By ASHLEY FOWLER
WISH-TV | wishtv.com
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Democratic State Senator J.D. Ford, who represents Indiana’s 29th District, has launched a campaign to unseat U.S. Rep Victoria Spartz.
Ford will run in Indiana’s 5th District, a seat Spartz, a Republican, has held since 2020. Spartz has already announced her re-election campaign.
Indiana’s 5th Congressional District covers Delaware, Grant, Hamilton, Madison, Tipton, and most of Howard counties.
“Washington politics has been playing an outsized role in our state’s government and too many decisions are made based on power instead of people,” Ford said in a release Wednesday. “I’m running for Congress because my service to Hoosiers doesn’t stop at the Statehouse. I want to bring Indiana’s hard work and community values to our nation’s capital. Hoosiers deserve a compassionate leader who shows up, listens, and takes action.”
Ford was first elected to the State Senate in 2018 and won re-election in 2022. He is currently the only openly gay lawmaker in the Indiana General Assembly.
IU Indianapolis professor Todd Shelton has also filed to run as a Democrat.
The primary is May 5.
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