Indiana's 1st congressional district | |
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![]() Indiana's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2023 | |
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Area | 2,209.37 sq mi (5,722.2 km2) |
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Population (2022) | 755,538 |
Median household income | $69,580 [1] |
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Cook PVI | D+3 [2] |
Indiana's 1st congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northwestern Indiana. The district is based in Gary and its surrounding suburbs and exurbs. It consists of all of Lake and Porter counties, as well as most of the northwestern part of La Porte County, on the border with Michigan. Redistricting passed by the Indiana General Assembly in 2011 shifted the district's boundaries, effective January 2013, to include all of Lake and Porter counties and the western and northwestern townships of La Porte County, while moving Benton, Jasper and Newton counties out of the district.
The district is currently represented by Democrat Frank J. Mrvan. He was sworn in on January 3, 2021.
The district's character is very different from the rest of Indiana. It includes almost all of the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area. While Porter and LaPorte are swing counties, Lake County is heavily Democratic. Lake County contains two-thirds of the district's population, which is enough to make the 1st a relatively safe Democratic seat. The district has not elected a Republican to Congress in 94 years, making it one of the longest continuously Democratic districts in the nation. Among Indiana's congressional districts, only the Indianapolis-based 7th District is more Democratic.
Year | Office | Result |
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2000 | President | Al Gore 56 – George W. Bush 42% |
2004 | President | John Kerry 55 – George W. Bush 44% |
2008 | President | Barack Obama 63.3 – John McCain 35.8% |
2012 | President | Barack Obama 61.2 – Mitt Romney 37.4% |
2016 | President | Hillary Clinton 54.1 – Donald Trump 41.5% |
2020 | President | Joe Biden 53.6 – Donald Trump 44.8% |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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89 | Lake | Crown Point | 499,689 |
91 | LaPorte | La Porte | 111,675 |
127 | Porter | Valparaiso | 174,791 |
# | County | Seat | Population |
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89 | Lake | Crown Point | 498,700 |
127 | Porter | Valparaiso | 173,215 |
As of 2021, Indiana's 1st congressional district is composed of Lake (pop. 496,005) and Porter (pop. 164,343) counties as well as part of LaPorte County (pop. 111,467), which is also partly within Indiana's 2nd district. Michigan City and five townships (Clinton, Coolspring, Dewey, New Durham, and Springfield) exist entirely in the 1st district. La Porte and eleven townships (Hanna, Hudson, Johnson, Lincoln, Noble, Pleasant, Prairie, Scipio, Union, Washington, and Wills) are split between the 1st and 2nd districts by Indiana West 500N and Indiana South/North 600W.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 4,281 | 42.1 | |
Independent | Jacob Call | 3,222 | 31.7 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Thomas H. Blake | 2,661 | 26.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Anti-Jacksonian | Thomas H. Blake | 5,223 | 43.0 | |
Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 5,202 | 42.8 | |
Independent | Lawrence S. Shuler | 1,723 | 14.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 7,272 | 52.2 | |
Anti-Jacksonian | Thomas H. Blake | 6,671 | 47.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 11,280 | 50.9 | |
Democratic | John Law | 10,868 | 49.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 3,973 | 50.6 | |
Independent | Dennis Pennington | 1,120 | 14.3 | |
Independent | Robert M. Evans | 1,069 | 13.6 | |
Independent | James R. E. Goodlet | 788 | 10.0 | |
Independent | Seth M. Levenworth | 611 | 7.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 4,028 | 51.4 | |
Whig | John G. Clendenin | 3,815 | 48.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ratliff Boon | 4,534 | 50.4 | |
Whig | John Pitcher | 4,467 | 49.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Whig | George H. Proffit | 6,008 | 53.5 | |
Democratic | Robert Dale Owen | 5,229 | 46.5 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Whig | Joseph Trumbull | 5,142 | 57.1 | |
Democratic | Thomas Seymour | 3,867 | 42.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Dale Owen | 6,679 | 52.2 | |
Whig | John W. Payne | 6,127 | 47.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Robert Dale Owen | 7,336 | 53.7 | |
Whig | George P. R. Wilson | 6,331 | 46.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Whig | Elisha Embree | 7,446 | 51.4 | |
Democratic | Robert Dale Owen | 7,054 | 48.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Nathaniel Albertson | 8,271 | 52.1 | |
