financial officer since late 2023. Former Gov. Eric Holcomb appointed her after predecessor Tera Klutz resigned.

“It is an absolute privilege to serve as state comptroller in a great state like Indiana, that has its fiscal house in order,” Nieshalla said. “And it would be a privilege to continue serving, to do our part in our office: to provide the accounting and the reporting, the distribution of the tax revenues to the local units, the payroll, the payment of the state’s bills.”