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Victoria Spartz

Republican Candidate in

Indianaɫs 5th Congressional District

Research Book ɝ 2020

Last Updated ɝ July 2020

Prepared by the DCCC Research Department

Victoria Spartz (IN-05) Research Report

The following report contains research on Victoria Spartz, a Republican candidate in Research Department between June and July 2020. By accepting this report, you are accepting responsibility for all information and analysis included. Therefore, it is your responsibility to verify all claims against the original documentation before you make use of it. Make sure you understand the facts behind our conclusions before making any specific charges against anyone.

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Table of Contents

Table of Contents ................................................................................... 1

Key Findings .......................................................................................... 3

Thematics ............................................................................................... 6

Spartz Claimed That She Was A Successful Businesswoman, But Her Business Records Raise Questions About Her Credentials ....................... 7 Spartz Appeared To Be Knee-Deep In Corruption And Shady Business

Deals .................................................................................................... 21

Spartz Had A Record Of Looking Out For Herself, Not Hoosiers .......... 43 ........................................... 58

Key Visuals .......................................................................................... 68

Personal & Professional History............................................................ 74

Biography ............................................................................................ 75

Personal Finance .................................................................................. 78

Political Career ..................................................................................... 80

Professional Career ............................................................................. 103

Ethics ................................................................................................. 155

Relationships ...................................................................................... 156

Donald Trump .................................................................................... 172

Issues ................................................................................................. 175

.................................................... 176 Agriculture & Food Access Issues....................................................... 184

Budget Issues ..................................................................................... 186

Consumer Issues & Regulations .......................................................... 188 Crime & Public Safety Issues .............................................................. 193

Economic Issues ................................................................................. 202

Education Issues ................................................................................. 205

Election Law & Campaign Finance Issues ........................................... 220

Energy Issues ..................................................................................... 225

Environmental Issues .......................................................................... 226 Equal Rights & Workplace Fairness .................................................... 232 FEMA & Disaster Relief Issues .......................................................... 234 Foreign Policy Issues .......................................................................... 244

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Governance Issues .............................................................................. 246

Gun Issues .......................................................................................... 253

Health Care Issues .............................................................................. 264

Housing Issues ................................................................................... 283

Infrastructure & Transportation Issues................................................. 285 Labor & Working Families ................................................................. 287 Immigration & Border Issues .............................................................. 292 Property Rights & Land Issues ............................................................ 295

State Issues ......................................................................................... 302

Se.................................................................................... 303

Tax Issues .......................................................................................... 305

Trade & Outsourcing Issues ................................................................ 306 Veterans & Military Family Issues ...................................................... 307 Appendix I Personal Financial Disclosures ....................................... 308 Appendix II Campaign Finance ........................................................ 322 Appendix III Paid Media Summary .................................................. 328 Appendix IV Bill Authorships & Amendments ................................. 329 Appendix V Bill Co-Sponsorships.................................................... 345 Appendix VI Office Expenditures .................................................... 350 Appendix VII Votes 2020 Session ................................................. 351 Appendix VIII Votes 2019 Session................................................ 368 Appendix IX Votes 2018 Session .................................................. 381 Appendix X Professional Timeline ................................................... 388

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Key Findings

Spartz Claimed That She Was A Successful Businesswoman, But Her Business Records

Raise Questions About Her Credentials

Spartz often cited her credentials as a successful businesswoman. On the campaign trail, Spartz often pointed to

her professional background as a finance executive and a successful business owner. Spartz stated that she owned

several businesses and claimed to work for the top accounting firms in the country. Further, Spartz said that she

would use her experience as a successful businesswoman and a CPA to improve accountability and the economy if

she were elected. However, Spartzs business records raise questions about her standing as a succ It

appeared that Spartz personally operated a financial consulting group and a real estate consulting group, ISBC

Group and ISBC Real Estate Group, respectively. However, Spartz did not report any income from these businesses

and as of July 2020, Spartz an

records available about the businesses and it was unclear what work ISBC Group and ISBC Real Estate Group did.

