Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
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Election details |
Filing deadline: February 9, 2024 |
Primary: May 7, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
How to vote |
Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Indiana |
Race ratings |
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican |
Ballotpedia analysis |
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See also |
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All U.S. House districts, including the 8th Congressional District of Indiana, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was May 7, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.
At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.
In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 65.7%-31.5%. 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) 65.5%-32.7%.[3]
This is one of 45 open races for the U.S. House in 2024 where an incumbent did not run for re-election. Across the country, 24 Democrats and 21 Republicans did not run for re-election. In 2022, 49 representatives did not seek re-election, including 31 Democrats and 18 Republicans.
The United Democracy Project (UDP) is a super PAC affiliated with the pro-Israel lobbying group the American Israel Public Affairs Commission (AIPAC). UDP contributed satellite spending in Indiana's 8th Congressional District election in 2024. To learn more about how influencers, including activists, lobbyists, and philanthropists influence elections, click here.
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)
- Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Mark Messmer defeated Erik Hurt and K. Richard Fitzlaff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Messmer (R) | 68.0 | 219,941 |
![]() | Erik Hurt (D) ![]() | 29.5 | 95,311 | |
![]() | K. Richard Fitzlaff (L) ![]() | 2.6 | 8,381 |
Total votes: 323,633 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Erik Hurt defeated Edward Upton Sein, Michael Talarzyk, and Peter Priest II in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Erik Hurt ![]() | 45.1 | 8,204 |
![]() | Edward Upton Sein ![]() | 22.5 | 4,087 | |
![]() | Michael Talarzyk ![]() | 20.9 | 3,796 | |
Peter Priest II | 11.5 | 2,098 |
Total votes: 18,185 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kellie Moore (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Mark Messmer | 38.5 | 30,668 |
![]() | John N. Hostettler | 19.7 | 15,649 | |
![]() | Richard Moss | 14.1 | 11,227 | |
![]() | Dominick Jack Kavanaugh ![]() | 11.8 | 9,397 | |
![]() | Kristi Risk ![]() | 9.2 | 7,350 | |
![]() | Luke Misner | 2.9 | 2,287 | |
![]() | Jim Case ![]() | 2.6 | 2,107 | |
![]() | Jeremy Heath | 1.2 | 944 |
Total votes: 79,629 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jon Schrock (R)
- Larry Bucshon (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Democratic Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "My name is Erik Hurt and I am running for Congress in Indiana's 8th congressional district. I have spent my whole life trying to fight for the poor, the sick, and the marginalized, and I will continue that fight with this campaign."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Indiana District 8 in 2024.
Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
- Indiana State Senate (Assumed office: 2014)
- Indiana House of Representatives (2008-2014)
Biography: Messmer received a bachelor's degree from Purdue University. His professional experience includes co-owning Messmer Mechanical, working as a project engineer with John Brown Engineering, and working as a mechanical engineer with Dow Chemical.
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Sources: Dubois County Free Press, "Messmer announces 8th Congressional District candidacy," January 26, 2024; TriState Homepage, "State Sen. Messmer launches bid for Congress," February 3, 2024; Dubois County Free Press, "Messier announces 8th Congressional District candidacy," January 26, 2024; LinkedIn, "Mark Messmer," accessed March 26, 2024
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Indiana District 8 in 2024.
Party: Libertarian Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office: None
Submitted Biography: "K. Richard Fitzlaff is a lifelong midwesterner. K. Richard has spent the past 12 years in Indiana. As an entrepreneur he has helped lead and grow several organizations. Leading by serving he has tirelessly worked with several non profits to grow their brand and expand their reach. Throughout his life, values such as Honesty, Integrity and Accountability have guided him and through those values he seeks to defend the Constitution for all Hoosiers and by extension all Americans."
This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Indiana District 8 in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Indiana
Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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|If government must exist it must live within the confines of the will of the people who elect it.
Lower Federal Taxes for all people of every economic background. Hoosiers deserve integrity. They deserve someone who isn't afraid to vote no on a 5,000 page bill loaded with frivolous pet spending projects to appease a corporation across the country.
