Indiana's 3rd Congressional District

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District

Incumbent

Marlin A. Stutzman

Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Marlin A. Stutzman (R).

As of the 2020 Census, Indiana representatives represented an average of 754,476 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 722,398 residents.

Elections

2024

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Marlin A. Stutzman defeated Kiley Adolph and Jarrad Lancaster in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marlin A. Stutzman (R)	65.0	202,653
		Kiley Adolph (D)	31.4	97,871
		Jarrad Lancaster (L)	3.5	11,015

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 311,539
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Kiley Adolph defeated Phil Goss in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kiley Adolph	62.8	10,286
		Phil Goss	37.2	6,095

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,381
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jo Anderson (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Marlin A. Stutzman	24.2	19,507
		Tim Smith	22.6	18,204
		Wendy W. Davis	19.5	15,660
		Andy Zay	16.4	13,157
		Grant Bucher	10.3	8,259
		Jon Kenworthy	3.8	3,064
		Michael Felker	1.8	1,417
		Eric Whalen	1.5	1,189

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 80,457
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Chandler Likes (R)
• Scott Wise (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Jarrad Lancaster advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Jarrad Lancaster (L)

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2022

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Gary Snyder and Nathan Gotsch in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks (R)	65.3	131,579
		Gary Snyder (D)	30.1	60,577
		Nathan Gotsch (Independent)	4.7	9,386

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,542
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Gary Snyder defeated Aaron Calkins and Phillip Beachy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Gary Snyder	56.2	6,794
		Aaron Calkins	23.9	2,894
		Phillip Beachy	19.9	2,400

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,088
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Forrest Bower (D)
• Tommy Schrader (D)
• John Stephens (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks	100.0	54,033

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2020

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Chip Coldiron in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks (R)	67.8	220,989
		Chip Coldiron (D)	32.2	104,762

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 325,751
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Robert Enders (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Chip Coldiron defeated Carlos Marcano, Tommy Schrader, and Jean-Paul Kalonji in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Coldiron	38.9	13,545
		Carlos Marcano	30.9	10,759
	Submit photo	Tommy Schrader	16.0	5,570
		Jean-Paul Kalonji	14.2	4,954

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,828
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Chris Magiera in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks	85.2	64,574
		Chris Magiera	14.8	11,200

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,774
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2018

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Courtney Tritch in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks (R)	64.7	158,927
		Courtney Tritch (D)	35.3	86,610

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 245,537 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Courtney Tritch defeated Tommy Schrader and John Roberson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Courtney Tritch	79.1	16,376
	Submit photo	Tommy Schrader	10.7	2,224
		John Roberson	10.2	2,116

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,716
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks	100.0	58,745

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Independent primary election

No Independent candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tyler Bender (Independent)

2016

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Marlin Stutzman (R) sought election to the U.S. Senate in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jim Banks (R) defeated Tommy Schrader (D) and Pepper Snyder (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Banks defeated Mark Willard Baringer, Liz Brown, Pam Galloway, Kevin Howell and Kip Tom in the Republican primary. On the other side of the aisle, Schrader defeated Todd Nightenhelser and John Forrest Roberson to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Banks	70.1%	201,396
	Democratic	Tommy Schrader	23%	66,023
	Libertarian	Pepper Snyder	6.9%	19,828
Total Votes				287,247
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Banks	34.3%	46,533
Kip Tom	31.5%	42,732
Liz Brown	24.8%	33,654
Pam Galloway	7%	9,543
Kevin Howell	1.5%	1,970
Mark Baringer	0.9%	1,266
Total Votes		135,698
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tommy Schrader	37.5%	15,267
Todd Nightenhelser	31.8%	12,956
John Roberson	30.7%	12,487
Total Votes		40,710
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2014

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 3rd Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Marlin Stutzman (R) defeated challengers Justin Kuhnle (D) and Scott Wise (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman Incumbent	65.8%	97,892
	Democratic	Justin Kuhnle	26.7%	39,771
	Libertarian	Scott Wise	7.5%	11,130
Total Votes				148,793
Source: Indiana Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Marlin Stutzman - Incumbent
• Justin Kuhnle
• Scott Wise

May 6, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Marlin Stutzman - Incumbenta
• James Mahoney III
• Mark William Baringer

Democratic Primary

• Justin Kuhnlea
• Jim Redmond
• Tommy Schrader

2012

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 3rd Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Marlin Stutzman (R) won re-election. He defeated Kevin Boyd (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marlin Stutzman Incumbent	67%	187,872
	Democratic	Kevin Boyd	33%	92,363
Total Votes				280,235
Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Marlin Stutzman won election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas Hayhurst (D), Scott Wise (L), Tom Metzger (I) and Wes Stephens (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Marlin A. Stutzman	62.8%	116,140
	Democratic	Thomas Hayhurst	33.1%	61,267
	Libertarian	Scott Wise	4.1%	7,631
	Independent	Tom Metzger	0%	10
	Independent	Wes Stephens	0%	1
Total Votes				185,049

Stutzman was elected in a November 2, 2010 special election to fill the rest of resigning Representative Mark Souder's term. He was simultaneously elected to a full two year term through 2013.

