Indiana's 2nd Congressional District

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District

Incumbent

Rudy Yakym

Assumed office: November 14, 2022

Indiana's 2nd Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Rudy Yakym (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

• 2030
• 2028
• 2026
• 2024
• 2022
• 2020
• 2018

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2026

Note: At this time, Ballotpedia is combining all declared candidates for this election into one list under a general election heading. As primary election dates are published, this information will be updated to separate general election candidates from primary candidates as appropriate.

General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Rudy Yakym (R), Jamee Decio (D), and Eric Beebe (Independent) are running in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Rudy Yakym (R)
		Jamee Decio (D)
		Eric Beebe (Independent)

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See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Rudy Yakym (R) defeated Lori A. Camp (D), William Henry (L), and Mike Hubbard (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Yakym (R)	62.7	184,848
		Lori A. Camp (D)	34.6	101,962
		William Henry (L)	2.6	7,795
		Mike Hubbard (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	13

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 294,618
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Cameron Beamon (Independent)
• Michael S. Young (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Lori A. Camp (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Lori A. Camp	100.0	13,827

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 13,827
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Rudy Yakym (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Yakym	100.0	50,799

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,799
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 2

William Henry (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		William Henry

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Special election

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District special election, 2022

General election

Special general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Rudy Yakym (R) defeated Paul Steury (D), William Henry (L), and Marla Godette (Independent) in the special general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Yakym (R)	63.3	118,997
		Paul Steury (D)	33.4	62,792
		William Henry (L)	3.2	6,101
		Marla Godette (Independent) (Write-in)	0.1	143

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 188,033
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tiernan Kane (R)
• Christy Stutzman (R)

Regular election

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Rudy Yakym (R) defeated Paul Steury (D), William Henry (L), and Mike Hubbard (Independent) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Rudy Yakym (R)	64.6	125,313
		Paul Steury (D)	32.4	62,891
		William Henry (L)	3.0	5,858
		Mike Hubbard (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	11

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 194,073
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jackie Walorski (R)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Paul Steury (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Paul Steury	100.0	11,708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,708
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Stephen Kurant (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Walorski	100.0	36,928

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,928
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See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated Pat Hackett (D) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Walorski (R)	61.5	183,601
		Pat Hackett (D)	38.5	114,967

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 298,568
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Pat Hackett (D) defeated Ellen Marks (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Pat Hackett	77.8	32,708
		Ellen Marks	22.2	9,319

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,027
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated Christopher Davis (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Walorski	78.9	39,628
		Christopher Davis	21.1	10,609

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 50,237
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See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated Mel Hall (D) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Walorski (R)	54.8	125,499
		Mel Hall (D)	45.2	103,363
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0%	27

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 228,889 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mel Hall	41.7	15,402
		Pat Hackett	28.2	10,429
		Yatish Joshi	22.1	8,165
	Submit photo	Douglas Carpenter	5.3	1,949
		John Petroff	1.5	570
	Submit photo	Roland Leech	1.2	451

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 36,966
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aaron Bush (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2

Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated Mark Summe (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 2 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jackie Walorski	78.6	43,016
	Submit photo	Mark Summe	21.4	11,684

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 54,700
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Previous election results

2016

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated Lynn Coleman (D) and Ron Cenkush (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Walorski defeated Jeff Petermann in the Republican primary, while Coleman defeated Douglas Carpenter to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jackie Walorski Incumbent	59.3%	164,355
	Democratic	Lynn Coleman	36.9%	102,401
	Libertarian	Ron Cenkush	3.8%	10,601
Total Votes				277,357
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jackie Walorski Incumbent	69.8%	77,400
Jeff Petermann	30.2%	33,523
Total Votes		110,923
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Lynn Coleman	73.8%	39,372
Douglas Carpenter	26.2%	14,013
Total Votes		53,385
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2014

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2014

The 2nd Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Jackie Walorski (R) defeated challengers Joe Bock (D) and Jeff Petermann (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jackie Walorski Incumbent	58.9%	85,583
	Democratic	Joe Bock	38.3%	55,590
	Libertarian	Jeff Petermamm	2.8%	4,027
Total Votes				145,200
Source: Indiana Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Jackie Walorski - Incumbent
• Joe Bock
• Jeff Petermann

May 6, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Jackie Walorski - Incumbenta

Democratic Primary

• Joe Bock: Notre Dame administratora
• Dan Morrison
• Douglas Carpenter
• Bob Kern

Declined to run

• Brendan Mullen: 2012 Democratic nominee for Indiana's 2nd Congressional District

2012

See also: Indiana's 2nd Congressional District elections, 2012

The 2nd Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Joe Donnelly (D) sought election to the U.S. Senate. Jackie Walorski (R) won election to 2nd District seat in the general election. This switched partisan control of the district. She defeated Brendan Mullen (D), Joe Ruiz (L) and Kenneth R. Lunce, Jr. (I).

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	49%	134,033
	Democratic	Brendan Mullen	47.6%	130,113
	Libertarian	Joe Ruiz	3.4%	9,326
	Independent	Kenneth R. Lunce, Jr. (Write-in)	0%	3
Total Votes				273,475
Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Joe Donnelly won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jackie Walorski (R) and Mark Vogel (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly incumbent	48.2%	91,341
	Republican	Jackie Walorski	46.8%	88,803
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	5%	9,447
Total Votes				189,591

2008
On November 4, 2008, Joe Donnelly won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Luke Puckett (R) and Mark Vogel (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly incumbent	67.1%	187,416
	Republican	Luke Puckett	30.2%	84,455
	Libertarian	Mark Vogel	2.7%	7,475
Total Votes				279,346

2006
On November 7, 2006, Joe Donnelly won election to the United States House. He defeated incumbent Chris Chocola (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	55.4%	103,561
	Republican	Chris Chocola incumbent	44.6%	83,300
Total Votes				186,861

2004
On November 2, 2004, Chris Chocola won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Joe Donnelly (D) and Douglas Barnes (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Chocola incumbent	54.2%	140,496
	Democratic	Joe Donnelly	44.5%	115,513
	Libertarian	Douglas Barnes	1.3%	3,346
Total Votes				259,355

2002
On November 5, 2002, Chris Chocola won election to the United States House. He defeated Jill Long Thompson (D), Sharon Metheny (L), James A. Mello (Write-in) and M. Myer Blatt (Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Chris Chocola	50.5%	95,081
	Democratic	Jill Long Thompson	45.8%	86,253
	Libertarian	Sharon Metheny	3.8%	7,112
	Write-in	James A. Mello	0%	6
	Write-in	M. Myer Blatt	0%	6
Total Votes				188,458

2000
On November 7, 2000, Mike Pence won election to the United States House. He defeated Robert W. Rock (D), William G. Frazier (I), Michael E. Anderson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 2 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Pence	50.9%	106,023
	Democratic	Robert W. Rock	38.8%	80,885
	Independent	William G. Frazier	9.2%	19,077
	Libertarian	Michael E. Anderson	1.2%	2,422
Total Votes				208,407

District map

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.

2020

2024

2010-2011

This is the 2nd 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+13. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 13 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 2nd the 94th 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+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 2nd the 96th 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) 60.4%-37.8%.

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+14. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 14 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 2nd the 100th 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 37.8% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 60.4%.

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+11. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 11 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 2nd Congressional District the 119th 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 1.13. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.13 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Indiana
• Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2024
• Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2022
• Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2020
• Indiana's 2nd Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 2

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)