Indiana Republicans have picked Rudy Yakym to replace U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski after Yakym won the endorsement of the late congresswoman's husband.
MISHAWAKA, Ind. --
Yakym received the most votes Saturday from Republican precinct committee members for their party's nomination in northern Indiana's solidly GOP 2nd Congressional District. He won the general election ballot vacancy through the balloting process and the special election ballot vacancy via acclamation, Indiana Republican Party spokesman Luke Thomas said in an email.
SEE ALSO: Congresswoman Jackie Walorski's vehicle crossed centerline before crash that killed 4: police Walorski's husband, Dean Swihart, endorsed Yakym this past week for the Republican nomination, calling him "a political outsider who has what it takes to stand up to the Pelosi-Biden agenda."Democrats now hold a narrow 220-210 majority in the U.S. House, withWalorski, 58, was a passenger in an SUV with two members of her congressional office staff when it crossed the centerline of a northern Indiana state highway and collided with an oncoming vehicle on Aug.
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