Who is Jackie Walorski's husband? Indiana Rep, 58, and 2 staffers killed in head-on car collision

Who is Jackie Walorski's husband? Indiana Rep, 58, and 2 staffers killed in head-on car collision
Jackie Walorski married Dean Swihart on July 16, 1995, and enjoyed a 27-year-long marriage (@RepWalorski/Twitter)

Indiana congresswoman Jackie Walorski, 58, died in a head-on vehicle collision that also killed two of her staffers on August 3. One of the two people had previously worked with Walorski and was now working House of Representatives and one was her communication director. They were traveling in a vehicle when another car veered into their lane, said Elkhart county sheriff’s office.

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Elkhart County Sheriff's Office announced the tragic news via a Facebook post, which read, "On August 3, 2022 at approximately 12:32 PM the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office responded to a two vehicle crash on SR 19 south of SR 119. A northbound passenger car traveled left of center and collided head on with a southbound sports utility vehicle. All three occupants in the southbound vehicle died as a result of their injuries: Jackie Walorski, 58, Elkhart, Indiana; Zachery Potts, 27, Mishawaka, Indiana; Emma Thomson, 28, Washington, DC. The sole occupant of the northbound vehicle, Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, Indiana was pronounced deceased at the scene." Potts had previously worked as Walorski's campaign manager before jumping up to the position of the district director in Indiana for the House of Representatives. Thomson was Walorski's communications director.