Jefferson Shreve is a Republican candidate for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, a place he’s called home for most of his life. 

“It’s where my parents met, and I was born,” Shreve says. “It’s home to much of my big, extended family. I started and grew my business here – and in over 40 Hoosier counties, over the past three decades. It’s where my wife Mary and l continue to call home.” 

Shreve is a proven leader with decades of business and civic experience. From age 12, he worked as a paperboy, going door to door to deliver newspapers and collect subscriptions. These basic skills would later serve him well as he grew his business and served in public office, helping him connect with those he served.   

Jefferson attended Indiana University and received his MBA in agribusiness from Purdue University. It was during a summer internship in D.C. that he discovered his interest in real estate, which led Jefferson to start his first business as a recent college graduate.  

Over the next 30 years, Shreve grew Storage Express into the largest self-storage company headquartered in Indiana, encompassing more than 125 storage facilities across six states. Storage Express has 26 locations in four counties in Indiana’s 6th District. In 2022, Shreve sold the last portion of Storage Express to the S&P 500 company Extra Space Storage, where he now serves on the board of directors, while continuing to own Storage Express Construction. 

A proud Hoosier, Shreve served from 2011-16 on the board and as the National Chairman of the Indiana University Alumni Association and is currently an Executive Dean’s board member of IU’s College of Arts and Sciences and serves on the IUPUI Chancellor’s Board. He also serves on the board and executive committee of the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. 

Between 2013 and 2019, Shreve served twice on the Indianapolis City-County Council, representing council districts that included the South Side. He also served on the Police Staffing Commission and as a commissioner on the city’s Metropolitan Development Commission. 

In 2023, unhappy with the direction of his hometown, Shreve announced a run for mayor. “I believed someone had to step up to take on the entrenched interests that have allowed lawlessness and the revolving door of crime to spin out of control,” Shreve said.   

Shreve was attacked by the left for being pro-gun, pro-Trump and pro-life. In the end, those entrenched interests were too much for a Republican in Indianapolis to overcome.  

“But those same failed policies are now bleeding beyond the borders of Marion County and into Johnson, Shelby and Hancock counties – and beyond. Our failure to manage illegal immigration and fentanyl trafficking up from our southern border is bleeding into Indiana, in both rural and urban communities in our 6th District. And big fiscal challenges loom, arising from out-of-control spending and inflation,” Shreve said. 

“Congress must have people prepared and willing to take on these tough fights. Our future depends on it. And I’m ready to get to work for you.”