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Here’s a sentence you don’t read every cycle: a Republican in a district that should be safe is suddenly in a dogfight. That’s what’s happening outside Indianapolis, where Rep. Victoria Spartz is facing state Sen.
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CARMEL, Indiana — Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) should be coasting to reelection in the House district to which she was first elected in 2020, covering northern Indianapolis suburbs and part of central Indiana.
Instead, Spartz is facing what appears to be a surprisingly tough race against Democrat J.D. Ford, Indiana’s first openly gay state senator. […]
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Here’s a sentence you don’t read every cycle: a Republican in a district that should be safe is suddenly in a dogfight. That’s what’s happening outside Indianapolis, where Rep. Victoria Spartz is facing state Sen. J.D. Ford in a race Democrats are already calling a pickup opportunity. The district hasn’t changed. The voter file hasn’t changed. What changed is the national mood, and Spartz is learning that no seat is safe just because it looks safe on a map.
Spartz has a good story to tell. She’s a small-business owner who came to America and built something. She didn’t spend her life in politics, which is exactly why she won in 2020. But this time the other side has a credible candidate and a wave of outside money. Ford has made history in Indiana, and Democrats are betting that suburban.
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