Indiana's 9th Congressional District

Indiana's 9th Congressional District

Incumbent

Erin Houchin

Assumed office: January 3, 2023

Indiana's 9th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Erin Houchin (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 9th Congressional District election, 2030

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2028

There are no official candidates yet for this election.

See also: Indiana's 9th 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 9

The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 3, 2026.

		Candidate
		Erin Houchin (R)
		James Davidson (D)
	Submit photo	Jim Graham (D)
	Submit photo	Emilee McCartney (D)
	Submit photo	Brad Meyer (D)
		Timothy Peck (D)
	Submit photo	Cody Voyles (D)
		Floyd Taylor (Independent)

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See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Incumbent Erin Houchin (R) defeated Timothy Peck (D) and Russell Brooksbank (L) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Houchin (R)	64.5	222,884
		Timothy Peck (D)	32.8	113,400
		Russell Brooksbank (L)	2.7	9,454

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 345,738
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Timothy Peck (D) defeated D. Liam Dorris (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Peck	66.1	14,606
		D. Liam Dorris	33.9	7,493

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,099
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aaron Cole (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Incumbent Erin Houchin (R) defeated Hugh Doty (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Houchin	79.8	55,278
		Hugh Doty	20.2	13,983

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 69,261
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See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Erin Houchin (R) defeated Matthew Fyfe (D), Tonya Millis (L), and Jacob Bailey (G) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Houchin (R)	63.6	143,166
		Matthew Fyfe (D)	33.6	75,700
		Tonya Millis (L)	2.8	6,374
		Jacob Bailey (G) (Write-in)	0.0	36

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 225,276
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Aleem Young (Freedom Party)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Matthew Fyfe (D) defeated Isak Nti Asare (D) and D. Liam Dorris (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Matthew Fyfe	56.8	12,240
		Isak Nti Asare	29.2	6,305
		D. Liam Dorris	14.0	3,023

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,568
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jonathon Cole (D)
• Babak Rezaei (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Erin Houchin	37.3	21,697
		Mike Sodrel	25.8	15,008
		Stu Barnes-Israel	21.0	12,193
	Submit photo	Jim Baker	5.1	2,946
		J. Michael Davisson	2.7	1,597
		D. Eric Schansberg	2.7	1,559
		Brian Tibbs	2.5	1,461
		Dan Heiwig	1.6	919
		Bill Thomas	1.3	756

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,136
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Hiren Patel (R)

Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Tonya Millis (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on March 5, 2022.

		Candidate
✔		Tonya Millis

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See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth (R) defeated Andy Ruff (D) and Tonya Millis (L) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hollingsworth (R)	60.9	218,606
		Andy Ruff (D)	34.8	124,826
		Tonya Millis (L)	4.3	15,601

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 359,033
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• John Tilford (Independent)

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Andy Ruff (D) defeated Mark J. Powell (D), D. Liam Dorris (D), Brandon Hood (D), and James O'Gabhann III (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Andy Ruff	43.7	21,626
		Mark J. Powell	19.9	9,872
		D. Liam Dorris	15.8	7,813
		Brandon Hood	13.9	6,899
	Submit photo	James O'Gabhann III	6.7	3,306

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 49,516
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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hollingsworth	100.0	62,962

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 62,962
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Libertarian Party convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Tonya Millis (L) advanced from the Libertarian Party convention for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Tonya Millis

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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 9

Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth (R) defeated Liz Watson (D) in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hollingsworth (R)	56.5	153,271
		Liz Watson (D)	43.5	118,090

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,361 (100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Liz Watson (D) defeated Daniel Canon (D) and Rob Chatlos (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Liz Watson	66.4	24,989
		Daniel Canon	30.7	11,558
		Rob Chatlos	2.9	1,100

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 37,647
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Tom Pappas (D)

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9

Incumbent Trey Hollingsworth (R) defeated James Dean Alspach (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 9 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Trey Hollingsworth	77.7	46,892
	Submit photo	James Dean Alspach	22.3	13,449

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 60,341
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Independent primary

No candidates for U.S. House Indiana District 9 appeared on the ballot for the Independent primary scheduled for May 8, 2018.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jason Leineweber (Independent)

Previous election results

2016

See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as a race to watch. Incumbent Todd Young (R) won election to the U.S. Senate in 2016, leaving his seat open. Trey Hollingsworth (R) defeated Shelli Yoder (D) and Russell Brooksbank (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Hollingsworth defeated Robert Hall, Erin Houchin, Brent Waltz, and Greg Zoeller in the Republican primary. On the other side of the aisle, Yoder defeated Bob Kern, James McClure Jr., and Bill Thomas to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 3, 2016.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth	54.1%	174,791
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	40.5%	130,627
	Libertarian	Russell Brooksbank	5.4%	17,425
Total Votes				322,843
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 Republican Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Trey Hollingsworth	33.5%	40,767
Erin Houchin	25%	30,396
Greg Zoeller	21.9%	26,554
Brent Waltz	13%	15,759
Robert Hall	6.6%	8,036
Total Votes		121,512
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Shelli Yoder	70.1%	44,253
Bob Kern	11.6%	7,298
James McClure Jr.	10.4%	6,574
Bill Thomas	7.9%	4,990
Total Votes		63,115
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2014

