Biography: Jim Banks, a Representative from Indiana; born in Columbia City, Whitley County, Ind., July 16, 1979; graduated from Columbia City High School, Columbia City, Ind., 1997; B.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., 2004; M.B.A., Grace College and Seminary, Winona Lake, Ind., 2013; United States Navy Reserve, 2012-2015; staff, United States Representative John Hostettler of Indiana; commercial real estate broker; political consultant; chairman, Whitley County, Ind., Republican Party, 2007-2011; member of the Whitley County, Ind. Council, 2008-2010; member of the Indiana state senate, 2010-2016; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress (January 3, 2017-present).