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In an upset that many analysts did not see coming, Democratic nominee J.D. Ford defeated three-term Rep. Victoria Spartz in Indiana’s 5th Congressional District in Tuesday’s election.
The Democratic pickup came in a district that President Donald Trump won by nearly 17 percentage points two years ago.
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Ford is the first openly gay member of the Indiana General Assembly. Spartz is the first and only
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