Victoria Spartz (née Kulheyko;[b][2] born October 6, 1978) is a Ukrainian-born American[3] politician and businesswoman who is the U.S. representative for Indiana's 5th congressional district.

[4] Victoria Kulheyko was born in Nosivka, Chernihiv Oblast, Ukraine, at the time a part of the Soviet Union.

[21] Spartz won the November general election, defeating former state representative Christina Hale, the Democratic nominee, by four percent.

[29] After running unopposed in the primary, Spartz defeated Democratic nominee Jeanine Lee Lake in the general election.

[32][33] In early December 2023 she walked back her retirement announcement, writing in an email to IndyStar that "colleagues and constituents want me to run again" and there is "a better Speaker" leading the House, which would require her "to reconsider.

[41][42] In late 2020, Spartz was identified as a participant in the Freedom Force, a group of incoming Republican members of the House of Representatives who "say they're fighting against socialism in America.

That same month, it was reported that the House ethics committee opened a probe into the allegations against Spartz of "abuse," "general toxicity," and "rage" towards her staff.

Spartz called the Russian invasion of Ukraine starting in early 2022 "a genocide of the Ukrainian people by a crazy man".

[64] In July 2022, Spartz criticized Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, accusing him of "playing politics and theater" and not governing seriously.

Among the accusations were leaking important secret information to Belarus and Russia by Yermak, mismanaging peace negotiations he conducted with Dmitry Kozak just before the war, and then falsely "assuring Ukrainian leadership that no attack by Russia was going to happen" in February 2022, "contrary to western intelligence, to prevent Ukraine from properly preparing for the war", and through his deputy Oleh Tatarov delaying the appointment of an anti-corruption prosecutor.

[72] The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine responded that Spartz's allegations with regard to Andrii Yermak were "baseless speculation".

[77] Her vote against the U.S. aid for Ukraine came just three days after a Russian missile strike on Chernihiv, where her family lived, killed 18 civilians and injured 78.

[78] Having previously been lauded in Chernihiv for her life story and as "one of their own", some inhabitants reactions were described as pride turning into "anger" and a "sense of betrayal" due to her vote against the aid, intensified after the Russian bombing during rush hour on her hometown.

[80] In 2021, Spartz was chosen to serve on the House Republican Caucus's Affordability Subcommittee of Health Care Task Force.

[81] In 2022, she released "a slate of bills aimed at cracking down on health care costs" through curbing anti-competitive conduct in the healthcare industry.

[82] Spartz has introduced legislation to empower the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to rein in hospital mergers.

[85] Spartz, who was born in Ukraine during the Soviet period, has criticized the resurgence in popularity of socialism in the United States.

[86] According to The Indianapolis Star, her upbringing "at least in part formed her belief that government involvement is inherently bad and ineffective and should only be used as a tool to incentivize society's betterment.

"[87] Spartz was among the 71 Republicans who voted against final passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 in the House, ending the 2023 United States debt-ceiling crisis.

[92] The checkoff program supports organizations tasked with research and promotion of specific agricultural commodities in the United States, paid for by an assessment on the producers.