The first and only member of Congress born in Ukraine has voted both for and against aid to her native country. She’s also announced her retirement and filed for re-election.
Now Rep. Victoria Spartz — the only Indiana House member in danger of losing in Tuesday’s primaries — is talking to fellow Republicans one-on-one and in TV commercials, working to blunt the criticism of rivals.
“To Spartz, words don’t matter. She’s retiring one day, running the next. Sends $40 billion to Ukraine, then criticizes the aid,” says an ad for rival Chuck Goodrich, who has outspent Spartz on the air, ...