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United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)
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| U.S. Senate, Indiana |
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| Election details |
| Filing deadline: February 9, 2024 |
| Primary: May 7, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 Pre-election incumbent: Mike Braun (Republican) |
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| Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Indiana |
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Jim Banks (R) won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Indiana on May 7, 2024. Banks was unopposed. Incumbent Mike Braun (R) ran for Governor of Indiana.
Banks was a member of the U.S. House representing Indiana's 3rd Congressional District, a former state senator, and a Navy Reserve veteran who served in Afghanistan.[1] He said his House and military service demonstrated his "commitment to common-sense, conservative Hoosier values.” Banks said he fought to strengthen the military and support veterans while serving on the House Committee on Armed Services.[2] He also said he fought for “cutting taxes to grow our economy, protecting the right to life, and defending religious freedom."[3] Former President Donald Trump (R), Braun, and the Indiana Republican Party endorsed Banks.[4]
John Rust (R) also filed to run in the Republican primary. Due to an Indiana law passed in 2021, the Indiana Election Commission and the Indiana Supreme Court declared Rust ineligible to run in the primary because he did not meet the state's party affiliation statute.[5][6] To read our coverage of these events, click here.
This page focuses on Indiana's United States Senate Republican primary. For more in-depth information on the state's Democratic primary and the general election, see the following pages:
- United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024
Candidates and election results
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Indiana
Jim Banks advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Indiana on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jim Banks | 100.0 | 475,729 |
| Total votes: 475,729 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Anthony Tibby (R)
- Erik Benson (R)
- Wayne Harmon (R)
- John Rust (R)
- Douglas McGuire (R)
Candidate profiles
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Party: Republican Party
Incumbent: No
Political Office:
United States House of Representatives (Assumed office: 2017)
Indiana State Senate, District 17 (2011-2017)
Biography: Banks earned a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University Bloomington and a Master of Business Administration from Grace College. He worked in the real estate and construction businesses prior to his time in state and federal politics. Banks took a leave of absence from the Indiana State Senate and served as a member of the U.S. Navy Reserve in Afghanistan from 2014 to 2015.
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This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. Senate Indiana in 2024.
Voting information
- See also: Voting in Indiana
Campaign finance
| Name | Party | Receipts* | Disbursements** | Cash on hand | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Banks | Republican Party | $7,337,227 | $6,059,353 | $2,613,357 | As of December 31, 2024 |
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Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." |
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Noteworthy endorsements
This section lists noteworthy endorsements issued in this election, including those made by high-profile individuals and organizations, cross-party endorsements, and endorsements made by newspaper editorial boards. It also includes a bulleted list of links to official lists of endorsements for any candidates who published that information on their campaign websites. Please note that this list is not exhaustive. If you are aware of endorsements that should be included, please click here.
Noteworthy events
Indiana Supreme Court rules Rust is ineligible to run in the primary (2024)
In February 2024, the Indiana Supreme Court and the Indiana Election Commission both declared Rust ineligible to run in the Republican Primary because he did not meet the state's party affiliation statute.[7] The statute, which is part of an Indiana law that passed in 2021, says that candidates’ two most recent votes in party primaries must be in the primaries of the party they plan to run in to be eligible to appear on the ballot.[8] Candidates who do not meet those requirements can ask for permission to appear on the ballot from the local county’s party chair.
Rust's most recent votes in party primaries were Republican in 2016 and Democratic in 2012. Jackson County Republican Party Chair Amanda Lowery did not grant Rust an exception to the law. In September 2023, Rust sued Lowery, the Indiana Election Commission, and Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales in an effort to get his name on the 2024 Republican primary ballot.[9] Rust filed suit in Marion County asking Judge Patrick Dietrick to declare the 2021 law unconstitutional.
Dietrick ruled in favor of Rust in December 2023.[10] The defendants appealed to the Indiana Supreme Court, which heard oral arguments in February 2024.[11] On February 27, 2024, the Indiana Election Commission voted unanimously to remove Rust from the ballot, and the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the lower court’s decision and upheld the law as constitutional.[12] Rust said he intended to appeal the commission’s decision and would consider appealing the Indiana Supreme Court’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ballot access
The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Indiana in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Indiana, click here.
| Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024 | ||||||
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| State | Office | Party | Signatures required | Filing fee | Filing deadline | Source |
| Indiana | U.S. Senate | Democratic or Republican | 4,500 (500 per congressional district) | N/A | 2/6/2024 | Source |
| Indiana | U.S. Senate | Unaffiliated | 2% of all votes cast in the last election for secretary of state | N/A | 7/1/2024 | Source |
Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
| Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Indiana, 2024 | |||
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| District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
| Indiana's 1st | Frank Mrvan |  Democratic |
D+3 |
| Indiana's 2nd | Rudy Yakym |  Republican |
R+14 |
| Indiana's 3rd | Jim Banks | Republican |
R+18 |
| Indiana's 4th | Jim Baird | Republican |
R+18 |
| Indiana's 5th | Victoria Spartz | Republican |
R+11 |
| Indiana's 6th | Greg Pence | Republican |
R+19 |
| Indiana's 7th | André Carson | Democratic |
D+19 |
| Indiana's 8th | Larry Bucshon | Republican |
R+19 |
| Indiana's 9th | Erin Houchin | Republican |
R+16 |
2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines
| 2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Indiana[13] | ||||
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| District | Joe Biden 
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Donald Trump 
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| Indiana's 1st | 53.4% | 45.0% | ||
| Indiana's 2nd | 37.8% | 60.4% | ||
| Indiana's 3rd | 34.0% | 63.9% | ||
| Indiana's 4th | 34.3% | 63.4% | ||
| Indiana's 5th | 41.0% | 57.0% | ||
| Indiana's 6th | 33.0% | 64.9% | ||
| Indiana's 7th | 70.3% | 27.9% | ||
| Indiana's 8th | 32.7% | 65.5% | ||
| Indiana's 9th | 35.4% | 62.7% | ||
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
| County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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| Democratic | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2020 presidential election, 61.7% of Hoosiers lived in one of the state's 82 Solid Republican counties, which voted for the Republican presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 27.8% lived in one of four Solid Democratic counties. Overall, Indiana was Solid Republican, having voted for Mitt Romney (R) in 2012, Donald Trump (R) in 2016, and Donald Trump (R) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Indiana following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Indiana county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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| Solid Republican | 82 | 61.7% | |||||
| Solid Democratic | 4 | 27.8% | |||||
| Trending Republican | 5 | 7.7% | |||||
| New Democratic | 1 | 2.7% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 5 | 30.6% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 87 | 69.4% | |||||
Historical voting trends
Indiana presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 5 Democratic wins
- 26 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R |
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Indiana.
| U.S. Senate election results in Indiana | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2022 | 58.6% |
37.9%
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| 2018 | 50.9% |
45.0%
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| 2016 | 52.1% |
42.4%
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| 2012 | 50.0% |
44.2%
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| 2010 | 54.6% |
40.0%
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| Average | 59.0 | 36.8 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of Indiana
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Indiana.
| Gubernatorial election results in Indiana | ||
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| Race | Winner | Runner up |
| 2020 | 56.5% |
32.0%
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| 2016 | 51.4% |
45.4%
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| 2012 | 49.5% |
46.6%
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| 2008 | 57.8% |
40.1%
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| 2004 | 53.2% |
45.5%
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| Average | 53.7 | 41.9 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Indiana's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Indiana | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Republican | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 9 | 11 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Indiana's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
| State executive officials in Indiana, May 2024 | |
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| Office | Officeholder |
| Governor | Eric Holcomb
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| Lieutenant Governor | Suzanne Crouch
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| Secretary of State | Diego Morales
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| Attorney General | Todd Rokita
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State legislature
Indiana State Senate
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
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| Democratic Party | 10 | |
| Republican Party | 40 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 50 | |
Indiana House of Representatives
| Party | As of February 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 30 | |
| Republican Party | 70 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Indiana Party Control: 1992-2024
No Democratic trifectas • Sixteen years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| House | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
The table below details demographic data in Indiana and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.
| Demographic Data for Indiana | ||
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| Indiana | United States | |
| Population | 6,785,528 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 35,824 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 80% | 65.9% |
| Black/African American | 9.4% | 12.5% |
| Asian | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
| Other (single race) | 2.8% | 6% |
| Multiple | 5.1% | 8.8% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 7.5% | 18.7% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 90% | 89.1% |
| College graduation rate | 28.2% | 34.3% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $67,173 | $75,149 |
| Persons below poverty level | 8.5% | 8.8% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
2024 battleground elections
- See also: Battlegrounds
This was a battleground election. Other 2024 battleground elections included:
- New York's 17th Congressional District election, 2024
- San Francisco Unified School District, California, elections (2024)
- South Carolina's 4th Congressional District election, 2024 (June 11 Republican primary)
See also
- United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)
- United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024
- United States Senate Democratic Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate Republican Party primaries, 2024
- United States Senate elections, 2024
- U.S. Senate battlegrounds, 2024
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Jim Banks campaign website, "Meet Jim," accessed February 22, 2024
- ↑ Jim Banks campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 22, 2024
- ↑ Jim Banks campaign website, "Home page," accessed March 1, 2024
- ↑ Jim Banks campaign website, "Endorsements," accessed February 22, 2024
- ↑ Indiana Capital Chronicle, "Egg farmer John Rust files lawsuit to face U.S. Rep. Jim Banks in Indiana’s 2024 Senate primary," September 19, 2023
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Jim Banks won't face Republican challenger in May. Here's who was removed from the ballot," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Jim Banks won't face Republican challenger in May. Here's who was removed from the ballot," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Indiana Capital Chronicle, "Judge finds primary law unconstitutional; grants Rust injunction," December 7, 2023
- ↑ Indiana Capital Chronicle, "Egg farmer John Rust files lawsuit to face U.S. Rep. Jim Banks in Indiana’s 2024 Senate primary," September 19, 2023
- ↑ Indiana Public Media, "Judge rules for John Rust in lawsuit to get on U.S. Senate GOP primary ballot," December 8, 2023
- ↑ Associated Press, "Indiana high court weighs Senate hopeful’s challenge to limit on who can seek party nominations," February 12, 2024
- ↑ Indianapolis Star, "Jim Banks won't face Republican challenger in May. Here's who was removed from the ballot," February 27, 2024
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed December 15, 2023