2008
On November 4, 2008, Mark E. Souder won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael A. "Mike" Montagano (D) and William R. Larsen (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark E. Souder incumbent	55%	155,693
	Democratic	Michael A. "Mike" Montagano	39.7%	112,309
	Libertarian	William R. Larsen	5.3%	14,877
Total Votes				282,879

2006
On November 7, 2006, Mark E. Souder won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Thomas Hayhurt (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark E. Souder incumbent	54.3%	95,421
	Democratic	Thomas Hayhurt	45.7%	80,357
Total Votes				175,778

2004
On November 2, 2004, Mark E. Souder won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Maria M. Parra (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark E. Souder incumbent	69.2%	171,389
	Democratic	Maria M. Parra	30.8%	76,232
Total Votes				247,621

2002
On November 5, 2002, Mark E. Souder won election to the United States House. He defeated Jay Ridgon (D) and Mike Donlan (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mark E. Souder	63.1%	92,556
	Democratic	Jay Ridgon	34.5%	50,509
	Libertarian	Mike Donlan	2.4%	3,531
Total Votes				146,596

2000
On November 7, 2000, Tim Roemer (D) won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Chris Chocola (R) and Scott C. Baker (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Tim Roemer incumbent	63.1%	131,051
	Republican	Chris Chocola	35.9%	74,492
	Libertarian	Scott C. Baker	1%	2,050
	N/A	Write-in	0%	5
Total Votes				207,598

Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Indiana after the 2020 census

The Indiana General Assembly approved new congressional district maps on October 1, 2021, which were signed into law by Gov. Eric Holcomb (R) on October 4, 2021. The Indiana House Republican caucus released draft congressional boundaries on September 14, 2021. The Indiana state Senate approved the new district plans by a vote of 36-12, with all votes to approve by Republicans. Eleven Senate Democrats joined State Sen. Ron Grooms (R) in voting against the maps. The Indiana House of Representatives approved the new district boundaries by a vote of 64-25. All votes in favor were by Republicans and 22 Democrats and three Republicans voted against. This map took effect for Indiana's 2022 congressional elections. Indiana was the fourth state to enact congressional redistricting after the 2020 census.

In a statement issued after signing the maps, Gov. Holcomb said, "Today I signed HB 1581, completing this once-in-a-decade constitutionally required process. I want to thank both the House and Senate for faithfully following through in an orderly and transparent way. And, a special thanks to every Hoosier who participated in the process by sharing their local perspective and input." Kaitlin Lange of the Indianapolis Star wrote that the "congressional map also likely will enable Republicans to keep seven of the nine congressional seats in Indiana and make the 5th District, which contains suburban Hamilton County, a more reliably Republican district.”

How does redistricting in Indiana work? In Indiana, the state legislature is responsible for drawing both congressional and state legislative district lines. The legislature must approve a redistricting plan by the close of the first legislative session occurring after completion of the United States Census. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.

In the event that both chambers of the state legislature do not approve a congressional redistricting plan, a backup commission must draw the lines. The commission comprises the following members:

1. Speaker of the House
2. President Pro Tempore of the Senate
3. Chair of the Elections Committee, Indiana State Senate
4. Chair of the Elections and Apportionment Committee, Indiana House of Representatives
5. A gubernatorial appointment

The Indiana Constitution mandates that state legislative districts be contiguous. There are no such requirements for congressional district lines.

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2010-2011

This is the 3rd Congressional District of Indiana after the 2001 redistricting process.

See also: Redistricting in Indiana after the 2010 census

In 2011, the Indiana State Legislature re-drew the congressional districts based on updated population information from the 2010 census.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

2026

Heading into the 2026 elections, based on results from the 2024 and 2020 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is R+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 3rd the 65th most Republican district nationally.

2024

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 3rd the 57th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 63.9%-34.0%.

2022

Heading into the 2022 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 3rd the 57th most Republican district nationally.

Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Joe Biden (D) would have received 34.0% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 63.9%.

2018

Heading into the 2018 elections, based on results from the 2016 and 2012 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+18. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 18 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 3rd Congressional District the 58th most Republican nationally.

FiveThirtyEight's September 2018 elasticity score for states and congressional districts measured "how sensitive it is to changes in the national political environment." This district's elasticity score was 0.88. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.88 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Indiana
• Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2024
• Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2022
• Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020
• Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 3

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)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)