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A name in the Republican Party that recently started to create a buzz has announced that she will not be running for re-election.
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) had been tagged as a possibility to fill the Senate seat in Indiana, but she has decided to call it quits altogether.
I am guessing this has more to do with her opposition to the way the party is moving rather than the excuse she offered up.
Family Time
The reasoning of needing more family time is a tried and true excuse for bailing when things are not going your way.
That is the route that Spartz took here.
She stated, “It’s been my honor representing Hoosiers in the Indiana State Senate and U.S. Congress and I appreciate the strong support on the ground.
“2024 will mark seven years of holding elected office and over a decade in Republican politics.
“I won a lot of tough battles for the people and will work hard to win a few more in the next two years.
“However, being a working mom is tough and I need to spend more time with my two high school girls back home, so I will not run for any office in 2024.”
Spartz recently opposed Rep. Ilhan Omar (R-IN) being removed from the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
She was also among those that only voted “present” at one point during the McCarthy Speaker votes.
She eventually voted along the party line in both cases, but I have a feeling she was not too thrilled with it.
So, rather than make a stand, she is just going to head off into the sunset.
