Republican U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz announced Monday that she will seek re-election to Indiana’s 5th Congressional District, reversing her announcement a year ago. would refuse another run.
Last February, Spartz said he wanted to spend more time with his family and would not run in 2024. But the two-term congressman now says he doesn’t want his work at the Capitol to end in January.
“Where we are today, and at the insistence of many of my constituents, I do not believe that I will be able to deliver this Congress with the current failed leadership in Washington on the important issues that I have worked so hard for for our nation. difficult,” Spartz said in a statement Monday.
Ukrainian born Sparts a tight and expensive competition when he first won in 2020, but after the 2022 election he won the suburban seat with 61% of the vote. Republic redistribution plan.
“As someone who grew up under the banner, I understand the importance of these difficult times for our Republic, and I will be honored to continue the fight for my colleagues and God willing,” Spartz said in a statement.
The move shakes up a congressional race in which at least nine Republicans have already filed with the secretary of state to run for Spartz’s seat. No Democrats filed Monday, according to public announcements from the secretary of state’s office.
Indiana’s congressional delegation will have at least three new members after the fall elections.
Republicans in January US Representative Larry Buckshon Indiana and US Representative Greg Pencebrother of former Vice President Mike Pence, both announced their decision to decline re-election in 2024.
US Representative Jim Banks He is running for the GOP-vacated US Senate seat in Indiana Senator Mike BrownHe is running for governor of Indiana.
The deadline for candidates to appear on the primary ballot in Indiana is Friday at noon.