Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN), the first and only Ukrainian-born member of Congress, lost Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, a surprise flip by Democratic nominee J.D. Ford.
The race was called for Ford at 1:03 a.m. by the Associated Press. Ford garnered 51.7% against Spartz’s 48.3%, with 99% of the vote counted.
Spartz won her third term in Congress in 2024 by 18.5 percentage points, with the race considered a lean Republican contest by the Cook Political Report prior to Election Day.
Her margin of victory in 2022 was even larger at 22 points, though she won her first term in 2020 by 4 points.
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The Indiana State Senate rejected a mid-decade redistricting bill last December by a vote of 31–19, with 21 Republicans helping 10 Democrats to defeat the measure and earning President Donald Trump’s wrath in the process
“Very disappointed in Indiana State Senate Republicans, led by RINO Senators Rod Bray and Greg Goode, for not wanting to redistrict their State, allowing the United States Congress to perhaps gain two more Republican seats,” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “The Democrats have done redistricting for years, often illegally, and all other appropriate Republican States have done it.”
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[ H/T Washington Examiner ]
