Election Name: | 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | All nine Indiana seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 7 |
Seats1: | 7 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,442,989 |
Percentage1: | 54.28% |
Swing1: | 4.92% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 2 |
Seats2: | 2 |
Popular Vote2: | 1,052,901 |
Percentage2: | 39.61% |
Swing2: | 2.16% |
Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
Percentage3: | 6.12% |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 0 |
Popular Vote3: | 162,460 |
Swing3: | 2.77% |
Map Size: | 300px |
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Indiana, one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on May 3.
United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2016 | |||||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats before | Seats after | +/– | ||
Republican | 1,442,989 | 54.28% | 7 | 7 | - | ||
Democratic | 1,052,901 | 39.61% | 2 | 2 | - | ||
Libertarian | 162,460 | 6.12% | 0 | 0 | - | ||
Totals | 2,658,350 | 100.0% | 9 | 9 | — |
Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana by district:
scope=col rowspan=3 | District | scope=col colspan=2 | Republican | scope=col colspan=2 | Democratic | scope=col colspan=2 | Others | scope=col colspan=2 | Total | scope=col rowspan=3 | Result | ||||
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scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | Votes ! | scope=col data-sort-type="number" | % |
0 | 0.00% | 207,515 | 81.51% | 85,611 | 18.49% | 254,583 | 100.00% | Democratic hold | |||||||
164,355 | 59.26% | 102,401 | 36.92% | 10,601 | 3.82% | 277,357 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
201,396 | 70.11% | 66,023 | 22.98% | 19,828 | 6.90% | 287,247 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
193,412 | 64.59% | 91,256 | 30.48% | 14,766 | 4.93% | 299,434 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
221,957 | 61.46% | 123,849 | 34.29% | 15,329 | 4.24% | 361,135 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
204,920 | 69.14% | 79,135 | 26.70% | 12,330 | 4.16% | 296,385 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
94,456 | 35.69% | 158,739 | 59.98% | 11,475 | 4.34% | 264,670 | 100.00% | Democratic hold | |||||||
187,702 | 63.69% | 93,356 | 31.68% | 13,655 | 4.63% | 294,713 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
174,791 | 54.14% | 130,627 | 40.46% | 17,425 | 5.40% | 322,843 | 100.00% | Republican hold | |||||||
Total | 1,442,989 | 54.28% | 1,052,901 | 39.61% | 162,460 | 6.12% | 2,658,350 | 100.00% |
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 1st congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 1 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 1 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Pete Visclosky, official portrait, 115th Congress (cropped).png |
Nominee1: | Pete Visclosky |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 207,515 |
Percentage1: | 81.5% |
Nominee2: | Donna Dunn |
Party2: | Libertarian Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 85,594 |
Percentage2: | 18.5% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Pete Visclosky |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Pete Visclosky |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
Map Size: | 200px |
See also: Indiana's 1st congressional district. Incumbent Democrat Pete Visclosky, who had represented the district since 1985, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 61% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+10.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 2 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 2 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Jackie Walorski, official portrait, 113th Congress (3x4).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jackie Walorski |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 164,355 |
Percentage1: | 59.3% |
Nominee2: | Lynn Coleman |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 102,401 |
Percentage2: | 36.9% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Jackie Walorski |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jackie Walorski |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 2nd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Jackie Walorski, who had represented the district since 2013 ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 59% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+6.
