Spencer Lemmons

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Spencer Lemmons

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Spencer Lemmons (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 1st Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 2, 2020.

Lemmons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2020

See also: Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Indiana's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Frank Mrvan defeated Mark Leyva and Edward Michael Strauss in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan (D)	56.6	185,180
		Mark Leyva (R)	40.4	132,247
	Submit photo	Edward Michael Strauss (L)	2.9	9,521

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 326,948
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ryan Lamb (D)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Frank Mrvan	32.8	29,575
		Thomas McDermott Jr.	28.2	25,426
		Jim Harper	10.1	9,133
	Submit photo	Melissa Borom	8.7	7,792
		Mara Candelaria Reardon	7.8	6,997
		Sabrina Haake	4.8	4,365
	Submit photo	Carrie Castro	1.5	1,330
	Submit photo	John Hall	1.4	1,223
		Scott Costello	1.3	1,126
		Antonio Daggett Sr.	1.1	965
	Submit photo	Wendell Mosby	1.0	893
	Submit photo	Jayson Reeves	0.6	526
	Submit photo	Andrew Sylwestrowicz	0.4	396
		Ryan Farrar	0.3	297

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,044
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Mark Leyva	34.9	10,799
	Submit photo	William Powers	22.9	7,073
		Spencer Lemmons	15.4	4,748
		Mont Handley	11.7	3,625
		Dion Bergeron	10.1	3,127
	Submit photo	Delano Scaife	5.0	1,552

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 30,924
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 1

Edward Michael Strauss advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 1 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	Edward Michael Strauss (L)

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Campaign themes

2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Spencer Lemmons completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lemmons' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I have grown up and lived in Northwest Indiana my entire life. After graduating from Hobart High School in 2008, I added to my family history of serving my country. I joined the Marine Corps serving four years. After ending my contracted service with an Honorable Discharge, I craved to continue to serve a cause greater than myself. So, after being out of the Marines for three days, I began a career as a 911 dispatcher at the Hobart Police Department. After several months, I was hired by the Munster Police Department as a Patrol Officer. Once I officially began my career, I knew that this was the job for me. After working at Munster for four years, I was hired at the Hammond Police Department. With the love of the job came with heartbreak. As my time as a police officer, I have been in neighborhoods, both rich and poor, and have seen how people have struggled and continue too. I have been in situations where I've had to console women of domestic violence. During my time, I have had to walk into homes where there is no furniture, where kids have no food, no electricity, fatherless homes. As a Police Officer, I have seen first-hand what 35 years of Democratic Policy has done to our community. While the rest of the state thrives, our district still remains with a higher unemployment than both the state and national average. Along with the population dwindling in our district and the lack of economic opportunity, I knew that the time is now to do something about it.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Honesty
• Integrity
• Transparency

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Steel Industry, Pensions, Infrastructure, Military

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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)