Brent Waltz

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Political career

Three out of four of Waltz's great-grandfathers held elected office in Indiana and Kentucky. At the age of 26 he was elected an at-large member of the Johnson County Council in 2000. He was elected President of the Johnson County in 2003 and re-election his last year on the council in 2004. [8]

In a political upset, Waltz unseated 36-year incumbent and Senate Finance Committee chairman Larry Borst in the 2004 Republican primary by just 34 votes6,062 to 6,024. [9] [10] He defeated his Democratic opponent in the November 2004 election and was reelected to a second term in 2008. Subsequently, in 2012 he won re-election for a third term. [11]

Waltz announced he would not seek re-election for his Senate seat in 2016 in order to pursue Indiana's 9th congressional district being vacated by congressman Todd Young.

Business career

In 1995 Waltz founded his investment banking company, The Baron Group, Inc. - named after a company in a Jeffery Archer novel. [12] In 2001 Waltz and two business partners began a logistics and courier company named Velox Express. [13]

Scandal and criminal indictment

On September 29, 2020, Waltz was indicted on 5 counts related to violations of federal campaign finance law related to his 2016 campaign. On April 12, 2022, Brent Waltz pleaded guilty to two felony counts, making and receiving conduit contributions and making false statements to the FBI. [14] [15] On August 17, 2022, District Judge James R. Sweeney II sentenced Waltz to ten months in prison in addition to being supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for two years following his release from federal prison and to pay a $40,500 fine. [16]

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Brent Waltz
Member of the Indiana Senate
from the 36th district
In office
2005–2017