See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District elections, 2014

The 9th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 4, 2014. Incumbent Todd Young (R) defeated challengers Bill Bailey (D) and R. Mike Frey (L) in the general election.

General election candidates

• Todd Young - Incumbent
• Bill Bailey
• R. Mike Frey

May 6, 2014, primary results

Republican Primary

• Todd Young - Incumbenta
• Mark Jones
• Kathy Lowe Heil

Democratic Primary

• Bill Bailey: Former mayor of Seymoura
• James McClure Jr.
• J.S. Miller
• William Thomas

Removed from ballot

• TeaParty Trent Feuerbach

2012

See also: Indiana's 9th Congressional District elections, 2012

The 9th Congressional District of Indiana held an election for the U.S. House of Representatives on November 6, 2012, in which incumbent Todd C. Young (R) won re-election. He defeated Shelli Yoder (D) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Shelli Yoder	44.6%	132,848
	Republican	Todd Young Incumbent	55.4%	165,332
Total Votes				298,180
Source: Indiana Secretary of State "House of Representatives Election Results"

2010
On November 2, 2010, Todd C. Young won election to the United States House. He defeated Baron P. Hill (D), Greg "No Bull" Knott (L) and Jerry R. Lucas (I) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Todd C. Young	52.3%	118,040
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill incumbent	42.3%	95,353
	Libertarian	Greg "No Bull" Knott	5.4%	12,070
	Independent	Jerry R. Lucas	0%	69
Total Votes				225,532

2008
On November 4, 2008, Baron P. Hill won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Sodrel (R) and D. Eric Schansberg (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2008
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill incumbent	57.8%	181,281
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	38.4%	120,529
	Libertarian	Eric Schansberg	3.8%	11,994
Total Votes				313,804

2006
On November 7, 2006, Baron P. Hill won election to the United States House. He defeated Michael E. Sodrel (R), D. Eric Schansberg (L) and Donald W. Mantooth (R-Write-in) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill	50%	110,454
	Republican	Micahel E. Sodrel incumbent	45.5%	100,469
	Libertarian	Eric Schansberg	4.5%	9,893
	Write-in	Donald W. Mantooth	0%	33
Total Votes				220,849

2004
On November 2, 2004, Mike Sodrel won election to the United States House. He defeated Baron P. Hill (D) and Al Cox (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2004
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	49.5%	142,197
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill incumbent	49%	140,772
	Libertarian	Al Cox	1.6%	4,541
Total Votes				287,510

2002
On November 5, 2002, Baron P. Hill won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Mike Sodrel (R), Al Cox (L), Jeff Melton (G) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2002
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill incumbent	51.2%	96,654
	Republican	Mike Sodrel	46.1%	87,169
	Libertarian	Al Cox	1.3%	2,389
	Green Party	Jeff Melton	1.5%	2,745
Total Votes				188,957

2000
On November 7, 2000, Baron P. Hill won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael E. Bailey (R) and Sara Chambers (L) in the general election.

U.S. House, Indiana District 9 General Election, 2000
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Baron P. Hill incumbent	54.2%	126,420
	Republican	Michael E. Bailey	43.8%	102,219
	Libertarian	Sara Chambers	2%	4,644
Total Votes				233,283

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 9th 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.

In 2011 redistricting, The Hill published a list of the Top Ten House Members who were helped by redistricting. Todd C. Young, representative from Indiana's 9th Congressional District, ranked 10th on the list. The article notes that in the redistricting process, controlled by Republicans, Young benefited from taking pockets of Republicans from Larry Bucshon’s district next door in the 8th District and adding them into Young's 9th District.

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+15. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 15 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 9th the 75th 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+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 9th the 72nd 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) 62.7%-35.4%.

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+16. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 16 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Indiana's 9th the 75th 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 35.4% of the vote in this district and Donald Trump (R) would have received 62.7%.

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+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 9th Congressional District the 104th 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 0.94. This means that for every 1 point the national political mood moved toward a party, the district was expected to move 0.94 points toward that party.

See also

• Redistricting in Indiana
• Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2024
• Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2022
• Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2020
• Indiana's 9th Congressional District election, 2018

External links

• GovTrack District 9

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)