Dylan McKenna
Dylan McKenna (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District. He is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on May 5, 2026.[source]
McKenna completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Dylan McKenna earned a high school diploma from Cathedral High School and a bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame. McKenna's career experience includes working as a business owner.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
The candidate list in this election may not be complete.
Democratic primary
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Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
The following candidates are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on May 5, 2026.
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 | Steven Avit  | |
 | J.D. Ford | |
 | Jackson Franklin | |
 | Phil Goss | |
 | Dylan McKenna | |
 | Tara Nelson | |
 | Deborah A. Pickett | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Samuel Cooper (D)
- Todd Shelton (D)
Republican primary
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Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Incumbent Victoria Spartz (R) and Scott King (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on May 5, 2026.
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 | Victoria Spartz | |
 | Scott King | |
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Dylan McKenna completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by McKenna's responses.
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After my sister was born, my dad went back to school at Notre Dame, my mom worked to pay the bills, and we somehow got by on a $20 per week grocery budget. This time, there was childcare available in the apartment of a woman in the next building over. Looking back, I realized something so important that brings me to this moment today. America works best when neighbors are helping neighbors. My dad, when coaching me in elementary school, insisted on the same fundamental rule for our family as he did for his teams:
“Everybody gets in the game.”
Our current representative in Washington had her chance, and our problems are only getting worse. We all feel it. It costs a whole lot more to feed your family, it costs a whole lot more to keep them healthy, and childcare is still out of reach for so many. I am Dylan McKenna, a boring dad trying to do the right thing. I am running for Congress because I believe in our community and I still believe what my dad taught me so many years ago: Everybody gets in the game.- The Trump economy is failing, and Congressional Republicans are doing nothing to fix it. Inflation-adjusted wages have risen only 10% over the past fifty years while productivity has increased by 250%. Workers have been shut out of those gains, and as a result wealth has been redistributed upward. Our national debt is exploding, and Victoria Spartz's solution is to slash taxes for the wealthiest Americans and rubberstamp Trump's Tariff Tax, adding another $3 Trillion dollars to it. The result is a decimated middle class in a country where the richest 700 Americans hold more wealth than the 150 million Americans at the bottom. American workers and Hoosier families deserve better.
- Outside of a legitimate national emergency, only Congress can impose tariffs. This power is written into the Constitution and is reserved for the Legislative Branch. Despite this, our representative, Victoria Spartz, has refused to use that power. She has surrendered it to President Trump, and Hoosiers are paying the price as the cost of everyday goods has gone up. Victoria Spartz could end Trump's Tariff Tax, but she chooses not to and you are paying for it.
- For too long, Americans have relied on politicians to act with honor when it comes to financial self-dealing. The honor system does not work. President Trump has used his office to secure billions of dollars of personal income for himself and his family while American families have dealt with rising inflation and health care costs. On my first day in office, I will introduce a bill that requires any person elected to the Presidency to place all their assets in a blind trust and prohibits them from earning any outside income while they are President. I will also introduce legislation that will also introduce legislation that will make it illegal for any member of the House or Senate to actively trade in stocks, bonds, or cryptocurrency.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 14, 2026
