Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2026

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Indiana's 6th Congressional District
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: February 6, 2026
Primary: May 5, 2026 General: November 3, 2026
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Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting in Indiana
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Cook Political Report: Solid Republican DDHQ and The Hill: Pending Inside Elections: Solid Republican Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
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Candidates and election results

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General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Jefferson Shreve defeated Cynthia Wirth and James Sceniak in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jefferson Shreve (R)	63.9	201,357
		Cynthia Wirth (D)	31.7	99,841
		James Sceniak (L)	4.4	13,711

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,909
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Cynthia Wirth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Wirth	100.0	11,708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,708
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jefferson Shreve	28.4	20,265
		Mike Speedy	22.1	15,752
		Jamison E. Carrier	20.1	14,386
		Bill Frazier	10.0	7,110
		Jeff Raatz	8.9	6,365
		John Jacob	8.1	5,793
	Submit photo	Darin Childress	2.4	1,737

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,408
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Greg Pence (R)
• Erik Benson (R)
• Siddharth Mahant (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6

James Sceniak advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		James Sceniak (L)

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Candidate profiles

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Cynthia Wirth

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography:  "Cynthia (Cinde) Wirth is a 7th generation Hoosier, a biologist, archaeologist, small business owner, community leader, and public school educator who served as an officer in the Downtown Merchants Association for Downtown Columbus businesses. Cinde holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville in Biology and Spanish and a master’s degree from Indiana University-Bloomington in Anthropology. Wirth most recently taught Biology and Environmental Science at Columbus Signature Academy- New Tech High School, receiving two (2) National New Tech Network Project Teaching Honors and three (3) Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation Innovation Grants. Cinde is public school educated and a first generation college graduate, serving as both as an Educational Ambassador to Miyoshi, Japan and a nationally selected Albert Einstein Fellow, where she honed her policy writing skills with one of the federal bills she wrote becoming law in 2020. For the past 30 years Cinde and her husband, Trent, have resided in Historic Downtown Columbus in the home they renovated themselves. They have two grown children."

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Key Messages

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The majority of Americans believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. Women who are experiencing pregnancy complications should not be left to bleed out in a parking lot waiting until doctors and healthcare providers are legally cleared to save her life. These decisions are between a women and her healthcare provider and are private. Legislators have no place in a medical exam room. I’ll fight for this right to be permanently restored.

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Americans have paid into social security and, along with medicare, these allow for American to retire with dignity and allow retirees the ability to address healthcare concerns. Over 65 million Americans depend on our social security and medicate programs to be strong and functioning as intended. I’ll fight to ensure our seniors are respected and social security and medicare are preserved and protected as they were designed to be.

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Public education is the bedrock of our democracy and attempts to discredit and destroy our world-class public education system that is for ALL students need to be stopped. I’ll work to ensure that ALL students have access to a high quality, free education.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Indiana District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

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Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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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?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

The majority of Americans believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. Women who are experiencing pregnancy complications should not be left to bleed out in a parking lot waiting until doctors and healthcare providers are legally cleared to save her life. These decisions are between a women and her healthcare provider and are private. Legislators have no place in a medical exam room. I’ll fight for this right to be permanently restored.

Americans have paid into social security and, along with medicare, these allow for American to retire with dignity and allow retirees the ability to address healthcare concerns. Over 65 million Americans depend on our social security and medicate programs to be strong and functioning as intended. I’ll fight to ensure our seniors are respected and social security and medicare are preserved and protected as they were designed to be.

Public education is the bedrock of our democracy and attempts to discredit and destroy our world-class public education system that is for ALL students need to be stopped. I’ll work to ensure that ALL students have access to a high quality, free education.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

Indiana’s 6th District needs a representative who lives within the district, and in the real world- where we live with budgets and limited income. A representative who will write legislation and vote for bills that help everyday hard-working people in Indiana.

