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2016 U.S. House Elections in Indiana

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Primary Date
May 3, 2016

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Partisan breakdown • Candidates

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2016 U.S. Senate Elections

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## Contents

* 1 Partisan breakdown
* 1.1 Incumbents
* 2 Margin of victory for winners
* 3 Candidates
* 3.1 District 1
* 3.2 District 2
* 3.3 District 3
* 3.4 District 4
* 3.5 District 5
* 3.6 District 6
* 3.7 District 7
* 3.8 District 8
* 3.9 District 9
* 4 Important dates and deadlines
* 5 See also
* 6 External links
* 7 Footnotes

The 2016 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Indiana took place on November 8, 2016. Voters elected 9 candidates to serve in the U.S. House, one from each of the state's 9 congressional districts.

Candidate Filing Deadline  | Primary Election  | General Election

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February 5, 2016 | May 3, 2016 | November 8, 2016

Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Indiana utilizes an open primary system. Voters are not required to register with a party, but state statutes stipulate that citizens vote in the primary of the party they have voted for most often in the past. According to FairVote, however, "there is really no way to enforce this," and primaries are effectively open.[1][2]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

## Partisan breakdown[edit]

Heading into the November 8 election, the Republican Party held seven of the nine congressional seats from Indiana.

Members of the U.S. House from Indiana -- Partisan Breakdown

Party  | As of November 2016  | After the 2016 Election
| Democratic Party | 2  | 2
| Republican Party | 7 | 7
Total |  9 |  9

### Incumbents[edit]

Heading into the 2016 election, the incumbents for the nine congressional districts were:

Name | Party | District

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Peter Visclosky |  Democratic | 1
Jackie Walorski |  Republican | 2
Marlin Stutzman |  Republican | 3
Todd Rokita |  Republican | 4
Susan Brooks |  Republican | 5
Luke Messer |  Republican | 6
André Carson |  Democratic | 7
Larry Bucshon |  Republican | 8
Todd Young |  Republican | 9

## Margin of victory for winners[edit]

The following table shows the margin of victory for each district winner, which is calculated by examining the percentage difference between the two candidates who received the most votes. If the race was uncontested, the margin of victory is listed as 100 percent.

District | Winner | Margin of Victory | Total Vote | Top Opponent

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District 1 |  Peter Visclosky | 63% | 254,583 | Donna Dunn
District 2 |  Jackie Walorski | 22.3% | 277,357 | Lynn Coleman
District 3 |  Jim Banks | 47.1% | 287,247 | Tommy Schrader
District 4 |  Todd Rokita | 34.1% | 299,434 | John Dale
District 5 |  Susan Brooks | 27.2% | 361,135 | Angela Demaree
District 6 |  Luke Messer | 42.4% | 296,385 | Barry Welsh
District 7 |  André Carson | 24.3% | 264,670 | Catherine Ping
District 8 |  Larry Bucshon | 32% | 294,713 | Ron Drake
District 9 |  Trey Hollingsworth | 13.7% | 322,843 | Shelli Yoder

## Candidates[edit]

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### District 1[edit]

General election candidates:

Peter Visclosky a
John Meyer
Donna Dunn

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Peter Visclosky \- Incumbent[4] a
Willie Brown[4]

Republican

John Meyer[4] a

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### District 2[edit]

General election candidates:

Jackie Walorski a
Lynn Coleman
Ron Cenkush

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Douglas Carpenter[4]
Lynn Coleman[5] a

Republican

Jackie Walorski \- Incumbent[4] a
Jeff Petermann[4]

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### District 3[edit]

General election candidates:

Jim Banks a
Tommy Schrader
Pepper Snyder

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Todd Nightenhelser \- Small business owner[6]
John Forrest Roberson[4]
Tommy Schrader[4] a

Republican

Jim Banks \- State senator[7]
Mark Willard Baringer[4] a
Liz Brown \- State senator[8]
Pam Galloway \- Former Wisconsin state senator[9]
Kevin Howell \- Former Allen County councilor[10]
Kip Tom \- Business owner[11]

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Third Party/Other

Pepper Snyder (Libertarian)[12] a

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Toby Lamp (D)[4]

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### District 4[edit]

General election candidates:

Todd Rokita a
John Dale
Steven Mayoras

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

John Dale[4] a

Republican

Todd Rokita \- Incumbent[13] a
Kevin Grant[4]

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Ryan Farrar (D)[4]

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### District 5[edit]

General election candidates:

Susan Brooks a
Angela Demaree
Matthew Wittlief

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Allen Davidson[4]
Angela Demaree[4] a

Republican

Susan Brooks \- Incumbent[4] a
Mike Campbell[4]
Stephen MacKenzie[4]

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### District 6[edit]

General election candidates:

Luke Messer a
Barry Welsh
Rich Turvey

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Danny Basham[14]
George Thomas Holland[4]
Bruce Peavler[4]
Ralph Spelbring[4]
Barry Welsh[4] a

Republican

Luke Messer \- Incumbent[4] a
Charles Johnson Jr.[4]
Jeff Smith[4]

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### District 7[edit]

General election candidates:

André Carson a
Catherine Ping
Drew Thompson

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

André Carson \- Incumbent[4] a
Curtis Godfrey[4]
Pierre Quincy Pullins[4]

