What is Joe E. Kernan?
{{Infobox Governor |image = Joe Kernan.jpg |order=48th |office= Governor of Indiana |term_start=September 13, 2003 |term_end=January 10, 2005 |lieutenant= [[Kathy Davis]] |predecessor= [[Frank O'Bannon]] |successor=[[Mitch Daniels]] |caption= |order2= |office2= 47th [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]] |term_start2= January 13, 1997 |term_end2= September 13, 2003 <br><small>[[Acting governor|Acting Governor]]: Sept. 10, 2003 &ndash; Sept. 13, 2003</small> |governor2=Frank O'Bannon |predecessor2=[[Frank O'Bannon]] |successor2=[[Kathy Davis]] |office3= 30th Mayor of [[South Bend, Indiana|South Bend]] |term_start3= January 3, 1988 |term_end3= January 3, 1997 |predecessor3=Roger Parent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historymuseumsb.org/list-of-south-bend-mayors/|title=List of South Bend Mayors}}</ref> |successor3=[[Steve Luecke]] |birth_name=Joseph Eugene Kernan |birth_date= {{Birth date|1946|04|08}} |birth_place= [[Chicago, Illinois]], U.S. |death_date= {{death date and age|2020|7|29|1946|4|8}} |death_place=[[South Bend, Indiana]], U.S. |spouse= [[Maggie Kernan]] |profession= [[Businessman]] |alma_mater = [[University of Notre Dame]] |party= [[United States Democratic Party|Democrat]] |branch=[[United States Navy]] |serviceyears= 1969–1974 (active duty)<br/> 1974-1982 (naval reserve) |battles=[[Vietnam War]], [[Cold War]] |residence=[[South Bend, Indiana]] |footnotes= }} '''Joseph Eugene Kernan''' (April 8, 1946 &ndash; July 29, 2020) was an American businessman and former politician. He served as the [[List of Governors of Indiana|48th]] [[Governor of Indiana]] from 2003 to 2005. He is a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]]. Kernan served as Mayor of [[South Bend, Indiana]], and then as the [[Lieutenant Governor of Indiana|47th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana]] from 1997 to 2003. He lost an election to serve a full term as governor to [[Mitch Daniels]] on November 2, 2004. Kernan died on July 29, 2020, from problems caused by [[Alzheimer's disease]] at a care facility in South Bend.<ref>{{