Everyday Hoosiers are not billionaires and we need to stop giving breaks to the ultra-wealthy and well-connected- folks who are worth $500 Million or more.

We need to invest in solutions for working families, strengthening the middle class and unions, and preserving and protecting social security and medicare for our seniors.

We can hold corporations accountable for price gouging

and strengthen anti-trust laws so that workers, taxpayers, and consumers financially benefit.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

Honesty, integrity, and a true spirit of service to others that puts people first are all critically important for a representative of the people in our U.S. House of Representatives.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

My first jobs were babysitting neighbor children and teaching swimming lessons. I worked through high school and college doing both and they each taught me things I use today. Teaching swimming allowed me to help both children and adults overcome their fears to be able to enjoy themselves in and around water.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Cynthia Wirth	Democratic Party	$27,713	$21,645	$-9,116	As of December 10, 2024
Jamison E. Carrier	Republican Party	$872,676	$871,734	$942	As of December 31, 2024
Darin Childress	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Bill Frazier	Republican Party	$348,302	$349,474	$0	As of December 31, 2024
John Jacob	Republican Party	$40,112	$40,112	$0	As of July 12, 2024
Jeff Raatz	Republican Party	$125,383	$125,383	$0	As of June 5, 2024
Jefferson Shreve	Republican Party	$6,241,637	$6,109,922	$131,715	As of December 31, 2024
Mike Speedy	Republican Party	$1,587,197	$1,587,197	$0	As of December 31, 2024
James Sceniak	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
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." ** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. *** Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

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• Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
• Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
• Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.
• Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.

Race ratings: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2026
Race tracker	Race ratings
	9/9/2025	9/2/2025	8/26/2025	8/19/2025
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Pending	Pending	Pending	Pending
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

This section will contain information on ballot access related to this state's elections when it is available.

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.

2024

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)

Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Jefferson Shreve defeated Cynthia Wirth and James Sceniak in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jefferson Shreve (R)	63.9	201,357
		Cynthia Wirth (D)	31.7	99,841
		James Sceniak (L)	4.4	13,711

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,909
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Cynthia Wirth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Wirth	100.0	11,708

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,708
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jefferson Shreve	28.4	20,265
		Mike Speedy	22.1	15,752
		Jamison E. Carrier	20.1	14,386
		Bill Frazier	10.0	7,110
		Jeff Raatz	8.9	6,365
		John Jacob	8.1	5,793
	Submit photo	Darin Childress	2.4	1,737

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,408
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Greg Pence (R)
• Erik Benson (R)
• Siddharth Mahant (R)

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6

James Sceniak advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		James Sceniak (L)

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2022

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Cynthia Wirth in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	67.5	130,686
		Cynthia Wirth (D)	32.5	62,838

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 193,524
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Cynthia Wirth defeated George Thomas Holland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Wirth	73.1	9,057
		George Thomas Holland	26.9	3,337

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,394
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Barton Teeters (D)
• Mark J. Powell (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated James Dean Alspach in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 3, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	77.6	44,893
	Submit photo	James Dean Alspach	22.4	12,923

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,816
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Zach Smith (R)
• Erik Benson (R)

2020

See also: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Jeannine Lee Lake and Tom Ferkinhoff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence (R)	68.7	225,318
		Jeannine Lee Lake (D)	27.8	91,103
		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)	3.6	11,791

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 328,212
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Jeannine Lee Lake defeated Barry Welsh and George Thomas Holland in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jeannine Lee Lake	70.3	23,900
		Barry Welsh	15.2	5,163
		George Thomas Holland	14.5	4,923

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 33,986
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Incumbent Greg Pence defeated Mike Campbell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on June 2, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Greg Pence	83.6	62,346
	Submit photo	Mike Campbell	16.4	12,234

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 74,580
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Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Tom Ferkinhoff advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on March 7, 2020.

		Candidate
✔		Tom Ferkinhoff (L)

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District analysis

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See also

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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)

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