Election results from WISHTV.com Vote counting began Friday night as an incumbent Republican and an Indiana state senator faced off in a high-profile race for Indiana’s 5th Congressional District. The final tally will determine whether U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz, 48, keeps her seat or I ndiana state Sen. J.D. Ford, 43, wins it. With 75.3% of votes counted at 8:51 p.m., Ford led with 110,518 votes over Spartz’ 94,750. Both candidates called for more government accountability. Ford’s platform also included affordability and access to health care, while Spartz called for reducing federal spending and debt and changing immigration policies. Last week, the Cook Political Report changed its rating of Indiana’s 5th Congressional District from “Likely R” to “Lean R.” Earlier this year, the report rated Spartz’s seat “Solid R.” Major cities in the 5th Congressional District include Anderson, Carmel, Fishers, Fortville, Frankfort, Greentown, Hartford City, Kokomo, part of Lawrence, Lebanon, Logansport, Marion, McCordsville, Muncie, Noblesville, Pendleton, Peru, Sheridan, Tipton, Wabash, Westfield, Whitestown and Zionsville. The last Democrat to represent Indiana’s 5th District, which then covered Hamilton County and surrounding northern Indianapolis suburbs, was Jim Jontz, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1987 to 1993. Indiana has nine congressional districts, all with incumbents seeking reelection. Seven are Republicans. Rep. André Carson won reelection to the 7th District, which covers Indianapolis, with about 70% of the vote. In the 3rd District, with 66.8% of the vote counted at 8:30 p.m., Republican incumbent Marlin Stutzman had 80,555 votes over Democrat Kelly Thompson with 67,865. In December, the Republican supermajority in the Indiana Senate voted down a proposal to redraw congressional district boundaries ahead of Tuesday’s midterm election, perturbing Gov. Mike Braun and President Donald Trump. ...read more read less