After an eight-year break, Rep. Marlin Stutzman is back in the House and ready to get to work on President-elect Donald Trump’s agenda. “It’s a new day,” he says.
First elected to Congress in 2010, Stutzman was an active member of the House Freedom Caucus, and perhaps best known for voting against then-Speaker John A. Boehner in 2015. He campaigned for an open Indiana Senate seat in 2016 instead of running for reelection but lost to Todd Young in the primary.
He’s returned to Congress with a mellower attitude toward leadership, which has shifted to the right since Boehner’s days, and some advice for his colleagues: Stick together.
