47 Facts About Victoria Spartz

Victoria Spartz is a Ukrainian-born American politician and businesswoman who is the US representative for.

Victoria Spartz previously represented the 20th district in the Indiana Senate.

Victoria Spartz Kulheyko was born in Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, at the time a part of the Soviet Union.

Victoria Spartz lived with her grandparents until the age of five, when they moved to Chernihiv.

Victoria Spartz earned a bachelor of science degree and a master of business administration degree from Kyiv National Economic University.

Victoria Spartz immigrated to the United States in 2000 at the age of 22 and became a US citizen in 2006.

Victoria Spartz held a certified public accountant license from 2010 to 2021 and a real estate broker license from 2003 to 2020, both from the State of Indiana.

Victoria Spartz was a founding member of the Hamilton County, Indiana Tea Party.

Victoria Spartz served as CFO in the Indiana Attorney General's office before her appointment to the Indiana Senate.

Victoria Spartz was an adjunct faculty member at the Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis and has owned real estate and farming businesses.

In 2017, Victoria Spartz was appointed to the Indiana Senate from the 20th district after Luke Kenley resigned.

Victoria Spartz won the Republican primary on June 2,2020.

Victoria Spartz prevailed by winning her home county of Hamilton, the most populous county entirely within the district, by 20,100 votes, more than her district-wide margin of just under 17,000 votes.

In late 2022, after Senator Mike Braun declared his candidacy for Governor of Indiana, there were rumors that Victoria Spartz might run for the US Senate to replace him.

Victoria Spartz received a summons to appear before a court in Virginia.

Victoria Spartz accidentally carried an empty handgun in her suitcase with no magazine or bullets, which she did not realize was in the pocket of her suitcase, while going through security at Dulles airport.

Victoria Spartz was issued a citation and proceeded on her international flight to the OSCE PA meeting in Europe.

Victoria Spartz is the first Ukrainian-born person to serve as a member of Congress.

In September 2021, Business Insider reported that Victoria Spartz had violated the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 2012, a federal transparency and conflict-of-interest law, by failing to properly disclose a purchase of stock in Simon Property Group worth between $15,001 and $50,000.

Examples of the office environment included Victoria Spartz ordering staff to record her direction to them and later denying the previously expressed instructions, despite the recordings.

One former aide said, "the common theme: Staffers do their job, and then Victoria Spartz comes in saying that they have no idea what they're doing, that they are 'morons,' calling them 'idiots'".

Victoria Spartz responded that her working style is "not for everyone" and that her critics "need to 'toughen up'".

In January 2023, during the 2023 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election, Victoria Spartz declined to vote for party nominee Kevin McCarthy on ballots four through 11, voting "present" instead.

Victoria Spartz voted for McCarthy on the first three ballots and on the 12th through 15th ballots.

Victoria Spartz voted against tabling a motion to vacate brought against McCarthy, but ultimately voted against his removal on October 3,2023.

Victoria Spartz did vote for the party nominee in all subsequent ballots.

Victoria Spartz called the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting in early 2022 "a genocide of the Ukrainian people by a crazy man".

Victoria Spartz was one of the first US officials to call Russian actions "war crimes".

At the time of the invasion, Victoria Spartz had family still living in Ukraine, including her grandmother, who was living in Chernihiv, which was under siege by Russia.

Victoria Spartz has been critical of the speed and effectiveness of international humanitarian aid efforts.

In July 2022, Victoria Spartz criticized Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of "playing politics and theater" and not governing seriously.

Victoria Spartz asserted that there is insufficient monitoring of US-provided weaponry, and that Congress needs to take control in this area.

Victoria Spartz asked the White House to investigate the allegations and report to a Congressional oversight committee.

In 2024, Victoria Spartz voted against a crucial $60 billion aid package for Ukraine, shortly after being accused by a primary challenger of prioritizing aid to Ukraine over domestic Republican priorities including the border wall.

On December 16,2024, ahead of the 119th United States Congress, Victoria Spartz announced she would leave the House Republican Conference and would not receive Republican committee assignments until she saw "that Republican leadership in Congress is governing".

Victoria Spartz stated that she would remain a member of the Republican Party.

In 2021, Victoria Spartz was chosen to serve on the House Republican Caucus's Affordability Subcommittee of Health Care Task Force.

Victoria Spartz has introduced legislation to empower the Federal Trade Commission to rein in hospital mergers.

Victoria Spartz, who was born in Ukraine during the Soviet period, has criticized the resurgence in popularity of socialism in the United States.

Victoria Spartz was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House, ending the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis.

Victoria Spartz voted against the bipartisan compromise which avoided a government shutdown in September 2023.

In October 2023, Victoria Spartz said that she would resign unless a commission to manage the national debt is created before the end of 2024.

The Fiscal Commission Act of 2023, a bill supported by Victoria Spartz, would create the commission.

In 2025, Victoria Spartz initially opposed the Republican Party's budget resolution that would balloon the deficit by trillions of dollars.

Victoria Spartz switched her position on the budget resolution, coming out in favor of it, after President Trump reportedly pressured her.

In 2023, Victoria Spartz introduced a bill to prohibit federal funds from the 2024 Agriculture bill from being used by commodity checkoff programs.

Victoria Spartz indicated she would support the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act, which is intended to introduce more oversight to the checkoff programs and prohibit utilizing checkoff funds for lobbying.