(La Porte County, IN) - A former Republican Party chairman in Chicago is running for a local seat in the Indiana Statehouse.

 

Chris Cleveland, a La Porte County businessman, has announced his candidacy for State Representative from District 9.  The district covers northern La Porte and Porter counties, and includes communities like Michigan City and Chesterton.

 

"Costs are going up and people are tired of it. Rising utility and healthcare costs are making life difficult and government is making it worse with rising local income taxes, property taxes, wheel taxes and tolls," said Cleveland.

"It's time to tell the politicians to grow a spine and stand up to those who are driving up the cost of living. As a business owner, I have to control my costs or I go out of business. Government should do the same," he said.  Cleveland is an entrepreneur who builds software startups.

 

He is a former chairman of the Chicago Republican Party, former state chairman for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign and former District Director for the Trump presidential campaign. Cleveland is a graduate of Princeton and the University of Chicago.  District 9 was represented until recently by democrat Patricia Boy, a former member of the Michigan City Common Council who decided to retire.  The more than one year and two months left on her term will be served by Randy Novak, who resigned from the La Porte County Council to accept the position.