Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana on Tuesday formally announced his candidacy for the Senate in a 2024 run to succeed GOP Sen. Mike Braun.
Banks, who spent the last two years chairing the Republican Study Committee, an influential group of conservative House lawmakers, said,"I feel called to step up and run for the Senate because we need new, fresh conservative leadership in the United States Senate. That’s what Indiana expects. That’s what Indiana deserves — a conservative fighter in the Senate."
Banks said that the growing national debt, the threat from China and wokeism are"the three biggest issues facing our country today." Arguing that China poses a threat"to our American way of life," Banks said he’s"been a leading voice in the House to hold China accountable for stealing our jobs, giving us COVID, and the Senate presents an even bigger platform to do more to combat the China threat and hold China accountable."
Among the others mulling a bid is Republican Rep. Victoria Spartz, who represents a district in the central part of the state that includes parts of Indianapolis and its suburbs.
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