Yoder Announces Congressional Run

Yoder Announces Congressional Run

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Former Miss Indiana Shelli Yoder says she is taking a second shot at running for Congress in Indiana’s 9th Congressional District.

Yoder announced today she was running for the spot. She ran against incumbent Todd Young in 2012, losing 55-44 percent.

Yoder says she wants to “take her brand of collaborative, commonsense leadership to Washington to make a difference for Hoosier families.”

She says she is a different type of Democrat who would put common sense over partisan ideology.

Young is running for the U.S. Senate. Yoder is the only announced Democrat in the race. Republicans face a crowded field …read more

Via: http://indypolitics.org/2015/08/17/yoder-announces-congressional-run/

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