YAKYM, Rudy, III, a Representative from Indiana; born on February 24, 1984; home schooled; A.S., Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Ind., 2009; B.S., Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, Ind., 2011; M.B.A., University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Ind., 2019; staff, campaign of United States Representative Jackie Walorski of Indiana, 2011-2012; member, Indiana state judicial nominating commission; business executive; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative Jackie Walorski (November 8, 2022-present).