GOP aiming for longtime Democratic NW Indiana US House seat

By TOM DAVIES
Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republicans hope to win the northwestern Indiana congressional seat that has been a Democratic stronghold since the 1930s in the GOP-dominated state. National Republicans targeted first-term Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan for defeat as part of their push toward regaining a majority in the closely divided U.S. House. They threw their support behind Jennifer-Ruth Green, a Black U.S. Air Force veteran. Meanwhile, Republicans won election for two open U.S. House seats from heavily GOP Indiana districts. Former state Sen. Erin Houchin won in southern Indiana’s 9th District to replace GOP Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, who didn’t seek reelection. Voters in northern Indiana’s 2nd District picked Rudy Yakym as the successor to GOP Rep. Jackie Walorski after her death in an August highway crash.