Indiana Gov. Mike Pence and his wife Karen leave a meeting with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Trump Tower in New York on Friday, July 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Topeka ? Kansas delegates to the GOP National Convention said Friday that Donald Trump’s choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate will help Trump with Republicans who remain wary of his presidential candidacy.

The selection of Pence for vice president drew praise not only from Trump’s most prominent Kansas supporter, Secretary of State Kris Kobach, but also from delegates who are pledged to vote at the convention for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.

State Treasurer Ron Estes, a Rubio delegate, said Pence’s selection makes him feel more comfortable with Trump’s candidacy, though he had always planned to support the GOP nominee. Estes said not only is Pence a former congressman, he is perceived as having a strong economic record in his home state.

“There’s a general, positive vibe about him,” Estes said.

Kobach said Pence’s selection should help Trump with both fiscal conservatives and evangelical Christians. Pence in 2015 signed a religious objections law that critics said amounted to an invitation for businesses to discriminate against gay people by citing personal religious beliefs as justification.

Kobach also said that as a former congressman and current governor, Pence is an “establishment figure” who compliments Trump, who has never held elective office. Kobach said choosing Pence reassures members of the Republican National Committee that “Trump has got a steady hand on board with him.”

Randy Duncan, a Salina businessman and the 1st Congressional District GOP chairman, backed former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich for vice president but said Pence is a good pick because he’s from the industrial Midwest. Also, Duncan said, it’s important that Pence formerly supported Cruz.

Duncan is going to the convention as a delegate for Cruz, who won Kansas’ caucuses in March. But he says he’s a “Trump guy.”

“It’s also a signal to the Cruz people that, ‘Hey, you all come on board,'” Duncan said. “If you would phrase it the way Donald Trump would phrase it, this helps close the deal.”

Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, who endorsed Rubio before the caucuses, issued a statement calling Pence “a friend and a fellow conservative” who brings “principled leadership” to the ticket.