Draft:Jennifer Pace (politician)

Jennifer Pace
Born1964 or 1965
Indianapolis, IN
DiedMarch 2024 (age 59)
Cause of deathheart attack
OccupationAdvertising
Political partyRepublican Party
OpponentAndré Carson
Children3
Candidate for
Indiana's 7th congressional district
In office
May 2024 – July 2024


Jennifer Pace is a member of the Republican Party who ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 7th congressional district in 2024. Pace died in March 2024.[1] In May 2024, she was selected as the Republican primary candidate.[2] She received more than 31% of the vote.[3] A caucus of Republican precinct committee members chose John Schmitz as a replacement nominee in July 2024. Schmitz previously ran for the 97th district in 2022, losing to Democrat Justin Moed.[4]

She was previously a candidate in 2022, losing to Angela Grabovsky.

2024 Primary results

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Republican Primary
Candidate Votes Pct.
Jennifer Pace 7,706 31.2%
Catherine Ping 7,386 29.9%
Philip Davis 6,358 25.7%
Gabe Whitley 3,247 13.1%
Total reported 24,697 >95%

Source: [5]

2022 Primary results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Angela Grabovsky 6,886 53.6
Republican Rusty Johnson 2,185 17.0
Republican Jennifer Pace 1,556 12.1
Republican Bill Allen 1,505 11.7
Republican Gerald Walters 722 5.6
Total votes 12,854 100.0

References

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  1. ^ Suter, Tara (8 May 2024). "GOP winner of Indiana House primary died in March". The Hill.
  2. ^ Longnecker, Emily (8 May 2024). "Deceased woman wins Republican nomination for Indiana's 7th Congressional District". wthr.com. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  3. ^ Metzger, Bryan (May 8, 2024). "Republicans nominate dead woman for Indianapolis House seat". Business Insider.
  4. ^ Nadia Scharf (18 July 2024). "Republicans replace deceased candidate to run against Carson for U.S. 7th District seat". Yahoo News.
  5. ^ "Indiana 7th Congressional District Primary Election Results". The New York Times. 7 May 2024.
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