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Rep. Walorski’s Indiana seat will stay vacant until November

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3 years ago

August 9, 2022

Rep. Walorski’s Indiana seat will stay vacant until November

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A northern Indiana congressional seat will stay vacant till the November election following the dying final week of Republican Rep. Jackie Walorski in a freeway crash.

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a proclamation Tuesday setting the particular election for a similar date because the Nov. 8 basic election. Walorski was looking for reelection within the solidly Republican 2nd Congressional District that she first received in 2012. The candidate elected in November will full Walorski’s present time period operating by the remainder of this yr.

Underneath Indiana regulation, will probably be as much as native Republican officers to resolve nominations for the particular election and to exchange Walorski on the poll for the complete two-year time period. No Republican candidates have but introduced plans to hunt the seat. The state Republican Social gathering on Tuesday scheduled an Aug. 20 caucus assembly to pick the nominations.

The governor’s workplace cited the difficult authorized deadlines for choosing a brand new candidate as the rationale for laying aside the particular election for 3 months.

Walorski, who was 58, was a passenger in an SUV with two members of her congressional workplace employees Aug. 3 when it crossed the median of a northern Indiana state freeway and collided with an oncoming automobile close to the city of Wakarusa, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Workplace mentioned. The 2 employees members and the opposite driver had been additionally killed. Walorski’s funeral is scheduled for Thursday in Granger.

Democrats now maintain a slender 220-210 majority within the U.S. Home, with Walorski’s dying giving it 5 present vacancies.

Democrat Paul Steury, a highschool science instructor from Goshen, and Libertarian William Henry are at present on the poll for the complete time period. Social gathering officers will be capable to choose nominees for the particular election.

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Indiana Republican lawmaker's town hall a crowd-fest of boos and jeers as she defends Trump spending cuts

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11 hours ago

March 28, 2025

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Indiana Republican lawmaker's town hall a crowd-fest of boos and jeers as she defends Trump spending cuts

Boos, jeers and choruses of “do your job” greeted U.S. Representative Victoria Spartz at a town hall on Friday in her Indiana congressional district as she defended sweeping cuts across the federal government, the latest such event by a Republican lawmakers to generate loud voter backlash.

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Fever coach Stephanie White is guest speaker at 2024-25 Indiana High School Sports Awards

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March 28, 2025

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Fever coach Stephanie White is guest speaker at 2024-25 Indiana High School Sports Awards

Indiana Fever coach Stephanie White is the guest speaker at the 2024-25 Indiana High School Sports Awards, Presented by the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever.

The live event, which celebrates athletes from across the state, is Sunday, April 27 at Clowes Memorial Hall at Butler University. Doors open at 4 p.m. with the show beginning at 5 p.m.

White went to West Lebanon High School and graduated in 1995. She then attended Purdue University for four years before being drafted by the WNBA’s Charlotte Sting in the second round of the 1999 draft.

White played her rookie year in Charlotte, before being acquired before the next season in the expansion draft by the Fever, where she played until 2004. Since then, she has made various stops on the coaching trail, including as head coach at Vanderbilt from 2016-21, as head coach of the WNBA’s Connecticut Sun in 2023-24, and now the Fever.

Tickets to the 2024-25 Indiana High School Sports Awards, Presented by the Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever, are free this year thanks to the Pacers and Fever and can be obtained here.

For more information about the event, including lists of the player of the year nominees from the fall and winter seasons, visit the show’s website here.

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NCAA Qualifier Macky Hodges Announces She Will Transfer To Indiana

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March 27, 2025

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NCAA Qualifier Macky Hodges Announces She Will Transfer To Indiana

Just days after entering the transfer portal and less than a week after competing at the 2025 NCAA Championships, Macky Hodges has announced she will transfer to Indiana beginning in fall 2025. Hodges spent her first two seasons with USC and qualified individually for NCAAs in both seasons.

“I have always had a lot of respect for Coach Looze and the IU program. They have such a fun vibe surrounding them at all the meets i’ve seen them at, and that’s something you can’t help but want to be a part of. I just feel super lucky to be able to join the Hoosier family and see what I can really do with my swimming,” Hodges told SwimSwam.

Hodges will travel east after training with Sandpipers of Nevada during her club career.

Time Progression

	High School Best	Freshman	Sophomore
400 IM	4:09.29	4:12.62	N/A
200 IM	1:58.53	1:58.07	1:56.69
200 Back	1:54.23	1:53.75	1:53.58
200 free	1:45.69	1:45.06	1:44.77

Hodges is a solid pick up for the Hoosiers as her 200 free would have been #2 on the roster this past season only behind Anna Peplowski. Peplowski won the NCAA title in a 1:40.50 and just finished her final year of NCAA eligibility. Peplowski said she will train at Indiana in preparation for the 2028 LA Olympics after making the US Olympic Team last summer.

In addition to her 200 free, Hodges adds depth to the 200 IM and 200 back. Her 200 IM would have been #3 behind Miranda Grana and Reese Tiltmann as Grana swam a 1:55.88 at midseason while Tiltmann swam a 1:56.68 at NCAAs. Grana led the team with a 1:48.73 200 back as she won the NCAA ‘B’ final while Peplowski was #2 in the event with a 1:51.13.

Grana notably transferred to Indiana last year after spending her freshman season at Texas A&M. This season, Grana dropped from a 1:51.06 to a 1:48.73 in the 200 back. Hodges will be able to train alongside Grana for the next two years as they both enter their junior seasons.

The Hoosier women captured the 2024 Big Ten title and finished 2nd behind Ohio State this year. The team had their highest finish ever at the NCAA level last week as they finished 4th. The team’s 800 free relay notably finished 8th, right behind USC’s 7th place relay.

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