Tommy Schrader

Tommy Schrader (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 3rd Congressional District. He was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on May 3, 2022.

Schrader was a candidate for Indiana's 3rd Congressional District in the U.S. House in 2018, 2016, 2014, and 2012.

Schrader was a 2015 Democratic candidate for an at-large seat on the Fort Wayne, Indiana City Council.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Gary Snyder and Nathan Gotsch in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Banks (R)	65.3	131,579
	Gary Snyder (D)	30.1	60,577
	Nathan Gotsch (Independent)	4.7	9,386

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 201,542
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Gary Snyder defeated Aaron Calkins and Phillip Beachy in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 3, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gary Snyder	56.2	6,794
	Aaron Calkins	23.9	2,894
	Phillip Beachy	19.9	2,400

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,088
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks	100.0	54,033

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 54,033
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2020

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Democratic primary)

Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2020 (June 2 Republican primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Chip Coldiron in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Banks (R)	67.8	220,989
	Chip Coldiron (D)	32.2	104,762

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 325,751
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Robert Enders (L)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Chip Coldiron defeated Carlos Marcano, Tommy Schrader, and Jean-Paul Kalonji in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Chip Coldiron	38.9	13,545
		Carlos Marcano	30.9	10,759
	Submit photo	Tommy Schrader	16.0	5,570
		Jean-Paul Kalonji	14.2	4,954

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 34,828
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Chris Magiera in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on June 2, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Banks	85.2	64,574
	Chris Magiera	14.8	11,200

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 75,774
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2019

General election

General election for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Incumbent Tom Henry defeated Tim Smith in the general election for Mayor of Fort Wayne on November 5, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tom Henry (D)	61.2	32,563
	Tim Smith (R)	38.8	20,638

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 53,201
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Incumbent Tom Henry defeated Gina Burgess and Tommy Schrader in the Democratic primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne on May 7, 2019.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Tom Henry	86.2	6,797
	Submit photo	Gina Burgess	11.1	875
	Submit photo	Tommy Schrader	2.7	216

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,888
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Tim Smith defeated John Crawford and David Roach in the Republican primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne on May 7, 2019.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Tim Smith	56.4	9,065
	John Crawford	42.1	6,776
	David Roach	1.5	235

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,076
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Matthew McLaughlin (R)

2018

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks defeated Courtney Tritch in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Banks (R)	64.7	158,927
	Courtney Tritch (D)	35.3	86,610

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 245,537 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Courtney Tritch defeated Tommy Schrader and John Roberson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Courtney Tritch	79.1	16,376
	Submit photo	Tommy Schrader	10.7	2,224
		John Roberson	10.2	2,116

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 20,716
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Incumbent Jim Banks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3 on May 8, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jim Banks	100.0	58,745

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.	Total votes: 58,745
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Independent primary election

No Independent candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Tyler Bender (Independent)

2016

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Marlin Stutzman (R) sought election to the U.S. Senate in 2016, leaving the seat open. Jim Banks (R) defeated Tommy Schrader (D) and Pepper Snyder (L) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Banks defeated Mark Willard Baringer, Liz Brown, Pam Galloway, Kevin Howell and Kip Tom in the Republican primary. On the other side of the aisle, Schrader defeated Todd Nightenhelser and John Forrest Roberson to win the Democratic nomination. The primary elections took place on May 3, 2016.^[1]^[2]

**U.S. House, Indiana District 3 General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Jim Banks	70.1%	201,396
	Democratic	Tommy Schrader	23%	66,023
	Libertarian	Pepper Snyder	6.9%	19,828
Total Votes				287,247
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

**U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Republican Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Jim Banks	34.3%	46,533
Kip Tom	31.5%	42,732
Liz Brown	24.8%	33,654
Pam Galloway	7%	9,543
Kevin Howell	1.5%	1,970
Mark Baringer	0.9%	1,266
Total Votes		135,698
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Tommy Schrader	37.5%	15,267
Todd Nightenhelser	31.8%	12,956
John Roberson	30.7%	12,487
Total Votes		40,710
Source: Indiana Secretary of State

2015

See also: Fort Wayne, Indiana municipal elections, 2015

The city of Fort Wayne, Indiana, held elections for mayor and city council on November 3, 2015. A primary election took place on May 5, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates who wished to run in this election was February 6, 2015. All nine city council seats were up for election.^[3]

