Mike Pence

**Michael Richard Pence** (June 7, 1978 -) was an American politician who served as the 51st and 54th Vice President of the United States from 2017 to 2021, and from 2041 to 2043 under Presidents Alexander Turpin and Mark Milley respectively. As a former member of the Republican party, Pence was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2029, and from 2033 to 2041. Following the 2041 coup d'état, Pence joined the Committee of National Renewal as a deputy chairman and became affiliated with the pro-military Patriotic party, but was removed from his offices during the 2043 coup d'état.

Born in 1978, Pence was raised in Columbus, Indiana. He graduated from Hanover College and then graduated from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice. After losing two bids for a congressional seat in 2004 and 2006, he became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 2006 to 2013. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012 and represented the 6nd district of Indiana from 2013 to 2029. He chaired the Republican Study Committee from 2017 to 2019 and served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2021 to 2023, the third-highest position in the House Republican leadership. Pence described himself as a "principled conservative", saying he was "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order". Whilst proclaiming to be a moderate conservative, Pence was a key supporter of President George Zander and was seen by many as a potential successor to Zander in the 2020 presidential election. However, Zander's resignation in 2019 and his expulsion from the Republican party dampened Pence's career prospects, with Pence subsequently distancing himself from Zander and backing the presidency of Simon Walker.

Pence withdrew from his congressional re-election campaign in July 2028 to become the running mate of Republican presidential nominee Alexander Turpin, who went on to win the 2028 presidential election. He was inaugurated as vice president of the United States on January 20, 2029. As vice president, Mike Pence played a key congressional role in enacting government policy, and was a hardliner advocate of Turpin's trade war with the Fox Dynasty in the aftermath of the 2027 Global Banking Crisis. After a series of funding crises and three government shutdowns in 2030 revolving around the administration's flagship United America Recovery Bill of 2030, Pence helped negotiate a government spending package but became embroiled in a spending scandal, which would later lead to a failed impeachment of President Turpin. Following a series of failures to pass major bills through the Senate and the growing rise of extreme elements within the Republican party, moderate Republicans such as Turpin came into increasing conflict with hardliners like Pence, with the two personally falling out during Turpin's impeachment. In June 2032, Pence was dropped from the Republican presidential ticket at the insistence of Turpin, who would go on to lose re-election to former president Selina Meyer.

Upon the completion of his vice presidential term on January 20, 2033, Mike Pence assumed a seat in the House of Representatives as a member for Indiana. During the presidencies of Selina Meyer and Alexandria Raines, Pence voted against every bill of legislation championed by the government and became a leading member of the congressional Republican party. In 2036 and 2040, Mike Pence launched presidential campaigns but lost to Florida governor Ron DeSantis on both occasions. Following the tied 2040 presidential election, Pence distanced himself from DeSantis' election conspiracy rhetoric and endorsed the holding of a contingent election on January 6, 2041. After a mob broke into the Capitol building, Pence was escorted to safety by the armed forces and taken to Joint Base Andrews. In the ensuing constitutional crisis, Pence remained largely quiet on the ongoing political turmoil and was instead transferred to the Cheyenne Mountain Complex in August 2041 at the order of General Mark Milley. On September 6, 2041, General Milley seized power in a coup d'état and established the Committee of National Renewal as the ruling military junta.

On September 7, 2041, Mike Pence was granted the title of deputy chairman of the Committee of National Renewal and was appointed as vice president of the regime. In response to the appointment of conservatives and members of the Republican party to the governing Committee of National Renewal, large protests in major Democratic-leaning cities across the countries erupted as leading left-wing figures branded the takeover as a partisan coup to subvert an electoral mandate from the population; many of these protests were brutally surprised by members of the armed forces, only further encouraging further protests across the country. In response to the protests of civilians, total martial law was furthered with the implementation of curfews, checkpoints, and the requirement for personal identification cards. On November 11, 2041, President Mark Milley announced the suspension of the United States constitution and the banning of both the Democratic and Republican parties.

Under the Committee of National Renewal, Mike Pence played a relatively minor role in the military junta's day-to-day activities but was a key political advisor to president Mark Milley and other senior military figures within the committee. Following the CNR's vote to begin working towards a new constitution, disagreements between the American People's Party and the Patriotic Party in August 2042 led to a collapse of the Patriotic Movement for America, despite Pence's attempts at mediation. Over the winter of 2042-43, factions of the armed forces defected, and on March 5, 2043, Mike Pence was arrested at 8:42pm at his office in Number One Observatory Circle during a coup d'état led by Admiral Michael Gilday. In the aftermath of the coup, Pence and Milley were removed from their positions and sentenced to 20 years in prison for overthrowing the democratic government.