Spartz Considering Potential Run for Open Indiana Senate Seat
Editor’s Note: Congresswoman Victoria Spartz sent a release earlier this week announcing she would take the coming weeks to consider running for Senator Mike Braun’s seat in 2024.
Fellow Hoosiers,
It has been an honor serving you for the last two years in Congress. I also look forward to serving the Fifth Congressional District for the next two years in a Republican Majority. As you know, one of Indiana’s U.S. Senate seats will become open in 2024, and I have been asked to consider it. It’s a great honor serving the people but it’s also an enormous responsibility and hard work to deliver results.
I have been involved in Republican politics for over a decade now and won a lot of tough battles for the people and our freedoms. I came to Washington, D.C. two years ago and planned to serve for not more than 6 years, three terms, in the U.S. House of Representatives. I love our Republic dearly and understand how important these times are for our nation, but I need to decide if I am ready to commit at least 8 more years to Washington D.C. As some of you might know, I am not a huge fan of it. We know the Senate is failing us as an institution that is supposed to represent the interest of the States and provide long-term policy solutions. It definitely could use more real people from the ground, not more DC creatures, but it’s a huge undertaking to make it better. I have to decide how and where I can bring the most value and will let you know for sure in January-February of next year.
Regardless of what I do next, Indiana already made history electing a girl from a poor, socialist town with no running water to become a U.S. Congresswoman. My life is a testament that the American dream is still alive and well, but no doubt it’s under siege.
Rep. Victoria Spartz represents the Indiana 5th District, comprised of the north side of Indianapolis, Marion, Carmel, Anderson, Noblesville, Fishers and parts of Kokomo. She is the first Ukrainian-born person ever elected to Congress.