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“When I served on the battlefields of conflicts, we always put our fellow soldiers and the mission before ourselves,” he said. “Today, in our nation’s capital, the only people the liberal career politicians seem to want to serve are themselves.”
Stu Barnes-Israel is running for Congress in Indiana’s 9th District.
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Barnes-Israel added: “We have to stop the out-of-control spending and runaway inflation that is wrecking our economy. We have to fight back against government overreach and defend our Hoosier values. We have to secure our border and make our cities safe again.”
Rep. Trey Hollingsworth, R-Ind., is photographed in the Rayburn horseshoe on June 28, 2017.
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Indiana’s 9th Congressional District, which Hollingsworth currently represents, leans significantly to the right. Hollingsworth comfortably won reelection in recent years. The University of Virginia Center for Politics rates the district as “Safe R.”
Stu Barnes-Israel is running for Congress in Indiana’s 9th District.
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That means the winner of the GOP primary will likely have a clear path to Congress next year, when it is widely expected Republicans will take back the House majority after a tough start to President Biden’s term.
