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The Indiana Republican Party is doing what it can to boost the campaign coffers of Valparaiso candidates for mayor and at-large seats on the City Council, providing almost $56,000 between those three campaigns alone for mailers, and tens of thousands of dollars in total to the other Republicans running for office in Valparaiso for the same. Beyond that, the campaign finance reports for the .
Republican Jon Costas, who had four consecutive terms as Valparaiso mayor following his time on Valparaiso City Council, defeated party competitor Art Elwood Tuesday, and will now face Democrat Hannah Trueblood, making history as the first woman on the ballot to run for mayor of Valparaiso in the November election.