In the at-large city council race, three seats are up for election. In the Republican primary, candidates included Robert A. Armstrong, Michael Barranda, Lee Bradley, incumbent John Crawford, Thomas Freistroffer, Teresa Sutton and Eric Tippmann. In the Democratic primary, candidates included Terry Anderson, Mike Avila, Kevin R. Brown, Gina M. Burgess, Michelle Chambers, Cathy Cross, Daniel P. Lobdell, Lloyd Osborne and Tommy A. Schrader. Barranda, Crawford, Freistroffer, Anderson, Avila and Chambers advanced to the general election. Tabitha Dyck also ran in the general election as a Libertarian. Barranda, Crawford and Freistoffer won in the general election. Incumbents John H. Shoaff (D) and Marty Bender (R) did not run for re-election.^[4]^[5]

Fort Wayne City Council At-large, General election, 2015
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Michael Barranda	18.8%	22,545
	Republican	John Crawford Incumbent	18.1%	21,679
	Republican	Thomas Freistroffer	17.1%	20,482
	Democratic	Michelle Chambers	15.4%	18,529
	Democratic	Mike Avila	14.2%	16,997
	Democratic	Terry Anderson	13.4%	16,099
	Libertarian	Tabitha Dyck	3.0%	3,631
		Write-in votes	0%	0
Total Votes				119,962
Source: Allen County, Indiana, "Election Results", accessed November 16, 2015

Fort Wayne City Council, At-large Republican Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
John Crawford Incumbent	22.1%	6,458
Michael Barranda	20.8%	6,075
Thomas Freistroffer	17.1%	4,984
Eric Tippmann	12.7%	3,711
Robert A. Armstrong	12.1%	3,532
Teresa Sutton	11.3%	3,293
Lee Bradley	3.9%	1,153
Total Votes		29,206
Source: Allen County, Indiana, "Official primary election results," accessed May 20, 2015

Fort Wayne City Council, At-large Democratic Primary, 2015
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Michelle Chambers	23.9%	4,630
Terry Anderson	17.4%	3,377
Mike Avila	15.4%	2,987
Gina M. Burgess	11.3%	2,182
Kevin R. Brown	10.4%	2,020
Cathy Cross	8.4%	1,634
Lloyd Osborne	6.7%	1,303
Tommy A. Schrader	5%	969
Daniel P. Lobdell	1.4%	280
Total Votes		19,382
Source: Allen County, Indiana, "Official primary election results," accessed May 20, 2015

2014

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2014

Schrader ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 3rd District.^[6] Schrader was defeated by Justin Kuhnle in the Democratic primary on May 6, 2014.^[7]

**U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Democratic Primary, 2014**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Justin Kuhnle	34.9%	2,893
Tommy Schrader	33.8%	2,805
Jim Redmond	31.3%	2,597
Total Votes		8,295
Source: Indiana Division of Elections

2012

See also: Indiana's 3rd Congressional District elections, 2012

Schrader ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 3rd District. Schrader and four other candidates lost to Kevin Boyd in the May 8 Democratic primary.^[8]

**U.S. House, Indiana District 3 Democratic Primary, 2012**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Kevin Boyd	47.8%	5,985
Tommy Schrader	13.5%	1,694
Stephen Hope	11.5%	1,441
Justin Kuhnle	10.1%	1,265
David Sowards	9.4%	1,172
John Forrest Roberson	7.7%	966
Total Votes		12,523

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Tommy Schrader did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Footnotes

↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election," accessed February 8, 2016
↑ The New York Times, "Indiana Primary Results," May 3, 2016
↑ Indiana Secretary of State, "2015 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed January 6, 2015
↑ Allen County Board of Elections, "2015 Primary Candidate Filings," accessed February 10, 2015
↑ Allen County, "2015 Primary Election Results," accessed May 5, 2015
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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)

[cong16-1] Indiana Secretary of State, "May 3, 2016 Primary Election," accessed February 8, 2016

[primaryresults-2] The New York Times, "Indiana Primary Results," May 3, 2016

[3] Indiana Secretary of State, "2015 Indiana Election Calendar," accessed January 6, 2015

[4] Allen County Board of Elections, "2015 Primary Candidate Filings," accessed February 10, 2015

[5] Allen County, "2015 Primary Election Results," accessed May 5, 2015

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Tommy Schrader

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

2019

General election

General election for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Mayor of Fort Wayne

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 3

Independent primary election

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2016

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2014

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2022

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2020

2019

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