GOP Rep. Jim Banks announces Indiana US Senate campaign - CNN

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Indiana GOP Rep. Jim Banks announced connected Tuesday that helium is moving for US Senate, seeking the spot near unfastened by outgoing Republican Sen. Mike Braun, who is moving for governor.

“We NEED conservatives successful Washington who aren’t acrophobic to combat Biden’s extremist agenda. That’s wherefore I americium moving to correspond our large authorities of Indiana successful the United States Senate,” Banks wrote successful a tweet Tuesday morning.

Banks, a Navy seasoned and blimpish who conscionable won his 4th word successful the House, is the archetypal to participate what could beryllium a crowded and competitory GOP superior for the unfastened Senate spot successful a reliably reddish state. The Club for Growth has already started attacking 1 of his imaginable rivals, erstwhile Gov. Mitch Daniels, launching a 60-second integer advertisement past week.

Other salient candidates who person expressed involvement see existent Gov. Eric Holcomb and 5th Congressional District Rep. Vicky Spartz.

This communicative has been updated with further details.