Indiana's 6th Congressional District elections, 2014
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The 6th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Luke Messer (R), who was first elected in 2012, defeated Susan Hall Heitzman (D) in the general election. He won the election with 59 percent of the vote. Messer also defeated Libertarian Party candidate Eric Miller.
Messer ran unopposed in the Republican primary while Heitzman had to defeat challengers Lane Siekman and Corinne Westerfield in the Democratic primary.
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Indiana law requires a closed primary, where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. This includes if they voted for a majority of that party’s candidates in the last general election or plan to in the upcoming election. However, it is possible for any voter to vote in any party's primary so long as they meet this criteria.
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by April 7, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 6, 2014.[4]
- See also: Indiana elections, 2014
Incumbent: Heading into the election the incumbent was Luke Messer (R), who was first elected in 2012.
Indiana's 6th Congressional District takes in a large portion of eastern Indiana, including Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Shelby, Switzerland, Union, and Wayne counties and a portion of Scott county.[5]
Candidates
General election candidates
- Luke Messer - Incumbent
Susan Hall Heitzman
Eric Miller
May 6, 2014, primary results
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Election results
General election results
The 6th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Luke Messer (R) defeated challengers Susan Hall Heitzman (D) and Eric Miller (L) in the general election.
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Luke Messer Incumbent |
65.9% | 102,187 | |
| Democratic | Susan Hall Heitzman | 29.3% | 45,509 | |
| Libertarian | Eric Miller | 4.8% | 7,375 | |
| Total Votes | 155,071 | |||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State Official Results | ||||
Primary results
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Susan Heitzman |
48.3% | 9,078 | ||
| Lane Siekman | 29.6% | 5,574 | ||
| Corinne Westerfield | 22.1% | 4,151 | ||
| Total Votes | 18,803 | |||
| Source: Indiana Division of Elections |
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Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
HR 676
On July 30, 2014, the U.S. House approved a resolution 225 to 201 to sue President Barack Obama for exceeding his constitutional authority. Five Republicans—Thomas Massie of Kentucky, Paul Broun of Georgia, Scott Garrett of New Jersey, Walter Jones of North Carolina and Steve Stockman of Texas—voted with Democrats against the lawsuit.[8] Messer joined the other 224 Republicans in favor of the lawsuit. All Democrats voted against the resolution.[9][10]
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
On September 30, 2013, the House passed a final stopgap spending bill before the shutdown went into effect. The bill included a one-year delay of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate and would have also stripped the bill of federal subsidies for congressional members and staff. It passed through the House with a vote of 228-201.[11] At 1 a.m. on October 1, 2013, one hour after the shutdown officially began, the House voted to move forward with going to a conference. In short order, Sen. Harry Reid rejected the call to conference.[12] Luke Messer voted to approve the stopgap spending bill that would have delayed the individual mandate.[13]
The shutdown ended on October 16, 2013, when the House took a vote on HR 2775 after it was approved by the Senate. The bill to reopen the government lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[14] The House passed the legislation shortly after the Senate, by a vote of 285-144, with all 144 votes against the legislation coming from Republican members. Luke Messer voted against HR 2775.[15]
Campaign contributions
Luke Messer
| Luke Messer (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[16] | April 15, 2013 | $42,611.71 | $128,056.77 | $(60,223.23) | $110,445.25 | ||||
| July Quarterly[17] | July 17, 2013 | $130,445.25 | $182,745.00 | $(127,047.26) | $186,142.99 | ||||
| October Quarterly[18] | October 13, 2013 | $186,142.99 | $126,896.00 | $(64,649.58) | $248,389.41 | ||||
| Year-end[19] | January 31, 2014 | $248,389 | $142,951 | $(64,423) | $326,917 | ||||
| April Quarterly[20] | April 15, 2014 | $326,917 | $111,575 | $(58,416) | $380,077 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $692,223.77 | $(374,759.07) | ||||||||
District history
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2012
The 6th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012. Mike Pence did not seek re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives due to his 2012 gubernatorial campaign, which he won. Luke Messer (R) won election to the 6th District seat in the 2012 general election. Messer defeated Brad Bookout (D) and Rex Bell (L).[21]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Brad Bookout | 35.1% | 96,678 | |
| Republican | Luke Messer |
59.1% | 162,613 | |
| Libertarian | Rex Bell | 5.8% | 15,962 | |
| Total Votes | 275,253 | |||
| Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Mike Pence won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Barry Welsh (D) and Talmage "T.J" Thompson, Jr. (L) in the general election.[22]
| U.S. House, Indiana District 6 General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Mike Pence incumbent |
66.6% | 126,027 | |
| Democratic | Barry Welsh | 29.9% | 56,647 | |
| Libertarian | Talmage "T.J" Thompson, Jr. | 3.5% | 6,635 | |
| Total Votes | 189,309 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2014
- United States House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
- Indiana Division of Elections
- 2014 Primary Election Candidates
- 2014 General Election Candidates
- 2014 Candidate Guide
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 HOUSE RACE RATINGS FOR June 26, 2014," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 House Races," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Fairvote, "FairVote Releases Projections for the 2014 Congressional Elections," accessed August 7, 2014
- ↑ Indiana Election Division, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ United States Census Bureau, "Counties by Congressional Districts," accessed June 8, 2016
- ↑ Lane Siekman for Congress, " Lane Siekman Announces Bid for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District ," accessed January 22, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Indiana Secretary of State, "Primary Candidate List," accessed February 10, 2014
- ↑ U.S. House, "House Resolution 676," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press, "Suing Obama: GOP-led House gives the go-ahead," July 31, 2014
- ↑ Washington Post, "House clears way for lawsuit against Obama," accessed July 30, 2014
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Buzzfeed, "Government Shutdown: How We Got Here," accessed October 1, 2013
- ↑ Clerk of the U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 504," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ U.S. House, "Final vote results for Roll Call 550," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly," accessed July 25, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 23, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Year End Report," accessed February 15, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly," accessed April 21, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2012 Election Map, Indiana"
- ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
