2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana Last updated March 27, 2025
2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana Majority party Minority party Third party Party Republican Democratic Libertarian Last election 7 2 0 Seats won 7 2 0 Seat change Popular vote 1,442,989 1,052,901 162,460 Percentage 54.28% 39.61% 6.12% Swing
Election results by district Election results by county Republican
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
Democratic
40–50%
50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
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.
Results summary Statewide United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana, 2016 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 —
District Results of the 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana by district:
District 1 2016 Indiana's 1st congressional district election County results Visclosky: 70-80% 80-90%
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.
District 2 2016 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election County resultsWalorski: 50–60% 60-70% 70-80%Coleman: 40–50%
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.
Republican primary Walorski was considered a potential candidate for the U.S. Senate, but decided to run for re-election instead. [ 3]
Democratic primary Democrats attempted to recruit State Representative David L. Niezgodski , but he decided to run for re-election instead. [ 4]
Candidates Eliminated in primary Douglas Carpenter, candidate for this seat in 2014 District 3 2016 Indiana's 3rd congressional district election
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.
Democratic primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Todd Nightenhelser, small business owner John Forrest Roberson, veteran, candidate for this seat in 2012 and candidate for Mayor of Fort Wayne, Indiana in 2015 District 4 2016 Indiana's 4th congressional district election
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. [ 25]
Republican primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Kevin J. Grant, accountant, financial advisor, consultant, US Army veteran, National Guard veteran, and candidate for this seat inn 2014 Democratic primary Candidates Nominee John Dale, farmer, teacher, nominee for this seat in 2016 Withdrawn Ryan Farrar, family case manager with the Department of Child Services General election Campaign 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. [ 26] 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.
District 5 2016 Indiana's 5th congressional district election
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. [ 27]
Republican primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Mike Campbell Stephen M. MacKenzie, business consultant and veteran Democratic primary Candidates Nominee Angela Demaree, veterinarian and Army Reserve officer [ 28] Eliminated in primary Allen R. Davidson, engineer General election Campaign After Trump selected Pence as his running mate, Brooks dropped out of the House election to file as a candidate for governor. [ 26] 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.
District 6 2016 Indiana's 6th congressional district election
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.
Republican primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Charles Chuck Johnson Jr. Jeff Smith Democratic primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Danny Basham, Lexington Township Trustee George Thomas Holland, salesman Bruce W. Peavler Ralph Spelbring District 7 2016 Indiana's 7th congressional district election
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.
Democratic primary Candidates Eliminated in primary Curtis D. Godfrey Pierre Quincy Pullins Republican primary Candidates Nominee Catherine Ping, Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, business owner, candidate for this seat in 2012 and nominee in 2014 Eliminated in primary Wayne Harmon, parole agent and candidate for this seat in 2012 & 2014 [ 28] JD Miniear, Christian ministry outreach and candidate for this seat in 2012 & 2014 District 8 2016 Indiana's 8th congressional district election County results Bucshon: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
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.
Libertarian primary Candidates Nominee Andrew Horning, product manager, nominee for governor in 2008 and for U.S. Senate in 2012 District 9 2016 Indiana's 9th congressional district election County results Hollingsworth: 50–60% 60–70%Yoder: 60–70%
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. [ 30] He was re-elected with 62% of the vote in 2014. The district had a PVI of R+9.
Republican primary Candidates Withdrawn Jim Pfaff, conservative radio host [ 34] General election Results Hollingsworth defeated Yoder by 14 points, winning with 54% of the vote. [ 41]
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