{"id":2239678,"date":"2024-05-07T22:22:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-election-results-victoria-spartz-wins-after-bruising-house-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T22:25:08","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T02:25:08","slug":"indiana-election-results-victoria-spartz-wins-after-bruising-house-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-election-results-victoria-spartz-wins-after-bruising-house-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"Victoria Spartz emerges victorious in Indiana election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-election-results-victoria-spartz-wins-after-bruising-house-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239678&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Victoria Spartz, \u200cthe first Ukrainian-born Congress member\u2062 from Indiana,\u200d secured her seat \u200cin the 5th\u200b Congressional District after winning the GOP primary with 39.1% of the vote. She overcame stiff competition, notably defeating Chuck Goodrich.\u2062 Initially \u200bplanning retirement, \u2062Spartz&#8217;s reversal \u200dsparked a highly\u2064 contested and\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-claims-full-control-of-ukraines-luhansk-region\/\" title=\"Russia Claims Full Control of Ukraine\u2019s Luhansk Region\">costly campaign<\/a>, \u2063culminating in her reelection bid success. Rep. Victoria Spartz, the inaugural Ukrainian-born Congress member from Indiana, retained\u2063 her\u200b position in the 5th\u2063 Congressional District by \u200cwinning the GOP primary with 39.1% of the vote. Despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/simone-biles-leads-us-women-to-record-7th-straight-team-title-at-gymnastics-world-championships\/\" title=\"Simone Biles guides US women to 7th consecutive team victory at Gymnastics World Championships.\">strong\u200c competition<\/a>, including a notable victory\u200d over Chuck Goodrich, her decision to\u200d reverse retirement plans triggered a fiercely competitive and expensive campaign leading to her successful reelection bid.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/226735\/victoria-spartz-passes-on-indiana-senate-run-will-retire-from-politics-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)\">Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)<\/a>, the first Ukrainian-born member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)\">Congress<\/a>, held on to her seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/indiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Indiana\">Indiana<\/a>\u2019s 5th Congressional District just months after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2836854\/victoria-spartz-announces-reelection-bid-in-reversal-from-last-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN)\">she decided to run for reelection<\/a> in a primary fight against eight GOP rivals on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>She won her GOP primary with 39.1% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 8:29 p.m. with 77% of the vote counted. The Indiana congresswoman narrowly defeated well-funded state Rep. Chuck Goodrich, who received 33% of the vote, and seven other challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/226735\/victoria-spartz-passes-on-indiana-senate-run-will-retire-from-politics-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-has-now-signed-52-executive-orders-and-actions-in-first-20-days-in-office\/\" title=\"Biden Has Now Signed 52 Executive Orders And Actions In First 20 Days In Office\">initial decision<\/a><\/a> to retire set off a crowded primary and one of the most expensive campaigns this cycle. Initially, Spartz announced more than a year ago that she would not run for reelection, saying she wanted to spend more time with family. She ultimately reversed that decision days before the filing deadline in February. <\/p>\n<p>The sudden change in heart wasn\u2019t necessarily a shock coming from the Indiana Republican. Spartz is known for her unpredictability, often telling reporters she\u2019ll vote one way before changing her support in the middle of a vote series on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign focused on Spartz\u2019s record on aiding her homeland in its war against Russia. She had previously been an outspoken supporter of aid when Russia first invaded the country two years ago. Ahead of her primary contest, she reversed her position and voted against an aid package that provided $61 billion to Ukraine and was critical of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Goodrich launched attack ads against Spartz, trying to characterize her as a flip-flopper on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nancy-pelosis-retirement-rumors-swirl-democrats-swarm-for-power\/\" title=\"Nancy Pelosi's Retirement Rumors Swirl, Democrats Swarm for Power\u00a0\">reelection plans<\/a> and then on Ukraine aid. <\/p>\n<p>In the final weeks of the campaign, Spartz dumped $700,000 of her own money into her campaign after being significantly outspent by Goodrich, who bankrolled his campaign with $4.6 million from his own pockets, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-primary-election-five-things-to-watch-tuesday-in-major-races\/\" title=\"Key Points to Watch in Indiana's Primary Election on Tuesday\">federal campaign finance numbers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spartz was first elected in 2020 to the 5th District, winning a coveted open seat in Congress that Democrats had been targeting. That year, Spartz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?committee_id=C00737767&#038;two_year_transaction_period=2020&#038;line_number=F3-13A&#038;data_type=processed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>loaned her campaign<\/a> more than $1 million in the competitive race and beat Democrat Christina Hale 50%-46%.<\/p>\n<p>Spartz will now face Democrat Deborah Pickett, a former researcher and Army reservist who won her Democratic primary with 60.2% of the vote after the <em>Associated Press <\/em>called the race at 8:13 p.m. with 62% of the votes counted.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indiana&#8217;s Rep. Victoria Spartz, the inaugural Ukrainian-born Congress member, successfully defends her position in the 5th Congressional District. Despite facing eight GOP opponents, she clinched the primary victory with 39.1% of the vote as confirmed by the Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2657,"featured_media":2239679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24052537856489-1024x693.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2239678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24052537856489-1024x693.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2239678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2239678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2239679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2239678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2239678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2239678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}