(La Porte County, IN) - A candidate for La Porte County Commissioner has reactivated his campaign.

 

Jody Slabaugh says he’s back to knocking on the doors of voters. 

 

The Republican Party nominee for the seat now held by Connie Gramarossa, recently suspended his campaign.  Slabaugh says he did so because of a “difficult public confrontation” during a Republican Party event.

 

He provided no details about the confrontation but said his wife after they talked it over agreed with his decision.  Slabaugh says he decided to become active in the campaign again after hearing from a lot of his supporters.

 

He soundly defeated Gramrossa for the republican nomination in the May primary.

 

“I’ve decided the mandate from those primary voters matters more than one bad morning, so I’m back in and back knocking on doors,” he said.

 

Slabaugh is opposed in November by Angle Henzman, who easily won the Democratic Party nomination in the primary over Ron Meer, a former two-term mayor of Michigan City.

 

Henzman said her campaign is not impacted by Slabaugh’s decision because his name will be on the November ballot regardless of his campaign’s status.  The deadline for a candidate to remove their name from the ballot was July 15.

 

“I just want to get to as many voters as possible to earn their votes so I will continue as I plan to and keep doing the work,” she said.