We must remain steadfast in our commitment to our troops, and to those fighting for a free and democratic Iraq because freedom makes our country and the world a safer place.

Born in Jackson Michigan Chocola is the graduated from the Hillsdale College Thomas M. He defeated former Mishawaka Marian School Board President Joe Donnelly in 2004 and lost in a rematch in 2006. House defeating former Democratic congresswoman Jill Long Thompson.