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Democratic Party primaries in Indiana, 2024

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2022

Democratic Party primaries, 2024

Indiana Democratic Party.png

Primary Date
May 7, 2024

Federal elections
Democratic primaries for U.S. House

State party
Democratic Party of Indiana
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Democratic primaries that took place in Indiana on May 7, 2024.

A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Indiana law requires a closed primary, where a voter must be affiliated with a party to vote in that party's primary. This includes if they voted for a majority of that party’s candidates in the last general election or plan to in the upcoming election. However, it is possible for any voter to vote in any party's primary so long as they meet this criteria.

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

Federal elections

U.S. Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)

A Democratic Party primary took place on May 7, 2024, in Indiana to determine which Democratic candidate would run in the state's general election on November 5, 2024.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Indiana

Valerie McCray defeated Marc Carmichael in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Indiana on May 7, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Valerie McCray
Valerie McCray Candidate Connection
 
68.0
 
121,734
Image of Marc Carmichael
Marc Carmichael Candidate Connection
 
32.0
 
57,256

Total votes: 178,990
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

U.S. House

See also: United States House elections in Indiana, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primaries)
The U.S. House of Representatives elections in Indiana were on November 5, 2024. Voters elected nine candidates to serve in the U.S. House from each of the state's nine U.S. House districts. The primary was May 7, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. To see a full list of candidates in the primary in each district, click "Show more" below.
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District 1

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

District 2

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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District 3

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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District 4

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


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District 5

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
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District 6

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 7

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates

District 8

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

District 9

Democratic Party Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:
Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

State elections

State Senate

See also: Indiana State Senate elections, 2024
Elections for the Indiana State Senate took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was May 7, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Indiana State Senate elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngLonnie Randolph (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 3

David Vinzant (i)  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngMark Spencer

Did not make the ballot:
Ronald Brewer Sr. 

Maya Angelou Brown
Green check mark transparent.pngWill Miller  Candidate Connection

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Nuss Bamesberger  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngEd Charbonneau (i)

District 7

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Buchanan (i)
Joseph Bookwalter

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngLeon P. Smith

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Bohacek (i)
Spencer England  Candidate Connection
Joe Layne

District 9

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Mishler (i)

District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Niezgodski (i)
Tim Swager

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 12

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBlake Doriot (i)

District 13

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Glick (i)

District 16

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJustin Busch (i)
Scott Wise

District 18

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngStacey Donato (i)

District 20

Green check mark transparent.pngJoel Levi  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Baldwin (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngVeronica Pejril  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBrett A. Clark
Anne Engelhardt

District 28

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Crider (i)

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngFady Qaddoura (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngKatrina Owens  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
David Nicholson 

Green check mark transparent.pngAaron Freeman (i)

District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Taylor (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngJean Breaux (i)  (unofficially withdrew)

Did not make the ballot:
Chunia Graves 

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 35

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Young (i)
Philip Clay

District 36

Green check mark transparent.pngSuzanne Fortenberry

Green check mark transparent.pngCyndi Carrasco (i)

District 37

Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Schofield

Green check mark transparent.pngRodric D. Bray (i)
Jay Hart  Candidate Connection

District 40

Green check mark transparent.pngShelli Yoder (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 42

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Retzner

Green check mark transparent.pngJean Leising (i)

District 44

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngEric Koch (i)

District 50

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngVaneta Becker (i)


House of Representatives

See also: Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024
Elections for the Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2024. The general election was on November 5, 2024. The primary was May 7, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Indiana House of Representatives elections, 2024

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
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Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
District 1

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Jackson (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 2

Green check mark transparent.pngEarl Harris, Jr. (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 3

Green check mark transparent.pngRagen Hatcher (i)
Heather McCarthy

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 4

Green check mark transparent.pngErika Robinson-Watkins  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngEdmond Soliday (i)

District 5

Green check mark transparent.pngHeidi Beidinger  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDale DeVon (i)

District 6

Green check mark transparent.pngMaureen Bauer (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 7

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJake Teshka (i)
Timothy Jaycox

District 8

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Dvorak (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 9

Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia Boy (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 10

Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Moseley (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJeff Larson
Manuel Maldonado

District 11

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael J. Aylesworth (i)

District 12

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Andrade (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 13

Green check mark transparent.pngEdward Moyer Jr.

