Democrat Frank Mrvan won reelection to his northwestern Indiana congressional seat on Tuesday, surviving an expensive campaign in which Republicans made their first serious challenge in decades for the longtime Democratic stronghold.

Though new maps make Indiana's 1st Congressional District slightly more Republican, a win by Jennifer-Ruth Green over incumbent Democrat Frank Mrvan would nonetheless be an early sign of a strong election night for the GOP.

Sen. Frank Mrvan (D-Hammond), one of Indiana's longest-serving state lawmakers, abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday, effective immediately.

The median pay for wind turbine workers in the U.S. last year was about $56,000 a year, for solar panel installers it was $46,000. But Hoosiers won’t be able to access these jobs without training.

Five-term Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott entered the campaign as the most-prominent candidate, but Frank Mrvan picked up endorsements from Visclosky and the United Steelworkers union.

Four state lawmakers from northwest Indiana want state aid for the lead contaminated Calumet neighborhood of East Chicago.