Greg Pence, the older brother of Vice President Mike Pence, has won the congressional seat his famous sibling once held.
Pence, a 61-year-old Marine veteran and owner of two antique malls, won in Indiana’s heavily Republican 6th District, where he defeated Democrat Jeannine Lee Lake and Libertarian Tom Ferkinhoff.
The 6th District is one of two open House seats in Indiana this year, along with the 4th District.
They’re open because Republican U.S. Reps. Luke Messer and Todd Rokita ran in the GOP primary for the U.S. Senate.
Both men were defeated in the May primary by multimillionaire auto parts magnate Mike Braun, who’s challenging Democrat U.S. Sen. Joe Donnelly in Indiana’s closely watched Senate race.
Both districts are heavily Republican and are expected to remain in GOP hands.