FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2019, file photo, Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill holds a press conference in South Bend, Ind.
Votes are being tallied Friday, July 10, 2020, to decide whether Republicans will nominate Attorney General Hill for a new term despiteallegations of groping four womenthat resulted in amonth-long suspension of his law license.
State party officials announced Rokita defeated Hill and two lesser-known candidates.
Weinzapfel has criticized the GOP candidates for supporting Hills participation with other Republican attorneys general in the lawsuit against Obamacare, but Rokitas nomination likely lessens the potential campaign impact of the groping allegations.
Rokita has faced several controversies, including allegations that his congressional staffers often felt obligated to do political work to help his campaigns.