Jackie Walorski

Rep. Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., and two of her staffers were killed in a car accident on Wednesday, authorities said. Walorski was 58.

A former Indiana state lawmaker, Walorski was first elected to Congress in 2012 and was running for her sixth term this fall. “She was a dear friend who loved serving the people of Indiana in Congress.” “A lifelong Hoosier, Congresswoman Walorski lived a life of service: whether caring for impoverished children in Romania, representing her community in the Indiana Statehouse or serving nearly a decade in the House," Pelosi said in a statement. "A northbound passenger car traveled left of center and collided head on" with Walorski's vehicle, the sheriff's office wrote. The driver of that car was also killed. Their deaths were confirmed by the sheriff's office in a Facebook post.

According to police, Walorski was in a vehicle driving south on State Road 19 south of Wakaursa around 12:30 p.m. when a car going north drove over the center ...

Walorski was elected to the Indiana House in 2004, 2006 and 2008 before losing her first congressional election in 2010 to two-term incumbent Joe Donnelly. But after the Republican-controlled Indiana General Assembly redrew the sprawling 10-county district to remove Michigan City, historically home to more Democrats, and added heavily Republican areas of Elkhart and Kosciusko counties, she narrowly beat Democrat Brendan Mullen in 2012. In 2017, Walorski asked the Indiana State Department of Health to reject an abortion provider's application to open a clinic in South Bend. The clinic ultimately opened in 2019. Walorski, 58, was born and raised in the Gilmer Park neighborhood just outside South Bend’s southern city limits. All of Indiana mourns her passing, along with the tragic deaths of her staff Emma Thomson and Zach Potts. Please join me in praying for their families in this difficult time.” The group was returning from a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Claypool, according to media reports. Wade, she joined anti-abortion protesters in a June rally urging the Indiana General Legislature to further restrict abortion access. "Today our community lost a dedicated public servant." Three other people were killed in the crash, which took place while Walorski and two others were in a vehicle driving south on Indiana 19 south of Wakarusa around 12:30 p.m., according to police. A car going north drove over the center line and collided with Walorski's vehicle head-on. Elkhart County police are still investigating the crash. Prominent area Democrats have also made statements mourning her death. ELKHART — U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-2nd District) was killed in a car crash in Elkhart County on Wednesday, according to the Elkhart County Sheriff's Department.

Indiana Rep. Jackie Walorski died Wednesday afternoon in a car crash, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed in a statement on social media.

According to her House biography, she and her husband "previously spent four years as missionaries in Romania, where they started and ran a foundation to provide food and medical supplies to impoverished children there. We will have no further comment at this time," the statement read. All three people in the SUV were killed.

The fatal Wednesday crash also killed the congresswoman's aide Emma Thomson and two others, according to the sheriff's office in Elkhart County, Ind.

She was a trusted colleague and good friend,” Ferguson wrote. “Jackie loved Hoosiers and devoted her life to fighting for them,” he wrote. “Jackie was a kind soul with a huge heart. They will be missed, and our nation will miss their service,” Scalise said in a statement. “She always had a warm smile and a word of advice, and I will miss her friendship,” Hinson wrote. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy confirmed her death “with a heavy heart.” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) called the congresswoman, who had been a member of his whip team, “a champion for the people of Indiana.”

"I'm shocked and saddened to hear of the tragic death of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and the other victims of ...

She has been identified as 56-year old Edith Schmucker of Nappanee. Updated: Aug 3, 2022 4:09 PM EDT Posted: Aug 3, 2022 2:05 PM EDT

Ms. Walorski, who was first elected to Congress in 2012, was traveling in her district with two aides, who were also killed when a passenger car and an SUV ...

“Jackie and her staffers died serving her constituents. “Jackie was an instrumental member of our conference, serving as a member of my deputy whip team for several years,” Representative Steve Scalise, Republican of Louisiana, said in a statement. “She has returned home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,” the statement said.

Walorski and two of her staffers, Emma Thomson, 28, and Zachery Potts, 27, were killed when a car driving the opposite direction veered into oncoming traffic, ...

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced the news"with a heavy heart." Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.)called her a"a good and honorable public servant." She was 58. - Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the longest-serving member of the House,died a month laterafter losing consciousness on a flight to his district. Longtime Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.) was killed in a car crash in her district on Wednesday, according to local officials. - Walorski and two of her staffers, Emma Thomson, 28, and Zachery Potts, 27, were killed when a car driving the opposite direction veered into oncoming traffic, the Elkhart County Sheriff's office said in apress release.