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Lonnie Powell
Lonnie Powell (Republican Party) (also known as LD) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 5th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on May 7, 2024.
Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Lonnie Powell was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1974 to 1979. Powell earned a bachelor's degree from Huntington University in 1987 and a graduate degree from Indiana Wesleyan University in 2000. His career experience includes working as a technology professional.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2024
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)
Indiana's 5th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Incumbent Victoria Spartz defeated Deborah A. Pickett, Robby Slaughter, and Lauri Shillings in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Victoria Spartz (R) | 56.6 | 203,293 |
 | Deborah A. Pickett (D)  | 38.0 | 136,554 | |
 | Robby Slaughter (Independent) | 2.7 | 9,790 | |
 | Lauri Shillings (L) | 2.7 | 9,567 | |
| Total votes: 359,204 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
Deborah A. Pickett defeated Ryan Pfenninger in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Deborah A. Pickett | 59.5 | 11,858 |
 | Ryan Pfenninger | 40.5 | 8,082 | |
| Total votes: 19,940 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jeremy Lee Edom (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 5 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Victoria Spartz | 39.1 | 31,674 |
 | Chuck Goodrich | 33.2 | 26,865 | |
 | Max Engling | 9.7 | 7,841 | |
 | Raju Chinthala | 7.1 | 5,742 | |
 | Mark Hurt | 5.5 | 4,431 | |
| Larry L. Savage Jr. | 1.9 | 1,569 | ||
 | Matthew Peiffer | 1.7 | 1,379 | |
 | Patrick Malayter | 1.0 | 800 | |
 | Lonnie Powell | 0.9 | 729 | |
| Total votes: 81,030 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Scott King (R)
- Scott Goad (R)
- Rodney Cummings (R)
- Jonathan Brown (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Powell in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Lonnie Powell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Powell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a father of 3 sons I am a Navy veteran. I am a businessman. I am a pilot and flight instructor.
- Get our boarders under control: we are loosing too many of our citizens to the illegal drugs and criminals crossing our boarders.
- Protect our Families from the intrusion of governmet and those pushing the "woke" agenda on our children.
- Restore Law and Order to Cities and Communitiees: When criminals go unpunsihed there is no deterence to crime.
I have been working with individuals and families impacted by the deadly and addictive drugs for nearly two decades and the problem is getting worse and I'm tired of seeing friends needlessly dying!
Conviction of Values
Creativity
Communicator
Connector
Going skiing out west with my sons at Lake Tahoe.
Getting our fiscal house in order. Budget deficits and debt are out of control and I fear there is some real economic pain on the near horizon! Inflation and the cost of living is destroying our middle class.
So for now I leave it to the citizens to use elections as the primary method to limit an elected official's term in office.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on November 17, 2023