Whig | Elisha Embree | 7,598 | 47.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Lockhart | 8,173 | 51.0 | |
Whig | Lemuel Debruler | 7,855 | 49.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Smith Miller | 9,007 | 59.0 | |
Whig | Kea | 9,007 | 51.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Smith Miller | 9,864 | 52.2 | |
Know Nothing | Hall | 9,051 | 47.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | James Lockhart | 12,747 | 61.5 | |
Republican | James C. Veatch | 7,977 | 38.5 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 10,329 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Alvin P. Hovey | 8,946 | 46.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Law | 13,476 | 55.7 | |
Republican | Lemuel Debruler | 10,731 | 44.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Law | 11,963 | 53.1 | |
National Union | Johnson | 10,583 | 46.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 14,718 | 53.9 | |
National Union | Cyrus M. Allen | 12,616 | 46.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 17,255 | 52.0 | |
Republican | Lemuel Debruler | 15,905 | 48.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 18,116 | 52.1 | |
Republican | James Veatch | 16,631 | 47.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 17,577 | 53.4 | |
Republican | Hy C. Goodling | 15,327 | 46.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William E. Niblack | 19,259 | 50.2 | |
Republican | Heilman | 19,127 | 49.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benoni S. Fuller | 12,864 | 50.7 | |
Republican | Heilman | 12,527 | 49.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benoni S. Fuller | 14,727 | 50.6 | |
Republican | C. A. Debruler | 13,158 | 45.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Heilman | 13,928 | 48.7 | |
Democratic | Thomas E. Garvin | 13,928 | 48.7 | |
Greenback | Thomas F. Drebruler | 1,595 | 5.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Heilman | 17,719 | 49.4 | |
Democratic | John Kleiner | 17,420 | 48.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Kleiner | 18,048 | 51.6 | |
Republican | William Heilman | 16,399 | 46.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John J. Kleiner | 19,930 | 51.5 | |
Republican | William H. Gudgel | 18,493 | 47.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Alvin P. Hovey | 18,258 | 49.0 | |
Democratic | J. E. McCullough | 16,901 | 45.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William F. Parrett | 20,647 | 49.3 | |
Republican | Frank B. Posey | 20,627 | 49.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William F. Parrett | 17,730 | 50.4 | |
Republican | James S. Wright | 16,875 | 48.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Arthur H. Taylor | 19,720 | 47.4 | |
Republican | A. P. Twineham | 19,266 | 46.3 | |
Populist | Moses Smith | 2,110 | 5.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 20,535 | 47.8 | |
Democratic | Arthur H. Taylor | 18,245 | 42.5 | |
Populist | James A. Boyce | 3,820 | 8.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 21,807 | 49.6 | |
Democratic | Thomas Duncan | 20,856 | 47.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 20,383 | 50.7 | |
Democratic | Thomas Duncan | 19,337 | 48.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 22,262 | 49.7 | |
Democratic | Alfred Dale Owen | 22,060 | 49.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 21,542 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | John W. Spencer | 17,833 | 43.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James A. Hemenway | 23,158 | 51.1 | |
Democratic | Albert G. Holcomb | 19,399 | 42.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | James H. Foster | 20,278 | 50.0 | |
Democratic | Gusatvus V. Menzies | 18,959 | 46.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John W. Boehne | 23,054 | 48.3 | |
Republican | John H. Foster | 22,965 | 48.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John W. Boehne | 22,420 | 52.3 | |
Republican | Francis B. Posey | 18,606 | 43.4 | |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Lieb | 20,014 | 45.7 | |
Republican | D.H. Ortmeyer | 13,158 | 30.0 | |
Progressive | Humphrey C. Heidt | 6,022 | 13.7 | |
Socialist | William H Rainey | 3,737 | 8.5 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Lieb | 20,488 | 46.6 | |
Republican | S. Wallace Cook | 17,661 | 40.1 | |
Progressive | U.H Seider | 3,519 | 8.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | George K. Denton | 23,278 | 48.1 | |
Republican | S. Wallace Cook | 22,955 | 47.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Oscar R. Luhring | 20,440 | 52.0 | |
Democratic | George K. Denton | 18,837 | 48.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Oscar R. Luhring | 44,694 | 51.7 | |
Democratic | William E. Wilson | 36,834 | 42.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William . Wilson | 42,797 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Oscar . Luhring | 36,835 | 44.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry E. Rowbottom | 48,203 | 52.1 | |
