Former LaPorte Mayor Blair Milo leads the fight for the Republican nomination in the United States House from northwest Indiana to a new battleground: television.
The U.S. Navy veteran on Monday unveiled the first television ad for one of seven GOP candidates running in the May 3 primary elections for Indiana’s 1st congressional district in Lake, Porter and North counties. northwest of LaPorte.
The 30-second ad highlights Milo’s military service and condemns Democratic President Joe Biden and Speaker of the United States House Nancy Pelosi, D-California, “for threatening everything we hold dear” by ” the opening of borders, soaring prices, threats against law enforcement and our children”. ‘ futures.”
“It all stops now,” Milo proclaims in the ad. “I’ve taken on threats all my life, to serve you and this nation, and I’m ready to do it again.”
The Milo campaign said it was spending about $45,000 to air the ad on cable television stations in all three counties in the district as part of the “first phase” of its television purchase.
“Indiana’s 1st District is a highly competitive seat that has been Republican-leaning for years and is now poised to elect a conservative to help end the Biden/Pelosi disaster in Washington,” Milo said.
However, Milo is not the first Republican congressional candidate from northwest Indiana to release a campaign video this year.
Jennifer-Ruth Green, of Crown Point, posted a 90-second video on her campaign website in January that details her experience as an Air Force veteran and her goal to “leave this country better than we did not find it”.
“Like you, I am disappointed with all the divisive rhetoric and the clear crisis of leadership,” Green says in the video. “We need responsible leaders of character. My training taught me that leaders lead from the front, and that’s what I will do in Congress.”
Green and Milo are supplementing their video messages with mailings aimed at likely Republican voters just as early voting begins on Tuesday.
They have also personally visited Republican activists and voters at local party meetings and church services in northwest Indiana over the past several months.
“I speak to families every day who are struggling to make ends meet in our uncertain economy,” Green said. “The only solution is to throw out the ruling Democrats.”
There was no public poll in the race. Though Milo’s mayoral experience and Green’s load of supporters almost certainly make him a frontrunner, along with Highland’s Mark Leyva, the Republican nominee in eight congressional elections since 2002.
Also in the running are Martin Lucas, of Schererville; Nicholas Pappas, of Portage; Ben Ruiz of East Chicago; and Aaron Storer of Schererville.
The Republican primary winner will face the Democratic primary winner, likely U.S. Representative Frank J. Mrvan, D-Highland, in the Nov. 8 general election for a two-year term representing northwest Indiana in the United States House.
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US Navy veteran Jim Spanopoulos reads the names of servicemen from Valparaiso who died in the Vietnam War.
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Joe Baczynski delivers the keynote address during the Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony Tuesday at the Service Memorial at Foundation Meadows in Valparaiso.
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The color guard stands at attention during the Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the Foundation Meadows service memorial in Valparaiso.
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An Air Force veteran salutes during the Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the service memorial at Foundation Meadows in Valparaiso.
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A Vietnam War veteran who refused to share his name reflects on the war as he reads the names of servicemen from Valparaiso who died during the war.
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Veterans Jim Spanopoulos and Joe Baczynski watch Mayor Matt Murphy discuss his father’s serious injuries while serving in Vietnam. The elder Murphy received a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star as a result.
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Mike Lieber plays taps during the Vietnam Veterans Day Ceremony at the Service Memorial at Foundation Meadows in Valparaiso. “It was a long time ago,” he said of his service in Vietnam. “Sometimes it’s hard to think about it.”
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Valparaiso Parks Superintendent John Seibert greets attendees at the chilling Vietnam Veterans Day ceremony at the service memorial at Foundation Meadows in Valparaiso.