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Victoria Spartz Upsets Democrats’ Biggest Hope for a Flip

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When House Democrats saw their election-night hopes of a “Blue Wave” fading, they placed their last hopes on flipping Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. Republican candidate Victoria Spartz, an immigrant from Ukraine, made sure that didn’t happen. Jill Sheridan of WFYI Indianapolis reports:

Republican Victoria Spartz held a press conference Thursday morning, following confirmation yesterday that she was elected to represent Indiana’s 5th Congressional District.

Spartz will now go to Washington D.C., after a close contest against Democrat Chrisitina Hale. The race took more than a day to call.

Spartz said she trusts in the process.

“Because it’s extremely important for people to have trust in our election outcomes,” Spartz said. “It’s extremely important for our republic.”

She said, when she came here from the Ukraine 20 years ago, she would never have imagined this future.

“But this is the beauty of our republic,” Spartz said.

The 5th district makes up a diverse area, including most of Hamilton, Tipton, Madison and Grant counties and the northern part of Marion County. Spartz said the Hoosiers she talked to all want the same things.

“We want to have wonderful future for our children. We want to have jobs and good economy. We want to have affordable health care and good education,” Spartz said.

The former accountant and business owner will take up her new position in January.  She’ll join a relatively young freshman class that adds more women to Congress.

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E.J. Smith is Founder of YourSurvivalGuy.com, Managing Director at Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd., a Managing Editor of Richardcyoung.com, and Editor-in-Chief of Youngresearch.com. His focus at all times is on preparing clients and readers for “Times Like These.” E.J. graduated from Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, with a B.S. in finance and investments. In 1995, E.J. began his investment career at Fidelity Investments in Boston before joining Richard C. Young & Co., Ltd. in 1998. E.J. has trained at Sig Sauer Academy in Epping, NH. His first drum set was a 5-piece Slingerland with Zilldjians. He grew-up worshiping Neil Peart (RIP) of the band Rush, and loves the song Tom Sawyer—the name of his family’s boat, a Grady-White Canyon 306. He grew up in Mattapoisett, MA, an idyllic small town on the water near Cape Cod. He spends time in Newport, RI and Bartlett, NH—both as far away from Wall Street as one could mentally get. The Newport office is on a quiet, tree lined street not far from the harbor and the log cabin in Bartlett, NH, the “Live Free or Die” state, sits on the edge of the White Mountain National Forest. He enjoys spending time in Key West and Paris. Please get in touch with E.J. at ejsmith@yoursurvivalguy.com