Democratic | William E. Wilson | 44,335 | 47.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry E. Rowbottom | 37,503 | 52.4 | |
Democratic | William E. Wilson | 34,061 | 47.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harry E. Rowbottom | 49,013 | 50.8 | |
Democratic | John W. Boehne Jr. | 47,404 | 49.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John W. Boehne Jr. | 46,836 | 53.9 | |
Republican | Harry E. Rowbottom | 40,015 | 46.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William T. Schulte | 45,473 | 50.0 | |
Republican | Oscar A. Ahlgren | 42,575 | 46.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William T. Schulte | 44,983 | 53.5 | |
Republican | E. Miles Norton | 38,531 | 45.9 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William T. Schulte | 68,210 | 66.4 | |
Republican | Fred F. Schultx | 24,259 | 33.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William T.Schulte | 56,630 | 54.9 | |
Republican | M. Elliott Belshaw | 46,370 | 45.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | William T. Schulte | 71,606 | 60.8 | |
Republican | Elliot Belshaw | 45,947 | 39.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 44,334 | 53.6 | |
Republican | Samuel W. Cullison | 38,450 | 48.5 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 75,635 | 61.3 | |
Republican | Otto G. Fifield | 46,969 | 38.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 51,809 | 51.9 | |
Republican | Charles W. Gannon | 46,677 | 48.8 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 78,898 | 60.7 | |
Republican | Theodore L. Sendak | 50,194 | 38.6 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 62,666 | 52.6 | |
Republican | Paul Cyr | 56,063 | 47.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 93,187 | 56.4 | |
Republican | Elliot Belshaw | 71,617 | 43.3 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 81,217 | 61.4 | |
Republican | Robert H. More | 50,439 | 38.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 93,658 | 52.6 | |
Republican | Donald K. Stimson Jr. | 84,125 | 47.2 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 95,801 | 66.4 | |
Republican | Edward P. Keck | 47,588 | 33.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 136,443 | 64.7 | |
Republican | Phillip P. Parker | 73,984 | 35.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 104,212 | 60.5 | |
Republican | Harold Moody | 67,230 | 39.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 133,089 | 63.7 | |
Republican | Arthur Endres | 75,226 | 36.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 71,040 | 58.3 | |
Republican | Albert F. Harrigan | 50,804 | 41.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 90,055 | 56.7 | |
Republican | Donalrd E. Taylor | 68,318 | 43.0 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 73,145 | 65.6 | |
Republican | Eugene M. Kirtland | 38,294 | 34.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 95,873 | 56.9 | |
Republican | Bruce R. Haller | 72,662 | 43.1 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Ray J. Madden | 71,759 | 68.6 | |
Republican | Joseph D. Harkin | 32,793 | 31.4 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Adam Benjamin Jr. | 121,155 | 71.3 | |
Republican | Robert J. Billings | 48,756 | 31.7 | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Benjamin Jr. | 72,367 | 80.2% | |
Republican | Robert J. Billings | 17,419 | 19.3 | |
U.S. Labor | Christopher Martinson | 384 | 0.4% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Adam Benjamin Jr. | 112,016 | 72.0% | |
Republican | Joseph Douglas Harkin | 43,537 | 28.0% | |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 90,443 | 66.94% | |
Republican | Mark J. Leyva | 41,909 | 31.02% | |
Libertarian | Timothy P. Brennan | 2,759 | 2.04% | |
Total votes | 135,111 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 178,406 | 68.29% | |
Republican | Mark J. Leyva | 82,858 | 31.71% | |
Total votes | 261,264 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 104,195 | 69.65% | |
Republican | Mark J. Leyva | 40,146 | 26.83% | |
Independent | Chuck Barman | 5,266 | 3.52% | |
Total votes | 149,607 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 199,954 | 70.90% | |
Republican | Mark J. Leyva | 76,647 | 27.18% | |
Libertarian | Jeff Duensing | 5,421 | 1.92% | |
Total votes | 282,022 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 99,387 | 58.56% | |
Republican | Mark J. Leyva | 65,558 | 38.63% | |
Libertarian | Jon Morris | 4,762 | 2.81% | |
Total votes | 169,707 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 187,743 | 67.28% | |
Republican | Joel Phelps | 91,291 | 32.72% | |
Total votes | 279,034 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | ||||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 86,579 | 60.85% | |
Republican | Mark Leyva | 51,000 | 35.84% | |
Libertarian | Donna Dunn | 4,714 | 3.31% | |
Independent | James Johnson Jr. (Write-in) | 0 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 142,293 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 207,514 | 81.51% | |
