IT’S OFFICIAL: WALORSKI FILES BID FOR CONGRESS

(Indianapolis, IN) Yesterday, former State Representative Jackie Walorski filed her candidacy to represent Indiana’s 2nd District in the United States Congress with the Indiana Secretary of State.

“Our country is heading in the wrong direction, said Walorski. “I am running for Congress to get our economy back on track so businesses can create jobs, and to get government spending under control- balancing the budget.”

In the legislature, Jackie developed a reputation as a solid conservative leader in the fight for lower taxes and against wasteful government spending.  Now Jackie is working to take her conservative philosophy to the United States Congress.

“In the State House, I stood up to the big spenders to cut waste and balanced the budget without raising taxes,” continued Walorski. “In Congress, I will take that same approach to get our country working again.”       

Jackie Walorski is a native Hoosier, born and raised in South Bend, Indiana.  Jackie attended Riley High School in South Bend and graduated with a BA from Taylor University, also in Indiana.   She started her career as a reporter. Later she worked as a Development Director to raise funds for local colleges and universities. Shortly after marrying her husband Dean, a Mishawaka school teacher, Jackie and Dean moved to Romania.  While in Romania, they founded their own agency and local foundation to help provide much-needed medical supplies to the country’s impoverished children.

After returning home, Jackie was elected to her first of three terms in the Indiana House of Representatives in 2004. She rose quickly to leadership becoming the Assistant Floor Leader for the Republican Caucus.

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