Sharon Negele (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Commons  Candidate Connection

District 14

Green check mark transparent.pngVernon Smith (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngIvan Ursery II  Candidate Connection

District 15

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngHarold Slager (i)

District 16

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKendell Culp (i)

District 17

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJack Jordan (i)

District 18

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Abbott (i)

District 19

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJulie Olthoff (i)

District 20

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJim Pressel (i)
Richard Horner

District 21

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Wesco (i)

District 22

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Snow (i)

District 23

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Rouser

Green check mark transparent.pngEthan Manning (i)

District 24

Green check mark transparent.pngJosh Lowry  Candidate Connection

Bill Gutrich
Green check mark transparent.pngHunter Smith

District 25

Green check mark transparent.pngTiffany Stoner  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBecky Cash (i)  Candidate Connection

District 26

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Campbell (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJames Schenke

District 27

Green check mark transparent.pngSheila Ann Klinker (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngOscar Alvarez

District 28

Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Whitney  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJeffrey Thompson (i)
Joe Batic

District 29

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Hartig  Candidate Connection

Laura Alerding
Green check mark transparent.pngAlaina Shonkwiler

District 30

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Katcher

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Karickhoff (i)

District 31

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngLori Goss-Reaves (i)

District 32

Green check mark transparent.pngVictoria Garcia Wilburn (i)  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia Bratton

Did not make the ballot:
Tom Havens 

District 33

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn E. Bartlett
Jim Phillips

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Prescott (i)
Gregory LeMaster  Candidate Connection

District 34

Green check mark transparent.pngSue Errington (i)  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngSusan Dillon  Candidate Connection

District 35

Green check mark transparent.pngPhilip Gift  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Rowray (i)

District 36

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Pierce (i)

District 37

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTodd Huston (i)

District 38

Green check mark transparent.pngCarl Seese

Green check mark transparent.pngHeath VanNatter (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Jason Gossard 

District 39

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt McNally  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Lopez

District 40

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Pope III  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Steuerwald (i)
Brian Paasch  Candidate Connection

District 41

Green check mark transparent.pngDan Sikes  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Genda (i)
Joe Sturm  Candidate Connection

District 42

Green check mark transparent.pngChad Harmon

Green check mark transparent.pngAlan Morrison (i)
Tim Yocum

District 43

Green check mark transparent.pngTonya Pfaff (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 44

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBeau Baird (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Clint Cooper 

District 45

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Borders (i)
Jeff Ellington
Kellie Streeter  Candidate Connection

District 46

Green check mark transparent.pngKurtis Cummings

Green check mark transparent.pngBob Heaton (i)

District 47

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Potter  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngRobb Greene (i)

District 48

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Miller (i)

District 49

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJoanna King (i)
Cindi Hajicek

District 50

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Swisher  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngLorissa Sweet (i)
Rob Miller

District 51

Green check mark transparent.pngJudy Rowe

Green check mark transparent.pngTony Isa
Rhonda Sharp

District 52

Green check mark transparent.pngWalt Sorg  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngBen Smaltz (i)
Curt Hammitt

District 53

Green check mark transparent.pngNate Anderson  Candidate Connection

Keely Butrum
Brian Evans
Green check mark transparent.pngEthan Lawson
Kevin Mandrell

District 54

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCory Criswell (i)

District 55

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngLindsay Patterson (i)

District 56

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBradford Barrett (i)

District 57

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCraig Haggard (i)

District 58

Green check mark transparent.pngSandy James  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Davis (i)

District 59

Green check mark transparent.pngRoss Thomas

Green check mark transparent.pngRyan Lauer (i)

District 60

Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Higgs  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngPeggy Mayfield (i)

District 61

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Pierce (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 62

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Horrocks  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngDave Hall (i)

District 63

Green check mark transparent.pngTeresa Kendall

Did not make the ballot:
Eric Walford 

Green check mark transparent.pngShane Lindauer (i)

District 64

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Hostettler (i)
Dale Mallory

District 65

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher May (i)

District 66

Rick Cannon
Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer David  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngZach Payne (i)
Jim Baker

District 67

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngAlex Zimmerman (i)
Chad Meinders

District 68

Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Barker  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngGarrett Bascom

Did not make the ballot:
Brent Fox 

District 69

Green check mark transparent.pngTrish Whitcomb  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Lucas (i)
Brian Savilla  Candidate Connection

District 70

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Engleman (i)
John Colburn  Candidate Connection

District 71

Green check mark transparent.pngRita Fleming (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Hawkins
James McClure Jr.

