Jennifer-Ruth Green, a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and Iraq War veteran, has announced her second bid for the Republican congressional seat in northwest Indiana, a region historically dominated by Democrats.
Green, who narrowly missed out on defeating three-term Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan in the 2022 midterm elections, is determined to "finish the mission" this time around.
"The stakes couldnt be higher," Green stated in her campaign launch video, which was shared first with Fox News Digital. She is entering the U.S. House race in Indiana's 1st Congressional District, currently represented by Mrvan.
According to Green, her rematch in Indiana could play a pivotal role in determining whether the GOP maintains its tenuous House majority in the coming year.
Green's campaign video was emphatic about her objectives: "When we fire Frank Mrvan and take back northwest Indiana for the first time since 1928, Republicans will keep the House and stop radical Democrats from impeaching President Trump."
As reported by Fox News Digital, she further elaborated, "I firmly believe that the control of the House might just come down to Indianas 1st Congressional District, and I want to be on the team to make sure we can have a credible agenda to support President Trump."
Green's campaign launch came on the heels of Republican Gov. Mike Braun's call for a special legislative session to redraw the congressional districts in the GOP-dominated state. This move is part of a larger Republican strategy, spearheaded by President Donald Trump and his political team, to bolster the GOP House majority and retain control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms.
The Democrats, needing only three seats to regain control of the House, are countering this effort by pushing for redistricting in states that lean blue.
The Republicans currently hold seven of Indiana's nine congressional districts. Any new map approved by the state's GOP super majority in the legislature would likely turn the 1st Congressional District from a blue-leaning to a red-leaning seat. "We believe Indianas First District will become much more Republican," a memo from the Green campaign states.
In her interview with Fox News Digital, Green voiced her support for redistricting, arguing, "I really believe that its time for us to fight fire with fire, and weve seen how Democrats around the country have taken this opportunity in their states to gerrymander."
Green, who followed in the footsteps of her father and grandfather by joining the Air Force, is a 2005 Air Force Academy graduate. She began her military career in aviation before transitioning to serve as a special agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations. She was deployed to Baghdad during the Iraq War and is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Indiana Air National Guard.
As Indianas first secretary of public safety, Green supported first responders and collaborated with the Trump administration to remove dangerous illegal immigrants from the streets. She also founded a faith-based nonprofit to assist at-risk youth through aerospace training.
Green, who outraised Mrvan in her 2022 campaign, is the only major Republican candidate to enter the 2026 race so far. Her campaign memo highlights her fundraising abilities, stating that Green "is the only candidate Republicans can put forward in this race to raise the money needed to win a hard-fought battle for this seat."
In her campaign video, Green reiterated her commitment to the Republican cause: "When we fire Frank Mrvan and take back northwest Indiana for the first time since 1928, Republicans will keep the House."
She also pledged to support American manufacturing for middle-class jobs, fight for bigger paychecks and lower prices, back rural communities and farmers, secure the border, deport violent illegal immigrants, back the blue, and defend the right to life and the Second Amendment.
In her Fox News Digital interview, Green praised President Trump, stating, "I believe that hes doing a great job. He is taking care of our country, leading it in the right direction." When asked if she would like the President's help on the campaign trail, she responded, "I look forward to bringing him out to northwest Indiana if he would come."
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