Scoop: Combat veteran launches congressional run in bid to flip longtime Democrat-held seat red

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EXCLUSIVE: U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and Iraq War veteran Jennifer-Ruth Green says she's "ready to finish the mission" as she launches a second Republican congressional bid in northwest Indiana for a seat long held by Democrats. "The stakes couldn’t be higher," Green said in a campaign launch video shared first with Fox News Digital on Tuesday, as she jumped into the U.S. House race in Indiana's 1st Congressional District , which is represented by three-term Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan. Green, who came within five points of defeating Mrvan in the 2022 midterm elections, says her rematch in Indiana could be crucial in deciding if the GOP keeps control of its fragile House majority next year. "When we fire Frank Mrvan and take back northwest Indiana for the first time since 1928, Republicans will keep the House and stop radical Democrats from impeaching President Trump," Green emphasized in her video. HEAD HERE FOR THE LATEST FOX NEWS REPORTING FROM INDIANA And in an interview with Fox News Digital, she added, "I firmly believe that the control of the House might just come down to Indiana’s 1st Congressional District, and I want to be on the team to make sure we can have a credible agenda to support President Trump." Green launched her campaign the day after Republican Gov. Mike Braun called state lawmakers back for a special legislative session to redraw the GOP-dominated state's congressional districts. It's part of a broad Republican effort orchestrated by President Donald Trump and his political team to pad the GOP House majority to keep control of the chamber in the 2026 midterms, when the party in power traditionally faces political headwinds and loses seats. Democrats need a pickup of just three seats to win back control of the House. FIVE KEY RACES TO WATCH IN THE 2025 ELECTIONS Trump is aiming to prevent what happened during his first term in the White House, when Democrats reclaimed the House majority in the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats, fighting…