District 72

Green check mark transparent.pngJason Applegate

Green check mark transparent.pngEdward Clere (i)

District 73

Green check mark transparent.pngHollie Payton  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Meltzer (i)
Edward Comstock II

District 74

Green check mark transparent.pngBob Compton  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngSteve Bartels (i)

District 75

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngCindy Ledbetter (i)

District 76

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngWendy McNamara (i)

District 77

Green check mark transparent.pngAlex Burton  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 78

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngTim O'Brien (i)

District 79

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Lehman (i)

District 80

Green check mark transparent.pngPhil GiaQuinta (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 81

Green check mark transparent.pngAbby Norden  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMartin Carbaugh (i)
David Mervar  Candidate Connection

District 82

Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Miller (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


Did not make the ballot:
Z. Otto Bonahoom 

District 83

Green check mark transparent.pngKyle Thele  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Judy (i)

District 84

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngBob Morris (i)

District 85

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Heine (i)

District 86

Green check mark transparent.pngEdward DeLaney (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 87

Green check mark transparent.pngCarey Hamilton (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 88

Starr Hairston
Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie Yocum  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Jeter (i)

District 89

Green check mark transparent.pngMitch Gore (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngYvonne Metcalfe

District 90

Green check mark transparent.pngDominique Davie

Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Ireland  Candidate Connection
Tim McVey
David W. Waters  Candidate Connection
Elizabeth Williams  Candidate Connection

District 91

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Behning (i)

District 92

Green check mark transparent.pngRenee Pack (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn L. Couch

District 93

The Democratic primary was canceled.


Green check mark transparent.pngJulie McGuire (i)

District 94

Green check mark transparent.pngCherrish Pryor (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 95

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn L. Bartlett (i)
Autumn Carter  Candidate Connection

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 96

Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Porter (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Deandra Thompson 

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 97

Green check mark transparent.pngJustin Moed (i)
Sarah Shydale

Green check mark transparent.pngStephen Whitmer

District 98

Green check mark transparent.pngRobin Shackleford (i)

The Republican primary was canceled.


District 99

Green check mark transparent.pngVanessa Summers (i)

Did not make the ballot:
Edward Rogers 

Green check mark transparent.pngFelipe Rios

District 100

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Johnson (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Bortka


State executive offices

See also: Indiana state executive official elections, 2024

Three state executive offices were up for election in Indiana in 2024:

Governor
Lieutenant Governor
Attorney General

To see a full list of candidates in the Democratic primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Governor

Democratic primary candidates


Did not make the ballot:

Lieutenant Governor

Democratic convention candidates

Attorney General

Democratic convention candidates


Did not make the ballot:
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Indiana

Election information in Indiana: May 7, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: April 8, 2024
  • By mail: Received by April 8, 2024
  • Online: April 8, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: April 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by April 25, 2024
  • Online: April 25, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: May 7, 2024
  • By mail: Received by May 7, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

N/A

What were the early voting start and end dates?

April 9, 2024 to May 6, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (CST)


Context of the 2024 elections

Indiana Party Control: 1992-2025
No Democratic trifectas  •  Seventeen years of Republican trifectas
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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 25
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 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 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 R

State party overview

Democratic Party of Indiana

See also: Democratic Party of Indiana


State political party revenue

See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Democratic state party affiliates.


Pivot Counties

See also: Pivot Counties by state

Five of 92 Indiana counties—5 percent—are Pivot Counties. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
Delaware County, Indiana 13.43% 3.12% 14.98%
LaPorte County, Indiana 6.33% 12.57% 22.04%
Perry County, Indiana 18.55% 11.59% 22.84%
Porter County, Indiana 6.59% 3.90% 7.20%
Vigo County, Indiana 14.97% 0.86% 15.83%

In the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump (R) won Indiana with 56.9 percent of the vote. Hillary Clinton (D) received 37.8 percent. Indiana Gov. Mike Pence (R) was Trump's running mate. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Indiana voted Republican 83.33 percent of the time and Democratic 16.67 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Indiana voted Republican four times and Democratic once when it voted for Barack Obama in 2008.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Indiana. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[1][2]

In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 28 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 32.8 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 25 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 32.9 points. Clinton won one district controlled by a Republican heading into the 2018 elections.
In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won 72 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 25.3 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 75 out of 100 state House districts in Indiana with an average margin of victory of 34.3 points. Trump won six districts controlled by Democrats heading into the 2018 elections.


See also


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