George Holland

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George Thomas Holland

Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 3, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Butler University, 1961

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Years of service

1951 - 1959

Personal

Birthplace

Evansville, Ind.

Profession

Salesman

George Thomas Holland (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 6th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 3, 2022.

Biography

George Holland was born in Evansville, Indiana. Holland served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1959. He earned a B.S. in chemistry/zoology from Butler University in 1961. Holland's career experience includes working in pharmaceutical sales with American Home Products.

Elections

2022

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Cynthia Wirth in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	67.5	130,686
		Cynthia Wirth (D)	32.5	62,838

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 193,524
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Cynthia Wirth defeated George Thomas Holland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Wirth	73.1	9,057
		George Thomas Holland	26.9	3,337

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,394
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Barton Teeters (D)
• Mark J. Powell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated James Dean Alspach in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	77.6	44,893
	Submit photo	James Dean Alspach	22.4	12,923

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,816
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zach Smith (R)
• Erik Benson (R)

2020

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Jeannine Lee Lake and Tom Ferkinhoff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	68.7	225,318
		Jeannine Lee Lake (D)	27.8	91,103
		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)	3.6	11,791

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 328,212
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Jeannine Lee Lake defeated Barry Welsh and George Thomas Holland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeannine Lee Lake	70.3	23,900
		Barry Welsh	15.2	5,163
		George Thomas Holland	14.5	4,923

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,986
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Mike Campbell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	83.6	62,346
	Submit photo	Mike Campbell	16.4	12,234

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,580
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Tom Ferkinhoff advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)

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2018

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Greg Pence defeated Jeannine Lee Lake and Tom Ferkinhoff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	63.8	154,260
		Jeannine Lee Lake (D)	32.9	79,430
		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)	3.3	8,030
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	6

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 241,726 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeannine Lee Lake	38.3	8,890
		Jim Pruett	25.8	5,984
		Lane Siekman	15.6	3,612
		George Thomas Holland	11.1	2,570
		Joshua Williamson	7.3	1,695
	Submit photo	K. Lave	1.9	446

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 23,197
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Arturas Kerelis (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Greg Pence defeated Jonathan Lamb, Stephen MacKenzie, Mike Campbell, and Jeff Smith in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	64.5	47,962
		Jonathan Lamb	23.6	17,526
		Stephen MacKenzie	4.6	3,400
	Submit photo	Mike Campbell	4.3	3,231
	Submit photo	Jeff Smith	3.0	2,258

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 74,377
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Michael Crider (R)

2016

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Luke Messer (R) defeated Barry Welsh (D) and Rich Turvey (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Messer defeated Charles Johnson Jr. and Jeff Smith in the Republican primary, while Welsh defeated Danny Basham, George Thomas Holland, Bruce Peavler, and Ralph Spelbring to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 6 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Luke Messer Incumbent	69.1%	204,920
	Democratic	Barry Welsh	26.7%	79,135
	Libertarian	Rich Turvey	4.2%	12,330
Total Votes				296,385
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 6 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Luke Messer Incumbent	77.7%	91,828
Jeff Smith	12.7%	14,963
Charles Johnson Jr.	9.7%	11,447
Total Votes		118,238
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

U.S. House, Indiana District 6 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Barry Welsh	35.6%	15,258
Danny Basham	24.4%	10,474
George Holland	20.6%	8,851
Bruce Peavler	11.4%	4,897
Ralph Spelbring	7.9%	3,385
Total Votes		42,865
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2012

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District elections, 2012

Holland ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 6th District. Holland and three other candidates lost to Brad Bookout in the May 8, 2012, Democratic primary.

U.S. House, Indiana District 6 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Brad Bookout	31%	8,278
Dan Bolling	13.9%	3,719
Jim Crone	21%	5,611
George Holland	7.7%	2,059
Susan Hall Heitzman	26.5%	7,077
Total Votes		26,744

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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Personal

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Holland has been married to his wife, Janice, for 54 years. They have 2 sons and 6 grandchildren.

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Footnotes

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Indiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jim Banks (R)

Todd Young (R)

Representatives

District 1

Frank Mrvan (D)

District 2

Rudy Yakym (R)

District 3

Marlin Stutzman (R)

District 4

Jim Baird (R)

District 5

Victoria Spartz (R)

District 6

Jefferson Shreve (R)

District 7

André Carson (D)

District 8

Mark Messmer (R)

District 9

Erin Houchin (R)

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Democratic Party (2)