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Joe Harpring | The Republic Rep. Mike Pence, D-Ind speaks with staff at The Republic, January 6, 2012.
Republican gubernatorial candidate and Columbus native Mike Pence said today that he believes Indiana can serve as a model for economic development efforts around the country.
He keeps returning to one idea.
“The term floating around in my mind is ‘Indiana’s moment,’” Pence, the U.S. representative for Indiana’s 6th District, said in a meeting with editors at The Republic.
Seizing that moment, he said, will require using Indiana’s brightest minds and resources at every level.
“I think because we have put our fiscal house in order, because we have the most forward-thinking education reforms that expand opportunities to our kids regardless of income or socioeconomic status, and because we’re leaning into the battle over jobs and economic freedom, I think Indiana could set the pace,” he said.
Pence met this morning in Columbus with Mayor Kristen Brown, who is completing her first week in office. He also was to meet today with new mayors in three other cities, in an effort to build relationships and let them know the resources available through his congressional office.