Randy Niemeyer will serve as the Republican nominee in one of Indiana’s most closely watched House races.
Niemeyer, who won the Republican Party’s nomination for Indiana’s First Congressional District on Tuesday, will now face off against incumbent Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in the state’s general election later this year.
Along with Niemeyer, two other candidates, Leyva and Ruiz took part in the GOP primary election.
The seat – ranked as “Lean Democrat” by the Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election analyst – is one the Republican Party is hoping to pick up this election cycle in an effort to strengthen its slim majority in the House.
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Randy Niemeyer, center, beat out rivals Mark Leyva,left, and David Ben Ruiz, right, to secure the GOP nomination for U.S. representatitive for the First Congressional District of Indiana. (Mark Leyva campaign, Randy Niemeyer campaign, David Ben Ruiz campaign)
Niemeyer, who received support from the national party in the race, serves as chair of the Lake County Republican Party and is the current 7th District Councilman.
Prior to Tuesday’s election, Niemeyer insisted his experience in politics at a local level, paired with his being a small business owner, made him most suitable for the role.
“I would say my credentials in local government speaks for itself. I’m happy to be part of the party,” Niemeyer said, according to the Chicago Tribune. “I’m proud of the work we have done in Lake County. I want to make sure we give the voters good choices … When people aren’t challenged, it doesn’t create the accountability our system needs.”
Niemeyer also said he believes his experiences as a small business owner with certain financial struggles is “familiar to many” in the district who have faced economic woes in recent years.
“That experience is something that is familiar to many, many people in our district … we have to go to work every day and make something out of nothing,” Niemeyer said.
Niemeyer, who received support from the national party in the race, serves as chair of the Lake County Republican Party and is the current 7th District Councilman. (Randy Niemeyer campaign)
Leyva, who has been seeking the GOP nomination to represent the district since 2010, said prior to Tuesday’s election that he believed “this year is different.”
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