Walorski was considered a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead.[1]
Democrats attempted to recruit State Representative David L. Niezgodski, but he decided to run for re-election instead.[2]
Source | Ranking | As of | |
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align=left | The Cook Political Report[4] | November 7, 2016 | |
align=left | Daily Kos Elections[5] | November 7, 2016 | |
align=left | Rothenberg[6] | November 3, 2016 | |
align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[7] | November 7, 2016 | |
RCP[8] | October 31, 2016 |
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 3rd congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 3 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 3 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Jim Banks official portrait (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jim Banks |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 201,396 |
Percentage1: | 70.1% |
Nominee2: | Thomas Schrader |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 66,023 |
Percentage2: | 23.0% |
Image3: | File:3x4.svg |
Nominee3: | Pepper Snyder |
Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 19,828 |
Percentage3: | 6.9% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Marlin Stutzman |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Jim Banks |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 3rd congressional district. Incumbent Republican Marlin Stutzman, who had represented the district since 2010, did not run for reelection. Stutzman instead opted to run in the U.S. Senate election primary to succeed Dan Coats, who was retiring. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+13.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 4th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 4 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 4 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Todd Rokita, official portrait, 112th Congress (3x4).jpg |
Nominee1: | Todd Rokita |
Party1: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 193,412 |
Percentage1: | 64.6% |
Nominee2: | John Dale |
Party2: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 91,256 |
Percentage2: | 30.5% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Todd Rokita |
Before Party: | Republican Party (US) |
After Election: | Todd Rokita |
After Party: | Republican Party (US) |
Map Size: | 200px |
See also: Indiana's 4th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Todd Rokita, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+11. Rokita considered running for the open US Senate seat, but decided to run for re-election instead.[18]
After Donald Trump selected Mike Pence, the Governor of Indiana, as his running mate, Rokita dropped out of the House election to file as a candidate for governor.[19] The vacancy on the ballot will need to be filled by precinct chairs in the district by August 14, and Rokita could be reinstalled on the ballot if he was not selected for governor. Ultimately Eric Holcomb, Pence's lieutenant governor, was nominated, and Rokita resumed his re-election campaign.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 5th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 5 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 5 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Susan Brooks, official portrait, 113th Congress (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Susan Brooks |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 221,957 |
Percentage1: | 61.5% |
Nominee2: | Angela Demaree |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 123,849 |
Percentage2: | 34.3% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Susan Brooks |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Susan Brooks |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 5th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Susan Brooks, who had represented the district since 2013, ran for re-election. She was re-elected with 65% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+9. Brooks was running for re-election.[20]
After Trump selected Pence as his running mate, Brooks dropped out of the House election to file as a candidate for governor.[19] The vacancy on the ballot needed to be filled by precinct chairs in the district by August 14, and Brooks could have been reinstalled on the ballot if she was not selected for governor. Ultimately Eric Holcomb, Pence's lieutenant governor was nominated and Brooks resumed her re-election campaign.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 6th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 6 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 6 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Luke Messer official portrait 2015 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Luke Messer |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 204,920 |
Percentage1: | 69.1% |
Nominee2: | Barry Welsh |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 79,135 |
Percentage2: | 26.7% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Luke Messer |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Luke Messer |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 6th congressional district. The incumbent was Republican Luke Messer, who had represented the district since 2013. He was re-elected with 66% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+12.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 7th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 7 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 7 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Andre Carson, official portrait, 111th Congress (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | André Carson |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 158,739 |
Percentage1: | 60.0% |
Nominee2: | Catherine Ping |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 94,456 |
Percentage2: | 35.7% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | André Carson |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | André Carson |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See also: Indiana's 7th congressional district. Incumbent Democrat André Carson had represented the district since 2008. He was re-elected with 55% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of D+13.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 8th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 8 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 8 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Larry Bucshon official congressional photo (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Larry Bucshon |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 187,702 |
Percentage1: | 63.7% |
Nominee2: | Ron Drake |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 93,356 |
Percentage2: | 31.7% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Larry Bucshon |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Larry Bucshon |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 8th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Larry Bucshon, who had represented the district since 2011, ran for re-election. He was re-elected with 60% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+8.
Election Name: | 2016 Indiana's 9th congressional district election |
Country: | Indiana |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2014 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 9 |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana#District 9 |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Image1: | File:Trey Hollingsworth, official photo (3x4).jpg |
Nominee1: | Trey Hollingsworth |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 174,791 |
Percentage1: | 54.1% |
Nominee2: | Shelli Yoder |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 130,627 |
Percentage2: | 40.5% |
Image3: | File:3x4.svg |
Nominee3: | Russell Brooksbank |
Party3: | Libertarian Party (United States) |
Popular Vote3: | 17,425 |
Percentage3: | 5.4% |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Todd Young |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Trey Hollingsworth |
After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
See also: Indiana's 9th congressional district. Incumbent Republican Todd Young, who had represented the district since 2011, did not run for re-election. Young instead opted to run for the open U.S. Senate seat.[23] He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+9.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Trey Hollingsworth (R) | Shelli Yoder (D) | Russell Brooksbank (L) | Undecided | |
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Garin Hart Yang Research Group (D-Yoder)[29] | October 17–18, 2016 | 400 | ± 5.0% | 43% | 43% | 5% | 9% | |
Normington Petts & Associates (D-HMP)[30] | October 12–13, 2016 | 400 | ± 4.9% | align=center | 40% | 38% | 4% | 18% |
Global Strategy Group (D-DCCC)[31] | September 29–October 2, 2016 | 400 | ± 4.9% | align=center | 44% | 42% | − | 14% |
Garin Hart Yang Research Group (D-Yoder)[32] | May 23–25, 2016 | 401 | ± 5.0% | 43% | 43% | − | 14% |
Source | Ranking | As of | |
---|---|---|---|
align=left | The Cook Political Report | November 7, 2016 | |
align=left | Daily Kos Elections | November 7, 2016 | |
align=left | Rothenberg | November 3, 2016 | |
align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball | November 7, 2016 | |
RCP | October 31, 2016 |
Hollingsworth defeated Yoder by 14 points, winning with 54% of the vote.[33]