Jim Banks is a born and raised Hoosier running for Indiana’s U.S. Senate seat. First elected to serve as the representative for Indiana’s 3rd Congressional District in 2016, Banks is an active member of the House Armed Services Committee and Committee on Education and Workforce. Banks also chaired the Republican Study Committee, Congress’s largest conservative caucus, from 2021-2023. Congressman Banks is an Afghanistan veteran and took a leave of absence from the Indiana State Senate to deploy during Operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel.