INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Vice President Mike Pence, won a seat in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday soon after polls began closing in the midterm
elections.The 61-year-old businessman and military veteran claimed victory for the Republicans in the district his younger brother once held
in Indiana.Prior to becoming Donald Trump's vice president, Mike Pence went from serving in heavily-Republican 6th district in southern
Indiana to become governor of the conservative Midwestern state.In his first campaign for public office, the elder Pence promised to support
the agenda pushed by his brother and Trump in Washington, describing himself as a conservative who opposes abortion and supports gun
ownership rights.With less than a fifth of votes counted, Pence declared victory with 68 per cent and was projected as the winner by US
networks CNN and NBC."Like many of you, I continue to be inspired by President Trump," Pence said in his victory speech."I support the
president's agenda to fight for the middle class and ensure commonsense policies get through and accomplished by Congress."Pence's opponent
was Democrat Jeannine Lake, a self-described Christian Democrat who supported tuition-free college and universal healthcare, and opposed
Trump's trade tariffs that she said had financially hurt farmers.Pence will fill an open seat vacated by Luke Messer, who ran unsuccessfully
for the Senate.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated
