GOP Looks to Win Democratic Stronghold District for the First Time Since Prohibition

It was 1928, when the Depression was still on the horizon and Prohibition was in full swing, when the last Republican was elected to represent Indiana’s 1st Congressional District. Republican candidate Jennifer-Ruth Green is working to change that. Aside from breaking a Democratic lock on the district that goes back to the 1930 election, Green would carve a niche for herself as the only black Republican woman in the House and only the second black female Republican ever elected to the House, according to The Associated Press. Green is taking on Democratic Rep. Frank Mrvan. As an indication that this is…