Peter Priest II

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Peter Priest II

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Democratic Party

Elections and appointments

Last election

May 7, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Arizona State University, 1984

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Air Force

Personal

Birthplace

Chicago, Ill.

Contact

Campaign website

Peter Priest II (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on May 7, 2024.

Biography

Peter Priest II was born in Chicago, Illinois. Priest graduated from Terre Haute South Vigo High School in 1977. He served in the U.S. Air Force. Priest earned a B.A. in mathematics from Carleton College in 1981 and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Arizona State University in 1984.

Elections

2024

See also: Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024

Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)

Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Peter Priest II	11.5	2,098

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,629
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jon Schrock (R)
• Larry Bucshon (R)

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Priest in this election.

2022

See also: Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Peter Priest II	11.6	2,731

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

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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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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Campaign website

Priest's campaign website stated the following:

“	In 2022 Pete will help save Hundreds of Hoosiers unnecessary misery: Engage other candidates on shared knowledge and values on public health and safety measures Educate all Hoosiers to learn why 'Vaccinations Save Lives' is not universally self-evident Employ political events and forums to highlight evidence based scientific and medical facts	”
—Peter Priest II's campaign website (2022)

Campaign finance summary

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Peter Priest II campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Indiana District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2022	U.S. House Indiana District 8	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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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)

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