Shelli Yoder is running for Congress (Yoder Campaign Photo)
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) _ Monroe County Council member Shelli Yoder is running again for southern Indiana's 9th District congressional seat.
Yoder, the Democratic nominee last year, said Monday that she “will always put common sense over partisan ideology'' and has a track record of working across the aisle to solve problems.
Yoder is a senior lecturer at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business. The Shipshewana native won the Miss Indiana pageant in 1992 and finished as second runner-up in the Miss America pageant later that year. She graduated from IPFW in 1991.
The Bloomington resident is the first Democrat to announce a candidacy in the district.
On the Republican side, Attorney General Greg Zoeller and state Sens. Erin Houchin of Salem and Brent Waltz of Greenwood have announced they're running for the seat being vacated by Republican incumbent Todd Young. Young is seeking the Senate seat being vacated by Dan Coats.
