Jim Banks is a Republican U.S. Senator from Indiana who began his Senate term in 2025. Prior to his Senate service, he represented Indiana's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025. He serves on four major Senate committees: Armed Services, Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Veterans' Affairs. Banks is a Navy Reserve officer who was deployed to Afghanistan in 2014-2015.

Name

Jim Banks

Party

Republican

State

Indiana

Committees

Veterans' Affairs Committee, National Security and International Trade and Finance Subcommittee, SeaPower Subcommittee

Key Fact 1

Jim Banks served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2017 to 2025 before being elected to the U.S. Senate.

Key Fact 2

He is a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve and served a deployment in Afghanistan as a Supply Corps officer in 2014-2015.

Key Fact 3

Banks serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, including its SeaPower Subcommittee, Strategic Forces Subcommittee, and Personnel Subcommittee.

Key Fact 4

He is a member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee.

Key Fact 5

Banks serves on the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, including subcommittees on Economic Policy, National Security and International Trade and Finance, and Securities, Insurance, and Investment.

Key Fact 6

He is assigned to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, serving on subcommittees for Primary Health and Retirement Security, Children and Families, and Employment and Workplace Safety.

Key Fact 7

Before his congressional service, Banks served in the Indiana State Senate from 2010 to 2016.

Key Fact 8

He graduated from Indiana University and earned a master's degree in business administration from Grace College.

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