Indiana's 7th Congressional District election, 2026

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Indiana's 7th Congressional District
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 6, 2026
Primary: May 5, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
How to vote
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Indiana
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Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Democratic Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic
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Candidates and election results

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General election

The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson, George Hornedo, and Trapper Stewart are running in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		André Carson (D)
	Submit photo	George Hornedo (D)
	Submit photo	Trapper Stewart (D)

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George Hornedo

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Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Indianapolis raised me—now I’m stepping up to fight for it. I grew up and still live on the Northside, where I learned the values that guide me every day: hard work, resilience, and a deep commitment to community. Those lessons shaped who I am and inspired my career in public service. Throughout my professional life, I’ve worked at the highest levels of state and national Democratic politics, including serving in the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Justice. Whether it was working on civil rights or leading national outreach efforts at the Obama Foundation to reimagine policing, I’ve focused on bringing people together to solve tough challenges. I also believe education is a cornerstone of opportunity. After graduating from Cornell, Harvard, and George Washington University Law School, I dedicated my career to advancing policies that expand access to resources, build safer neighborhoods, and create economic opportunity. Now, I’m running for Congress to bring that experience home. Indianapolis deserves leadership with the vision and determination to take on our toughest challenges and deliver results for every Hoosier."

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Key Messages

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A Seat That’s Not Delivering Rep. Andre Carson is consistently ranked as one of the least effective members of Congress by the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking. Seventeen years in office. No leadership role. No legislative impact. And in a moment this urgent, that’s a seat being wasted. Indianapolis deserves stronger, more accountable representation—someone who can do more for the people who live here.

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Party Infrastructure Is Collapsing in Indiana When Democrats were winning statewide, it was because Indianapolis was organized—it anchored turnout and built the bench. That infrastructure has completely hollowed out. Under Rep. Carson’s watch, this district now ranks last in voter turnout in the entire state—dragging Democrats down across Indiana. George is running to rebuild it—not just to win this race, but to help bring Indiana Democrats back to life.

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This Isn’t Left vs. Right—It’s Decline vs. Direction The real divide in the Democratic Party isn’t about age or ideology. It’s between those managing decline—and those building what comes next. Rep. Carson believes our institutions mostly work—and that the job of a Democrat is to defend them. For him, fighting back means standing behind Chuck Schumer at a press conference. George believes that when Democrats win back power, we won’t be walking into the same government. Trump and Musk are actively dismantling public systems. The task ahead isn’t just to protect what’s left—it’s to build something better than what we had. That’s the difference. And that’s why this race matters.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Indiana

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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George Hornedo (D)

A Seat That’s Not Delivering

Rep. Andre Carson is consistently ranked as one of the least effective members of Congress by the nonpartisan Center for Effective Lawmaking.

Seventeen years in office. No leadership role. No legislative impact. And in a moment this urgent, that’s a seat being wasted.

Indianapolis deserves stronger, more accountable representation—someone who can do more for the people who live here.

Party Infrastructure Is Collapsing in Indiana

When Democrats were winning statewide, it was because Indianapolis was organized—it anchored turnout and built the bench.

That infrastructure has completely hollowed out. Under Rep. Carson’s watch, this district now ranks last in voter turnout in the entire state—dragging Democrats down across Indiana.

George is running to rebuild it—not just to win this race, but to help bring Indiana Democrats back to life.

This Isn’t Left vs. Right—It’s Decline vs. Direction

The real divide in the Democratic Party isn’t about age or ideology. It’s between those managing decline—and those building what comes next.

Rep. Carson believes our institutions mostly work—and that the job of a Democrat is to defend them. For him, fighting back means standing behind Chuck Schumer at a press conference.

George believes that when Democrats win back power, we won’t be walking into the same government. Trump and Musk are actively dismantling public systems. The task ahead isn’t just to protect what’s left—it’s to build something better than what we had.

That’s the difference. And that’s why this race matters.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

George Hornedo (D)

Indianapolis is a city of grit, resilience, and potential—but right now, too many people are doing everything right

and still falling behind. Wages haven’t kept up. Housing is unaffordable. Public safety is inconsistent. And a political system that’s supposed to serve the people too often serves itself instead.

The problem isn’t that solutions don’t exist. It’s that the people in charge haven’t acted.

The Fair Shot Agenda is a plan to change that. It’s about getting government back to work—for the people who

make this city run. It’s built to fix what’s broken, close the gap between policy and daily life, and make sure no one is left behind.

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• André Carson

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
André Carson	Democratic Party	$328,991	$166,927	$611,487	As of June 30, 2025
George Hornedo	Democratic Party	$157,960	$91,463	$66,498	As of June 30, 2025
Trapper Stewart	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2026. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Indiana's 7th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/23/2025	9/16/2025	9/9/2025	9/2/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Indiana's 7th Congressional District election, 2024

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

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

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated John Schmitz and Rusty Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson (D)	68.3	185,987
		John Schmitz (R)	29.0	78,792
		Rusty Johnson (L)	2.7	7,369

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 272,148
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated Curtis Godfrey and Pierre Quincy Pullins in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson	91.1	30,868
		Curtis Godfrey	5.4	1,845
		Pierre Quincy Pullins	3.5	1,178

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,891
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Jennifer Pace defeated Catherine Ping, Philip N. Davis, and Gabriel Whitley in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jennifer Pace	31.2	7,716
		Catherine Ping	29.9	7,390
		Philip N. Davis	25.7	6,364
		Gabriel Whitley	13.1	3,249

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,719
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Rusty Johnson advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		Rusty Johnson (L)

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2
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2022

See also: Indiana's 7th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated Angela Grabovsky and Gavin Maple in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson (D)	67.0	117,309
		Angela Grabovsky (R)	30.6	53,631
	Submit photo	Gavin Maple (L)	2.4	4,240

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 175,180
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated Curtis Godfrey and Pierre Quincy Pullins in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson	93.9	36,242
		Curtis Godfrey	4.0	1,526
		Pierre Quincy Pullins	2.2	830

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,598
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Angela Grabovsky defeated Rusty Johnson, Jennifer Pace, Bill Allen, and Gerald Walters in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Angela Grabovsky	53.6	6,886
		Rusty Johnson	17.0	2,185
		Jennifer Pace	12.1	1,556
		Bill Allen	11.7	1,505
		Gerald Walters	5.6	722

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,854
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jimmy Klosowski (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Gavin Maple defeated Ted Rusk in the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on March 5, 2022.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Gavin Maple (L)
	Submit photo	Ted Rusk (L)

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2020

See also: Indiana's 7th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated Susan Marie Smith in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson (D)	62.4	176,422
		Susan Marie Smith (R)	37.6	106,146

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 282,568
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Andrew Warner (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

Incumbent André Carson defeated Pierre Quincy Pullins in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		André Carson	91.8	62,117
		Pierre Quincy Pullins	8.2	5,572

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 67,689
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 7 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Susan Marie Smith	43.1	10,705
	Submit photo	Douglas Merrill	14.2	3,519
		J.D. Miniear	14.2	3,517
	Submit photo	Jon Davis	10.9	2,712
	Submit photo	Martin Ramey	8.9	2,209
		Gerald Walters	8.8	2,189

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 24,851
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Wayne Harmon (R)

District analysis

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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)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)

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