Republican

Wayne Harmon[4]
J.D. Miniear[4]
Catherine Ping[4] a

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Third Party/Other

Drew Thompson (Libertarian)[15]

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### District 8[edit]

General election candidates:

Larry Bucshon a
Ron Drake
Andrew Horning

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Ron Drake[4] a
David Orentlicher \- Former state rep.[16]

Republican

Larry Bucshon \- Incumbent[4] a
Richard Moss[4]

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Rachel Covington (R)[17]

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### District 9[edit]

General election candidates:

Trey Hollingsworth a
Shelli Yoder
Russell Brooksbank

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Primary candidates:[3]

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Democratic

Bob Kern[4]
James McClure Jr.[4]
Bill Thomas[18]
Shelli Yoder[19] a

Republican

Robert Hall \- Engineer[20]
Trey Hollingsworth \- Business owner[21] a
Erin Houchin \- State sen.[22]
Brent Waltz \- State sen.[23]
Greg Zoeller \- Indiana Attorney General[24]

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Jim Pfaff \- Conservative radio host[25][26]

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## Important dates and deadlines[edit]

See also: Indiana elections, 2016

The calendar below lists important dates for political candidates in Indiana in 2016.

Dates and requirements for candidates in 2016

Deadline  | Event type  | Event description
January 20, 2016 | Campaign finance | Annual 2015 campaign finance reports due
February 2, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for major party candidates for governor and the United States Senate to file petitions with county officials for verification
February 5, 2016 | Ballot access | Final filing deadline for major party candidates running in the primary
April 15, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-primary reports due
May 3, 2016 | Election date | Primary election
June 30, 2016 | Ballot access | Deadline for independent and minor party candidates to file petitions with county officials for verification
July 5, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for write-in candidates
July 15, 2016 | Ballot access | Filing deadline for independent and minor party candidates
October 21, 2016 | Campaign finance | Pre-election reports due
November 8, 2016  | Election date | General election
Source: Indiana Election Division, "2016 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed November 25, 2015
Alaska Public Offices Commission, "APOC Annual Calendar," accessed November 25, 2015

## See also[edit]

* United States House of Representatives elections, 2016
* United States Senate election in Indiana, 2016
* U.S. House battlegrounds, 2016
* List of U.S. Congress incumbents who did not run for re-election in 2016
* U.S. House primaries, 2016

## External links[edit]

* Indiana Secretary of State

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ Indiana Code, "Section 3-10-1-6," accessed January 3, 2014
2. ↑ FairVote, "Primaries," accessed February 10, 2016
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Candidates are listed by party and alphabetically within each party.
4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election," accessed February 8, 2016
5. ↑ South Bend Tribune, "Lynn Coleman to challenge Jackie Walorski for 2nd District seat," December 16, 2015
6. ↑ Wane.com, "Nightenhelser announces congressional bid," August 20, 2015
7. ↑ The Journal Gazette, "Banks set for Congress run," May 11, 2015
8. ↑ The Journal Gazette, "Brown to make bid for Congress," May 12, 2015
9. ↑ The Journal Gazette, "Ex-Wisconsin legislator to run for Congress," May 12, 2015
10. ↑ NBC33, "Former Allen County Councilman Kevin Howell runs for U.S. House," January 31, 2016
11. ↑ Roll Call, "Fifth Republican Joins Indiana GOP Primary to Succeed Stutzman," September 2, 2015
12. ↑ Pepper for Congress, "About Pepper," accessed July 10, 2016
13. ↑ The Michigan City News-Dispatch, "Rokita to seek House re-election, pass on Senate campaign," June 10, 2015
14. ↑ Email submission to Ballotpedia, January 8, 2016
15. ↑ Drew Thompson for U.S. Congress, "Home," accessed May 13, 2016
16. ↑ Indianapolis Business Journal, "Orentlicher to run for Bucshon's southwest Indiana seat," December 6, 2015
17. ↑ Greene County Daily World, "Covington announces candidacy for Congress," February 1, 2016
18. ↑ Bill Thomas to Congress, "Home," accessed September 21, 2015
19. ↑ Shelli Yoder for Congress, "Home," accessed November 30, 2015
20. ↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election," accessed January 15, 2016
21. ↑ Indiana Daily Student, "Business owner to run for Congress," October 22, 2015
22. ↑ Indiana Public Media, "State Sen. Erin Houchin Running For Congress In 9th District," July 15, 2015
23. ↑ Howey Politics, "Young’s Senate focus on U.S. security," July 14, 2015
24. ↑ WTHITV.com, "Indiana attorney general enters congressional race," July 20, 2015
25. ↑ Indiana Public Media, "Talk Show Host Enters Indiana’s 9th District Race," September 3, 2015
26. ↑ WIBC, "Primary Filing Closes in Indiana; All Congressional Incumbents Face Challengers," February 5, 2016

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Indiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Mike Braun (R)

Todd Young (R)

Representatives

District 1

Frank Mrvan (D)

District 2

Jackie Walorski (R)

District 3

Jim Banks (R)

District 4

Jim Baird (R)

District 5

Victoria Spartz (R)

District 6

Greg Pence (R)

District 7

André Carson (D)

District 8

Larry Bucshon (R)

District 9

Trey Hollingsworth (R)

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