• Mitch Daniels married Cheri Lynn Herman, a baseball fan like himself, in 1978.
• The couple had their first daughter in 1980 followed by three more approximately 20 months apart.
• The couple divorced in 1993 and Cheri moved alone to California where she married a doctor.
• Cheri and Mitch remarried in 1997. Governor Daniels says, “If you like happy endings you’ll love our story”.
• Cheri is a very hands-off first lady and prefers to stay out of the spotlight. However, she does a lot of work for the community behind the scenes.
• She launched a campaign to educate women about heart disease.
• Cheri won the watermelon-seed-spitting contest at 2007 State Fair.
• She never campaigns with Mitch and rarely attends official functions.
• Cheri Daniels actively supports crisis pregnancy center ministries.
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