Indiana Republican United States Congressman Jackie Warorski's funeral was held Thursday in her home state of Indiana, where she and other Three people were killed in a head-on collision on a highway.
A funeral service is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. at Granger's community church, she said on the Palmer Funeral Homes website.
Warorski, 58, was in her SUV with two of her staff members on Aug. 3 when, for unknown reasons, she hit a highway median in northern Indiana. and collided with an oncoming vehicle near the town of Wakalsa. said the Elkhart County Sheriff's Office.
Warorski, The Cherry Potts of Mishawaka, who was driving in her 27-year-old staff, and Emma of Washington, D.C., her director of communications, her 28-year-old Thompson, all of her died, and the woman she was riding with also died. Drive a vehicle that has been hit by an SUV.
Potts was Warorski's district chief and Republican chairman of St. Joseph's County in northern Indiana.
Warorski was first elected to represent Northern Indiana's Second Congressional District in 2012 and was seeking re-election this year in a solid Republican congressional district.
Warorski's husband, Dean Swihart, said in a statement Wednesday that he was "touched by the support and kindness" his family received after her death. Her loss has left a huge vacuum in our families, communities and Congress," Swihart said. “Our family will celebrate the memory of Jackie and mourn her loss as she returns home to be with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Republican Governor Eric Holcomb announced that Warorski's current election, which will run for the rest of the year, on the same day as the November 8 general election. We have set up a special election to fill the remaining term.
Under Indiana law, local Republican officials determine the nominee in a special election to replace Warorski on a two-year expiry ballot. The state Republican party has scheduled his August 20 caucuses for these elections. The Republican candidate has yet to announce a seat.