Public servants should act as such and be good stewards of the money entrusted to them.
Defend The Constitution.
For generations the Constitution has been stripped of its meaning and the rights guaranteed to all people has been marginalized and misappropriated.
The Constitution was not a list of privileges granted to you by government to be taken away when they saw fit. It is and always should be a list of protections that shall not be infringed.
Congress should realize their duty and oath to the American people to defend those rights and freedoms no matter the cost.
Erik Hurt (D)
I will fight to combat climate change not only by promoting investments into clean energy but rethinking the way our cities are structured so that they are built around people and not cars so that we can bring down the amount of energy we're using.
I want to drastically increase investments into our public education system. From pre-K through university. From trade school to liberal arts colleges. I want to raise teacher salaries, expand student resources, make sure no child is going hungry at school, and that no student will be forced into debt for wanting to get an education.

Erik Hurt (D)
As such they are responsible to the will of those that elected them while holding fast to defending the rule of law and the Constitution.
A public servant must serve with honesty, integrity and accountability, professionalism and ownership.
Campaign finance
Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
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Erik Hurt | Democratic Party | $23,917 | $22,719 | $1,198 | As of November 25, 2024 |
Peter Priest II | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Edward Upton Sein | Democratic Party | $13,821 | $21,349 | $0 | As of October 15, 2024 |
Michael Talarzyk | Democratic Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | As of April 24, 2024 |
Jim Case | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Jeremy Heath | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
John N. Hostettler | Republican Party | $53,972 | $53,972 | $0 | As of December 12, 2024 |
Dominick Jack Kavanaugh | Republican Party | $528,366 | $528,366 | $0 | As of June 30, 2024 |
Mark Messmer | Republican Party | $1,545,284 | $1,337,178 | $208,106 | As of December 31, 2024 |
Luke Misner | Republican Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Richard Moss | Republican Party | $757,656 | $757,656 | $0 | As of May 20, 2024 |
Kristi Risk | Republican Party | $70,744 | $70,811 | $-67 | As of July 17, 2024 |
K. Richard Fitzlaff | Libertarian Party | $0 | $0 | $0 | Data not available*** |
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. 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." |
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.[4]
- 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.[5][6][7]
Race ratings: Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 | |||||||||
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Race tracker | Race ratings | ||||||||
November 5, 2024 | October 29, 2024 | October 22, 2024 | October 15, 2024 | ||||||
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | |||||
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | Solid Republican | |||||
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | Safe Republican | |||||
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
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Indiana in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Indiana, click here.
Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
Indiana | U.S. House | Ballot-qualified party | N/A (only declaration of candidacy required) | N/A | 2/6/2024 | Source |
Indiana | U.S. House | Unaffiliated | 2% of total votes cast for the secretary of state in the district in the last election | N/A | 7/1/2024 | Source |
District analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.
- District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
- Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
- State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Indiana.
Indiana U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024 | ||||||||||||||
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Office | Districts/ offices |
Seats | Open seats | Candidates | Possible primaries | Contested Democratic primaries | Contested Republican primaries | % of contested primaries | Incumbents in contested primaries | % of incumbents in contested primaries | ||||
2024 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 63 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 77.8% | 4 | 66.7% | ||||
2022 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 49 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 66.7% | 3 | 37.5% | ||||
2020 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 78 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 83.3% | 4 | 57.1% | ||||
2018 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 71 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 83.3% | 4 | 57.1% | ||||
2016 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 51 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 88.9% | 7 | 100.0% | ||||
2014 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 49 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 72.2% | 6 | 66.7% |
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Indiana in 2024. Information below was calculated on March 19, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Sixty-three candidates ran for Indiana’s nine U.S. House districts, including 18 Democrats and 45 Republicans. That’s seven candidates per district, higher than the 5.6 candidates that ran in 2022, but lower than the 8.7 candidates who ran in 2020.
Three districts—the 3rd, the 6th, and the 8th—were open, meaning no incumbents ran. That’s the most open districts in an election cycle this decade.
Rep. Jim Banks (R-3rd) did not run for re-election in order to run for the U.S. Senate, while Reps. Greg Pence (R-6th) and Larry Bucshon (R-8th) retired from public office.
