| Elizabeth Brown | |
| State Senate1: | Indiana |
| District1: | 15th |
| Term Start1: | 2014 |
| Predecessor1: | Thomas Wyss |
| Office2: | Member of the Fort Wayne City Council from the At-Large district |
| Term Start2: | 2008 |
| Term End2: | 2012 |
| Predecessor2: | Sam Talarico |
| Successor2: | John Crawford |
| Spouse: | Steve |
| Children: | 7 |
| Party: | Republican |
| Residence: | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| Alma Mater: | University of Notre Dame (BS) University of Iowa (JD) |
Elizabeth Brown is an American politician from the state of Indiana. A member of the Republican Party, she serves in the Indiana State Senate, representing Senate District 15.
Brown is a 1980 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she was a varsity athlete on the fencing team. She served on the City Council of Fort Wayne, Indiana for the At-Large district from 2008 to 2012,[1] She ran when incumbent City Councilman, Sam Talarico, retired.[2] Brown was succeeded by John Crawford.[3] She ran for Mayor of Fort Wayne in 2011, but lost the primary.[4] Brown was first elected to the Indiana Senate in 2014.[5] She ran for the United States House of Representatives for in the 2016 elections.[6] [7] She lost the primary to Jim Banks.[8]
In the 2021 Legislative session, Senator Brown in her role as chair of the Judiciary Committee refused to allow a vote on Constitutional Carry to occur, effectively killing the measure for the year.[9]