United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2016

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United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2016
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All nine Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives
 
Party Republican Democratic
Last election 7 2

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana will be held on November 8, 2016, to elect the nine U.S. Representatives from the state of Indiana, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections will coincide with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3.

District 1

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See also: Indiana's 1st congressional district

The incumbent is Democrat Pete Visclosky, who has represented the district since 1985. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of D+10. Visclosky has not announced whether he will run for re-election.[1]

Hammond Mayor Thomas McDermott, Jr. is a potential Democratic candidate.[1]

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Pete Visclosky (Incumbent) 77,030 79.96
Democratic Willie (Faithful and True) Brown 19,302 20.04
Total votes 96,332 100

District 2

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See also: Indiana's 2nd congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Jackie Walorski, who has represented the district since 2013. She was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+6. Walorski was considered a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead.[3]

Democrats attempted to recruit State Representative David L. Niezgodski, but he decided to run for re-election instead.[4]

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Douglas Carpenter
  • Lynn C. Coleman

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lynn C. Coleman 39,364 73.75
Democratic Douglas Carpenter 14,011 26.25
Total votes 53,375 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jackie Walorski (Incumbent) 77,389 69.78
Republican Jeff Petermann 33,513 30.22
Total votes 110,902 100

District 3

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See also: Indiana's 3rd congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Marlin Stutzman, who has represented the district since 2010. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+13. Stutzman is not running for reelection so that he can run in the U.S. Senate election to succeed Dan Coats, who is retiring.

Republican State Senators Jim Banks,[5] and Liz Brown,[6] and former Wisconsin State Senator Pam Galloway,[7] are running to succeed him. Former Whitley County Councilman Scott Wise, who was the Libertarian nominee for this seat in 2010 and 2014, was running as a Republican but withdrew in October.[8][9]

Democrats Todd Nightenhelser and Tommy Schrader have also announced.[10]

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Todd Nightenhelser
  • John Forrest Roberson
  • Tommy A. Schrader

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tommy A. Schrader 15,263 37.52
Democratic Todd Nightenhelser 12,937 31.80
Democratic John Forrest Roberson 12,479 30.68
Total votes 40,679 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Banks 46,508 34.29
Republican Kip Tom 42,716 31.49
Republican Liz Brown 33,640 24.80
Republican Pam Galloway 9,541 7.04
Republican Kevin Howell 1,967 1.45
Republican Mark Willard Baringer 1,264 0.93
Total votes 135,636 100

District 4

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See also: Indiana's 4th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Todd Rokita, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+11. Rokita considered running for the open US Senate seat, but decided to run for re-election instead.[11]

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • John Dale

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Dale 43,394 100
Total votes 43,394 100

Republican primary

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Todd Rokita (Incumbent) 86,047 69.26
Republican Kevin J. Grant 38,198 30.74
Total votes 124,245 100

District 5

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See also: Indiana's 5th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Susan Brooks, who has represented the district since 2013. She was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+9. Brooks is running for re-election.[12]

Angela Demaree, a veterinarian and Army Reserve officer, is running for the Democratic nomination.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Allen R. Davidson
  • Angela Demaree

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Angela Demaree 52,518 74.91
Democratic Allen R. Davidson 17,587 25.09
Total votes 70,105 100

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Susan Brooks (Incumbent)
  • Mike Campbell
  • Stephen M. MacKenzie

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Susan Brooks (Incumbent) 95,192 69.41
Republican Stephen M. MacKenzie 21,566 15.72
Republican Mike Campbell 20,400 14.87
Total votes 137,158 100

District 6

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See also: Indiana's 6th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Luke Messer, who has represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+12.

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Danny Basham
  • George Thomas Holland
  • Bruce W. Peavler
  • Ralph Spelbring
  • Barry Welsh

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Barry Welsh 15,255 35.61
Democratic Danny Basham 10,469 24.44
Democratic George Thomas Holland 8,842 20.64
Democratic Bruce W. Peavler 4,893 11.42
Democratic Ralph Spelbring 3,380 7.89
Total votes 42,839 100

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Charles Chuck Johnson Jr.
  • Luke Messer (Incumbent);
  • Jeff Smith

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Luke Messer (Incumbent) 91,789 77.67
Republican Jeff Smith 14,959 12.66
Republican Charles Chuck Johnson Jr. 11,438 9.68
Total votes 118,186 100

District 7

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See also: Indiana's 7th congressional district

The incumbent is Democrat André Carson, who has represented the district since 2008. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of D+13.

Wayne Harmon, a parole agent and candidate for this seat in 2012 and 2014, is running for the Republican nomination.[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates
  • Andre Carson (Incumbent)
  • Curtis D. Godfrey
  • Pierre Quincy Pullins

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Andre Carson (Incumbent) 69,995 85.64
Democratic Curtis D. Godfrey 8,306 10.16
Democratic Pierre Quincy Pullins 3,435 4.20
Total votes 81,736 100

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Wayne "Gunny" Harmon
  • JD Miniear
  • Catherine "Cat" Ping

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Catherine "Cat" Ping 30,509 53.07
Republican Wayne "Gunny" Harmon 16,953 29.49
Republican JD Miniear 10,030 17.44
Total votes 57,492 100

District 8

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See also: Indiana's 8th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Larry Bucshon, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+8.

Former Democratic State Representatives Ron Drake and David Orentlicher ran in the Democratic primary election.[13]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Drake 29,185 50.05
Democratic David Orentlicher 29,121 49.95
Total votes 58,306 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Larry Bucshon (Incumbent) 72,507 65.04
Republican Richard Moss 38,974 34.96
Total votes 111,481 100

District 9

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See also: Indiana's 9th congressional district

The incumbent is Republican Todd Young, who has represented the district since 2011. He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014. The district has a PVI of R+9. Young will not run for re-election in order to run for the open U.S. Senate seat.[14]

Republican State Senators Erin Houchin[15] and Brent Waltz, Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller, and businessman Trey Hollingsworth are running for the seat.[16][17]

Monroe County Council member Shelli Yoder, who was the nominee in 2012, is running for the Democratic nomination.[18]

Democratic primary

candidates

Primary results

Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Shelli Yoder 43,571 70.08
Democratic Bob Kern 7,214 11.60
Democratic James R. McClure Jr. 6,464 10.40
Democratic Bill Thomas 4,926 7.92
Total votes 62,175 100

Republican primary

Candidates

Primary results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Trey Hollingsworth 40,269 35.87
Republican Erin Houchin 30,090 26.80
Republican Greg Zoeller 26,247 23.38
Republican Brent Waltz 15,669 13.95
Total votes 112,275 100

References

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  13. ↑ http://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/democrat-drake-s--vote-margin-in-th-district-race/article_97d682b0-703a-57b9-8364-20c34e700d8b.html
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  15. ↑ http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/state-sen-erin-houchin-running-congress-9th-district-84962/
  16. ↑ http://indianapublicmedia.org/news/attorney-general-greg-zoeller-joining-congressional-race-85010/
  17. ↑ http://www.knoxnews.com/news/state/east-tennessee-native-trey-hollingsworth-for-congress-in-indiana--rich-carpetbagger-or-breath-of-fresh-air-377693611.html
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