Twelve candidates—four Democrats and eight Republicans—ran for the open 8th Congressional District, the most candidates to run for a seat in 2024.
Fourteen primaries—six Democratic and eight Republican—were contested in 2024. Twelve primaries were contested in 2022, 15 primaries were contested in 2020, and 15 were in 2018.
Four incumbents—one Democrat and three Republicans—faced primary challengers in 2024. That's higher than in 2022, when three incumbents faced challengers, but the same as in 2020 and 2018.
Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all eight districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.Partisan Voter Index
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+19. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 19 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 8th the 48th most Republican district nationally.[8]
2020 presidential election results
The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.
2020 presidential results in Indiana's 8th based on 2024 district lines | ||||
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Joe Biden ![]() |
Donald Trump ![]() | |||
32.7% | 65.5% |
Inside Elections Baselines
- See also: Inside Elections
Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[9] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.
Inside Elections Baseline for 2024 | ||||
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Democratic Baseline ![]() |
Republican Baseline ![]() |
Difference | ||
35.0 | 62.4 | D+27.4 |
Presidential voting history
- See also: Presidential election in Indiana, 2020
Indiana presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 5 Democratic wins
- 26 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Indiana's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Indiana | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Republican | 2 | 7 | 9 |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 9 | 11 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Indiana's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
State executive officials in Indiana, May 2024 | |
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Governor | ![]() |
Lieutenant Governor | ![]() |
Secretary of State | ![]() |
Attorney General | ![]() |
State legislature
Indiana State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 10 | |
Republican Party | 40 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 50 |
Indiana House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 30 | |
Republican Party | 70 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 100 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Indiana Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Sixteen years of Republican trifectas
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Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
House | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
District history
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon defeated Ray McCormick and Andy Horning in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon (R) | 65.7 | 141,995 |
![]() | Ray McCormick (D) | 31.5 | 68,109 | |
Andy Horning (L) ![]() | 2.7 | 5,936 |
Total votes: 216,040 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Ray McCormick defeated Adnan Dhahir and Peter Priest II in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ray McCormick | 69.7 | 16,465 |
![]() | Adnan Dhahir ![]() | 18.7 | 4,429 | |
Peter Priest II | 11.6 | 2,731 |
Total votes: 23,625 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 3, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon | 100.0 | 47,557 |
Total votes: 47,557 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Gabriel Whitley (R)
Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Andy Horning advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on March 5, 2022.
Candidate | ||
✔ | Andy Horning (L) ![]() |
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2020
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon defeated Thomasina Marsili and James Rodenberger in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon (R) | 66.9 | 214,643 |
![]() | Thomasina Marsili (D) ![]() | 29.8 | 95,691 | |
James Rodenberger (L) | 3.2 | 10,283 |
Total votes: 320,617 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Thomasina Marsili defeated Mike Webster and Ron Drake in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Thomasina Marsili ![]() | 36.3 | 15,097 |
![]() | Mike Webster ![]() | 32.6 | 13,550 | |
![]() | Ron Drake | 31.2 | 12,973 |
Total votes: 41,620 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on June 2, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon | 100.0 | 51,343 |
Total votes: 51,343 | ||||
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Libertarian convention
Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 8
James Rodenberger advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on March 7, 2020.
Candidate | ||
✔ | James Rodenberger (L) |
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon defeated William Tanoos in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon (R) | 64.4 | 157,396 |
![]() | William Tanoos (D) | 35.6 | 86,895 |
Total votes: 244,291 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
William Tanoos advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | William Tanoos | 100.0 | 26,232 |
Total votes: 26,232 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Glen Miller (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Incumbent Larry Bucshon defeated Richard Moss and Rachel Covington in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 8, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Larry Bucshon | 63.0 | 34,516 |
![]() | Richard Moss | 25.2 | 13,831 | |
![]() | Rachel Covington | 11.8 | 6,451 |
Total votes: 54,798 | ||||
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Footnotes
- ↑ A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
- ↑ These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
- ↑ Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
- ↑ Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
- ↑ Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023