Likewise, Spartz operated a now-dissolved non-profit but virtually no records were available for the organization

, specifics, and a confusing timelines cast doubt on her history as a financial executive.

Spartz claimed that she audited manufacturing firms in the early 2000s and worked as an auditor and a national

trainer for Big Four public accounting firms for ten years before leaving the industry to focus on her farm.

However, Spartz was not issued a CPA license from the State of Indiana until 2010 and she presumably left the

financial industry in 2013 to focus on EcoAgro USA. If her story is true, that means Spartz only worked as a CPA

for top accounting firms for three years. Furthermore, Spartz failed elaborate on the exact work she did for these

firms or clarify which firms she worked for. Spartz Appeared To Be Knee-Deep In Corruption And Shady Business Deals financial disclosure raised question about the source of her wealth. After Spartz contributed

$900,000 to her campaign, critics raised questions about her finances, especially considering she did not report

any bank accounts on her federal personal financial disclosure. A spokesperson for the Spartz campaign said that

Spartz had complied with all disclosure rules and that she did not have any interest bearing bank accounts,

therefore she did not have to report them. Additionally, the campaign said that her personal loan was made

possible through three partnerships disclosedpresumably EcoAgro USA, Westbrook Village, and Spartz Farms.

Spart According to

Importantville, the ISBC Group website featured SEO engine keywords for illegal prescriptions drugs. While the

website has since been taken down, from 2013 to 2018, the website appeared to be perpetually under construction

and did not offer users any relevant information. When confronted with this information, Spartz claimed that the

website had been hacked and it was subsequently taken down by a user called orate website.

The Spartz family had a history of using their power and relationships to leverage their business ventures.

After illegally removing wetlands for a development project, the Spartz family used their connections to get the

project back on track. Through Hometown Development, the Spartz family planned a multimillion dollar project

that was halted after the family had destroyed wetlands without a permit. In 2007, after the Spartz family had

refilled the wetlands, they were issued a permit from IDEM to continue the project. Following the issuance of the

permit, an ex-Noblesville official helped the Spartz family get the project back on track. In 2007, Chris Hamm left

consulting firm. Hometown

Development then hired Hamm and they were granted $7 million from the city to continue the project. However,

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the private sector raised ethical concerns throughout the community.

Furthermore, Members of the Spartz family had a history of bankrolling local campaigns. Notably, in 2011,

Westbrook Villagethe Spartz family mobile home communityfully funded certain city council campaigns.

Spartz was tied to disgraced Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill, whose law license was suspended after he

groped four women. In 2017, Spartz briefly served as the CFO to Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill. However,

in 2020, Curtis Hill lost his law license after he groped four women and state leaders from both sides of the aisle

in silent on the issue and did not author, co-author, sponsor, or advise on a bill that aimed to oust Hill as Attorney General.

Spartz was supposedly reported to the FBI as a suspicious person after she purchased several AK-47s online.

In 2018, Spartz said that someone reported her to the FBI as a suspicious person after she had purchased several

AK-47s online. Spartz told the story as a joke and laughed about the matter, but later pivoted to say that women

and minorities will be discriminated against first if guns become harder to get.

Spartz was backed by right-wing dark money groups. Spartz was backed far-right groups like the Club for

Growth and Americans for Prosperityboth of which are funded by the Koch brothers and other wealthy

conservatives. Likewise, Spartz attended a FreedomWorks event and was a member of the American Legislative

-room arrangement where corporations pay good money to get friendly legislators to introduce pre-also said that corruption did not exist on the federal level. Spartz Had A Record Of Looking Out For Herself, Not Hoosiers

Spartz had a historluding a bill

that removed state ov. Spartz authored a bill that removed state oversight of

wetlands near regulated drains. However, Spartz failed to disclose that her family planned a multimillion dollar

project that IDEM halted after the family had destroyed wetlands near a regulated drain without a permit. Spartz

sed by IDEM and the

Hoosier Environmental Council.

roperty rights in eminent In 2020, Spartz authored a bill that

enhanced property rights in eminent domain procedures. The bill required more transparent and easier to

understand notices of eminent domain and amended current law to require a ¾ affirmative vote from the

municipality body to allow a municipality to condemn property for economic development. Tax increment financing

