Jim Banks

By Justin Busch

Today, four Indiana state legislators from the Third Congressional District announced their endorsement of Sen. Jim Banks for Congress.

Sen. Carlin Yoder had this to say: “From Right to Work, to school choice, to eliminating our inheritance tax, to making Indiana a top pro-life state in the nation, Jim Banks has been on the front lines championing conservative values at the Statehouse. I’ve been proud to work with him and am confident that he will maintain the conservative leadership we’ve come to expect from him when he is elected our next Congressman from northeast Indiana. I strongly endorse Jim Banks along with my friends Rep. Chris Judy and Rep. Dan Leonard.”

These state legislators are joined in endorsing Banks by their colleagues, Sen. David Long and Rep. Casey Cox, as well as New Haven Mayor Terry McDonald, who announced his support and endorsement of Jim Banks today as well.

About Jim Banks

Indiana State Sen. Jim Banks has represented Northeast Indiana since his election to the General Assembly in 2010. Senator Banks is chairman of the Senate Veteran Affairs and the Military Committee and also serves on the Education & Workforce Development, Labor, and Homeland Security & Transportation committees.

Banks is a commercial real estate broker for The Bradley Company in Fort Wayne. He is a graduate of Indiana University and recently earned his Master of Business Administration from Grace College and Seminary. He also serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve as a supply corps officer and took a leave of absence from the Indiana State Senate in 2014 and 2015 to deploy to Afghanistan during Operations Enduring Freedom and Freedom’s Sentinel. He received the Defense Meritorious Service Medal for his military leadership in Afghanistan.

Beyond his professional life, Banks is involved in many civic organizations. He is the past president and a current member of the Columbia City Rotary Club. He has also served on the Whitley County Council, Whitley County Republican Party and Northeast Indiana Workforce Development Board before he was elected to the Indiana State Senate.

Through the years, Banks has been honored with various recognitions for his service. In 2013 he received Ivy Tech Community College’s Distinguished Public Official Award. In 2011, he was recognized as one of the top rising Republican legislators by Governing Magazine and was named to Northeast Indiana’s “Future 40 Leaders under 40” list in 2008. He was awarded the Distinguished Public Service Award in 2013 and 2014 by the American Legion for his work on behalf of Hoosier veterans at the Statehouse. In 2014 he was invited to speak at the American Conservative Union’s CPAC conference in Washington, D.C., as a top conservative under 40 years old.

He lives in Columbia City with his wife, Amanda, and their three children, Lillian, Elizabeth and Joann.

For more information, visit www.jimbanks.us.