Indiana's 1st Congressional District

Indiana's 1st Congressional District

Incumbent

Frank Mrvan

Assumed office: January 3, 2021

Indiana's 1st Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Frank Mrvan (D).

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 1st Congressional District election, 2024

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Frank Mrvan defeated Randell Niemeyer and Dakotah Miskus in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan (D)	53.4	172,467
		Randell Niemeyer (R)	44.9	145,056
		Dakotah Miskus (L)	1.6	5,200

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 322,723
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Brown (American Independent Party)
• Tiffany Ford (Independent)
• Samuel Kravitz (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Frank Mrvan advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan	100.0	31,155

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,155
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Randell Niemeyer defeated Mark Leyva and David Ben Ruiz in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Randell Niemeyer	60.8	18,449
		Mark Leyva	24.8	7,509
		David Ben Ruiz	14.4	4,367

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,325
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Martin Lucas (R)

2022

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Frank Mrvan defeated Jennifer-Ruth Green and William Powers in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan (D)	52.8	112,656
		Jennifer-Ruth Green (R)	47.2	100,542
	Submit photo	William Powers (Independent) (Write-in)	0.0	9

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 213,207
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Frank Mrvan defeated Richard Fantin in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan	86.4	34,489
	Submit photo	Richard Fantin	13.6	5,413

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 39,902
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer-Ruth Green	47.1	14,616
		Blair Milo	22.4	6,964
		Mark Leyva	13.5	4,173
	Submit photo	Nicholas Pappas	7.8	2,409
		Martin Lucas	3.6	1,114
		David Ben Ruiz	3.4	1,054
		Aaron Storer	2.2	692

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 31,022
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tom Madden (R)

2020

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Frank Mrvan defeated Mark Leyva and Edward Michael Strauss in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan (D)	56.6	185,180
		Mark Leyva (R)	40.4	132,247
	Submit photo	Edward Michael Strauss (L)	2.9	9,521

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,948
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ryan Lamb (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan	32.8	29,575
		Thomas McDermott Jr.	28.2	25,426
		Jim Harper	10.1	9,133
	Submit photo	Melissa Borom	8.7	7,792
		Mara Candelaria Reardon	7.8	6,997
		Sabrina Haake	4.8	4,365
	Submit photo	Carrie Castro	1.5	1,330
	Submit photo	John Hall	1.4	1,223
		Scott Costello	1.3	1,126
		Antonio Daggett Sr.	1.1	965
	Submit photo	Wendell Mosby	1.0	893
	Submit photo	Jayson Reeves	0.6	526
	Submit photo	Andrew Sylwestrowicz	0.4	396
		Ryan Farrar	0.3	297

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,044
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Leyva	34.9	10,799
	Submit photo	William Powers	22.9	7,073
		Spencer Lemmons	15.4	4,748
		Mont Handley	11.7	3,625
		Dion Bergeron	10.1	3,127
	Submit photo	Delano Scaife	5.0	1,552

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,924
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Edward Michael Strauss advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Edward Michael Strauss (L)

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2018

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Peter Visclosky defeated Mark Leyva in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Visclosky (D)	65.1	159,611
		Mark Leyva (R)	34.9	85,594
		Other/Write-in votes	0.0	4

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 245,209 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Incumbent Peter Visclosky defeated Antonio Daggett Sr. and Larry Chubb in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Visclosky	80.5	42,269
		Antonio Daggett Sr.	11.1	5,813
		Larry Chubb	8.4	4,406

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 52,488
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Leyva	27.0	5,960
	Submit photo	John Meyer	19.6	4,328
		Roseann Ivanovich	19.6	4,318
	Submit photo	Nicholas Pappas	19.5	4,311
	Submit photo	David Dopp	7.6	1,680
	Submit photo	Jeremy Belko	6.7	1,486

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 22,083
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2016

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Peter Visclosky (D) defeated John Meyer (R) and Donna Dunn (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Visclosky defeated Willie Brown in the Democratic primary on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Visclosky Incumbent	81.5%	207,515
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	18.5%	47,051
	N/A	Write-in	0%	17
Total Votes				254,583
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Peter Visclosky Incumbent	80%	77,095
Willie Brown	20%	19,315
Total Votes		96,410
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2014

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District elections, 2014

The 1st Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Peter Visclosky (D) defeated challengers Mark Leyva (R) and Donna Dunn (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Visclosky Incumbent	60.8%	86,579
	Republican	Mark Leyva	35.8%	51,000
	Libertarian	Donna Dunn	3.3%	4,714
Total Votes				142,293
Source: Indiana Secretary of State Official Results

General election candidates

• Mark Leyva
• Peter Visclosky - Incumbent
• Donna Dunn

May 6, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Mark Leyvaa

Democratic Primary

• Peter Visclosky - Incumbenta

Third Party Candidates

• Donna Dunn

2012

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District elections, 2012

The 1st Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Peter Visclosky (D) won re-election. He defeated Joel Phelps (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky Incumbent	67.3%	187,743
	Republican	Joel Phelps	32.7%	91,291
Total Votes				279,034
Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Leyva (R) and Jon Morris (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	58.6%	99,387
	Republican	Mark Leyva	38.6%	65,558
	Libertarian	Jon Morris	2.8%	4,762
Total Votes				169,707

2008
On November 4, 2008, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Leyva (R) and Jeff Duensing (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	70.9%	199,954
	Republican	Mark Leyva	27.2%	76,647
	Libertarian	Jeff Duensing	1.9%	5,421
Total Votes				282,022

2006
On November 7, 2006, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Leyva (R) and Charles E. Barman (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	69.6%	104,195
	Republican	Mark Leyva	26.8%	40,146
	Independent	Charles E. Barman	3.5%	5,266
Total Votes				149,607

2004
On November 2, 2004, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Leyva (R) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	68.3%	178,406
	Republican	Mark Leyva	31.7%	82,858
Total Votes				261,264

2002
On November 5, 2002, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mark Leyva (R) and Timothy P. Brennan (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	66.9%	90,443
	Republican	Mark Leyva	31%	41,909
	Libertarian	Timothy P. Brennan	2%	2,759
Total Votes				135,111

2000
On November 7, 2000, Peter Visclosky won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Jack Reynolds (R) and Christopher Nelson (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 1 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter J. Visclosky incumbent	71.6%	148,683
	Republican	Jack Raynolds	27%	56,200
	Libertarian	Christopher Nelson	1.4%	2,907
Total Votes				207,790

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.

Indiana District 1
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Indiana District 1
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2010-2011

This is the 1st 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 D+1. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 1 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Indiana's 1st the 204th most Democratic 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 D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Indiana's 1st the 190th most Democratic 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 defeated Donald Trump (R) 53.4%-45.0%.

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 D+3. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 3 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Indiana's 1st the 188th most Democratic 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 53.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 45.0%.

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 D+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Indiana's 1st Congressional District the 139th most Democratic 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 1.07. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 1.07 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Indiana
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
• Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 1

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)