Congresswoman Jackie Walorski, the U.S. representative for Indiana’s 2nd congressional district, is dead after a traffic crash in Elkhart County Wednesday. She was killed along with three others in the crash at SR 19 and SR 119 near Nappanee. Walorski was in an SUV with Zachery Potts and Emma Thompson when it was in a crash at an intersection. All three in the SUV were killed, along with the other driver, identified as Edith Schmucker of Nappanee. Walorski, of South Bend, represented Indiana’s 2nd District since 2012.
It is with a heavy heart that I am sharing this statement from the Office of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. pic.twitter.com/UEPoKBDf5N
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) August 3, 2022
Congressman Fred Upton has issued the following statement:
“I am indeed heartbroken to hear the news of my colleague, and next-door neighbor, Jackie Walorski. Of course, we were close and usually traveled on the same plane back and forth from South Bend to DC and back home usually sitting next to each other. She was such a respected member I helped get on the powerful House and Ways and Means Committee and was the top Republican on the important Ethics Committee as well. She had no enemies and worked so hard on veteran issues as well. Her Hoosier heart was never in doubt, and she led a life of service from wife, missionary, and leader in the Congress working on bipartisan issues, and as a gracious and thoughtful lady. Yes, I have heard from so many colleagues shocked at the tragedy within an hour of the news. News made particularly more tragic with the loss of two of her loyal staff.”
