GOP candidate aims to secure Indiana House seat that has been a Democratic stronghold since 1930s
Fox News
Republicans are hoping to regain a majority in the closely divided U.S. House with GOP candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green, who is running for a northwestern Indiana congressional seat.
Democrats have typically won the 1st District, which hugs Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline near Chicago, by large margins, but former President Donald Trump closed the gap by appealing to working class voters in the district that has some of the country’s largest steel mills.
Mrvan easily won election in 2020 over a perennial Republican candidate with the endorsement of retiring 18-term Democratic Rep. Pete Visclosky and strong labor union support. Mrvan faced a tougher time this year as outside political groups linked to both parties each poured millions of dollars into TV ads in the district.