Democrat Frank J.
Mrvan, the North Township Trustee in Lake County, has succeeded to U.S. Rep.
Pete Visclosky’s 1st District seat.
Mrvan easily beat
Republican Mark Leyva and Libertarian Michael Strauss with 57 percent of the
votes cast in the race.
In a statement
released late on Tuesday, Mrvan thanked Visclosky, the United Steelworkers,
the American Federation of Teachers Indiana, and the Building and
Construction Trades Council of Northwest Indiana for their endorsements and
support.
“I welcome the
tremendous responsibility of this office and look forward to using my
experiences and knowledge to pragmatically address the incredible challenges
of today,” Mrvan said. “We must act with all urgency to address the pandemic
and the economic uncertainty that is impacting all of us. I also look
forward to bringing our region together so we can continue to focus on
attracting federal resources so that we can transform our economy and create
more good-paying jobs, access to affordable healthcare, and a safe and
secure retirement for everyone.”
“I want to
congratulate Frank J, Mrvan on his election to Congress,” Visclosky said for
his own part. “Representative-elect Mrvan has proven throughout his career
to be one of the most sincere, decent, and honorable individuals I have ever
met, and I know he has the character and skills to excel as a member of
Congress. There remains a great amount of work that needs to be done in
Northwest Indiana and our nation. I wish Frank the best and look forward to
his continued success.”
Visclosky chose not
to run for re-election after 18 terms in Congress.
The Associated
Press has declared State Rep. Ed Soliday, R-Valparaiso, a winner.
Soliday
successfully defended his 4th District seat in the Indiana House against the
challenge of Democrat Deb Porter.
In Porter County,
Soliday took 54.60 percent of the vote, with 20,031 votes to Porter’s
16,656.
As of deadline
today, the AP had not yet declared a winner in the race for the 9th District
seat in the Indiana House, between incumbent Democrat Patricia (Pat) Boy and
her Republican challenger Dion Bergeron.