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Request a DemoBanks went from study to firebrand

Rep. Jim Banks listens during a tour of Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Warfare Center in August 2017. (HPI photo by Brian Howey)
He spent his freshman term learning about defense sector, and then came leadership The adjective “ambitious” has long accompanied Jim Banks. He’s had it since he was president of the IU College Republicans, as Whitley County Republican chairman, as a county councilman, as a state senator, and then in Congress. Throughout his political career, he ...