Walorski
INDIANAPOLIS — A special election to fill the now-vacant seat in Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District following the death of U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski will coincide with the Nov. 8 general election, the governor’s office announced. The candidates to finish out her term will be announced by the end of the month.
Gov. Eric Holcomb issued an executive order announcing the special election. The winning candidate will serve in Walorski’s seat until her current term expires at noon on Jan. 3.
The special election announcement came almost one week after Walorski died in a northern Indiana car crash. Her funeral was Wednesday.
Indiana Republicans and Democrats will meet in a caucus of precinct committee members who represent the “old” 2nd District—the district boundaries that were in effect when Walorski was elected in 2020. The district has since been altered through the redistricting process.
Walorksi was running for reelection as a Republican in the Nov. 8 election, so GOP precinct committee members must caucus a second time to select a candidate to replace her in the general congressional race.
Voters in all or parts of Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Marshall, Miami, Pulaski, Stark, St. Joseph and Wabash counties will be affected. However, not all voters in those counties will vote for a District 2 candidate in both the special and general elections because the district’s boundaries were redrawn in last year’s redistricting process.
