Brian Howey: Hoosier congressional self-funders on spending benders

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Brian Howey: Hoosier congressional self-funders on spending benders

It used to be that any middle-class Hoosier schmoe could run for Congress and actually win. Republican Mike Pence and Democrat Jim Jontz won races in bygone decades by pedaling bicycles to campaign events across their sprawling congressional districts. But these days Indiana congressional seats are being staked out and won by the rich. A self-funding spending spree is happening in four Indiana congressional districts, with Republican candidates …