(TIF) deemed land could be acquired by municipalities for economic development purposes and when establishing TIF

areas, a committee must list the owners of the parcels to be acquired during redevelopment. Notably, land parcels owned

by Spartz and her family were listed in a redevelopment report as TIF areasmeaning the land might be acquired by the

local government for economic redevelopment. In 2020, Spartz authored legislation that deregulated school corporations and removed training requirements to pre-in-law served as the

treasurer and as a member of the school board for a private Christian school in Noblesville. Notably, the school

d may have violated state law when they offered

financial incentives for students to enrolldespite the fact that the school received public funding through vouchers.

Spartz claimed that she was an independent legislator who stood up to both parties, but her record suggests that

she really stood up for her own interests. On multiple occasions, when Spartz voted against the majority, she voted for

bills that benefitted her own community.

Throughout her career as a politician , Spartz has contributed nearly $1.2 million to her campaigns. As of July

2020, Spartz has self-funded the majority of her campaigns, contributing $901,600 to her congressional campaign and a

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total of $340,000 to her state senate campaigns. However, Spartz never ran a full campaign in the state senateshe was

appointed to her seat in 2017 and suspended her re-election campaign to run for Congress.

Spartz said she would actively support repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act. Spartz bragged that

a by opposing HIP 2.0which rests on the existence of the ACAmore than 300,000 Hoosiers could lose insurance coverage

enrollment during the COVID-19 pandemic, which would have allowed newly laid off workers to enroll for

benefits. Spartz often criticized the ACA and spoke about her negative experiences with socialized health care while

living in Ukraine.

Spartz authored a bill that urged the

government to look into selling health insurance across state lineswhich critics have said fails to lower costs and

reduces access for those with health problems.

Spartz criticized the creation of

Medicaid and Medicare and pledged to implement reforms to increase transparency. However, there was

bipartisan opposition to measures Spartz praised, with critics saying they would have devastating effects on

Medicaid. Notably, Spartz pledged to implement, an

fiscal accountability rule. The rule received staunch bipartisan opposition, with Republican Senator John Cornyn

saying the rule would lead to hospital closures and threaten the safety net. Spartz also authored a bill that urged

the Indiana government to implement a Medicaid block program, which critics have said would leave people

unenrolled in Medicaid and would be harmful to both beneficiaries and state economic interests.

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Thematics

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Spartz Claimed That She Was A Successful Businesswoman, But Her Business Records Raise Questions About Her Credentials

Significant Findings

On the campaign trail, Spartz often cited her credentials as a successful businesswoman who worked in the

farming, finance, and real estate sectors business records raise questions about her standing as a successful business owner Spartz appeared to personally operate a financial consulting firm and a real estate consulting firm ISBC Group and ISBC Real Estate Group, respectively However, Spartz did not report any income from these businesses and as of July 2020, both Spartz Very few records were available about the businesses and it was unclear what work ISBC Group and

ISBC Real Estate Group did

Spartz also operated a now-dissolved non-profit, but virtually no records were available for the organization records, specifics, and a confusing timeline cast doubt on her history as a financial executive Spartz claimed that she audited manufacturing firms in the early 2000s and worked as an auditor and a national trainer for Big Four public accounting firms for 10 years before leaving the industry to focus on her farm However, Spartz was not issued a CPA license until 2010 and she presumably left the financial industry in 2013 to focus on EcoAgro USA If true, that means Spartz only worked as a CPA for top accounting firms for 3 years

Spartz failed to elaborate on the exact work she did for these firms or clarify which firms she worked

for Spartz Often Cited Her Credentials As A Successful Businesswoman rack Record In The Business World who has a proven track record in the business world, civic organizations and the public sector.

Congress, accessed 7/14/20]

Spartz Said She Worked Her Way Up To Become A Finance Executive And A Successful Business Owner Spartz Said She Worked Her Way Up To Become A Finance Executive And A Successful Business Owner.

In many ways, she embodies the American Dream: born overseas, immigrating to the United States 20 years ago

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