Libertarian | Donna Dunn | 47,051 | 18.48% | |
Independent | John Meyer | 17 | 0.00% | |
Total votes | 254,583 | 100.00% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Pete Visclosky (incumbent) | 159,611 | 65.1% | |
Republican | Mark Leyva | 85,594 | 34.9% | |
Independent | Jonathan S. Kleinman (write-in) | 4 | 0.0% | |
Total votes | 245,209 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank J. Mrvan | 185,180 | 56.6% | |
Republican | Mark Leyva | 132,247 | 40.5% | |
Libertarian | Edward Michael Strauss | 9,521 | 2.9% | |
Total votes | 326,948 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Frank J. Mrvan | 112,539 | 52.8% | |
Republican | Jennifer Ruth-Green | 100,486 | 47.2% | |
Total votes | 213,025 | 100.0% | ||
Democratic hold | ||||
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The Diocese of Gary is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in northwest Indiana in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Area code 219 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for Northwest Indiana, including the state's portion of the Chicago metropolitan area. The numbering plan area includes the cities of Schererville, Chesterton, Lake Station, Lowell, Crown Point, Cedar Lake, Hobart, Whiting, Gary, Hammond, East Chicago, Merrillville, Munster, Griffith, Highland, Portage, Valparaiso, Michigan City, Ogden Dunes, St. John, La Porte, DeMotte, Roselawn, Kouts, Lake Village, and Rensselaer. 219 is largely co-extensive with the Indiana side of the Chicago metropolitan area, of which it includes the Lake, Porter, La Porte, Newton, and Jasper counties. Service is provided by AT&T, Frontier Communications, and Northwestern Indiana Telephone Company.
Michigan's 4th congressional district is a United States congressional district located in the state of Michigan. The current 4th district contains much of Michigan's old 2nd district, and includes all of Allegan and Van Buren counties, as well as portions of Ottawa, Kalamazoo, Calhoun, and Berrien counties. In 2022, the district was redrawn to start in St. Joseph Township and extend north to Port Sheldon Township. The 4th is currently represented by Republican Bill Huizenga, who previously represented the old 2nd district.
Indiana's 2nd congressional district is an electoral district for the U.S. Congress in Northern Indiana. It includes South Bend, Elkhart, and Warsaw.
Michigan's 6th congressional district is a United States congressional district in southeast Michigan. In 2022, the district was redrawn to be centered around Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, as well as western and southern Wayne County, small part of southwestern Oakland County, and the city of Milan in Monroe County. In previous redistrictings, the 6th district consisted of all of Berrien, Cass, Kalamazoo, St. Joseph, and Van Buren, counties, and includes most of Allegan county.
Indiana's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. Based in Fort Wayne, the district takes in the northeastern part of the state. This district includes all of Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Huntington, LaGrange, Noble, Steuben, Wells and Whitley counties, as well as northern Jay and northeast Kosciusko counties.
The Duneland Athletic Conference (DAC) is a high school athletic conference in Indiana serving eight members of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Member schools are located in the counties of Lake, LaPorte, and Porter along Indiana's Lake Michigan shore. Each school is classified based on enrollment as 6A or 5A for football and 4A for basketball, the classes for the largest schools in Indiana. The Duneland Conference is also known for its gymnastics programs which have won a combined total of 35 state championship and state runner-up titles.
Door Village is an unincorporated community in Scipio Township, LaPorte County, Indiana. It was founded in 1836.
The Glenwood Shoreline is an ancient shoreline of the precursor to Lake Michigan, Lake Chicago. It is named after the town of Glenwood, Illinois. The shoreline was formed when the lake was higher during the last ice age, while ice blocked the Straits of Mackinac. After the straits were freed, the lake receded and left behind a sand ridge at an elevation of about 640 feet (200 m) where the shore resided. This ridge can be seen clearly in Glenwood, Illinois, Dyer, Indiana, and Schererville, Indiana, all south of Chicago.
The 2012 United States presidential election in Indiana took place on November 6, 2012, as part of the 2012 United States presidential election, in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Indiana voters chose 11 electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate, Vice President Joe Biden, against Republican challenger and former Governor of Massachusetts Mitt Romney and his running mate, Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. Romney and Ryan carried Indiana with 54.13% of the popular vote to the Democratic ticket's 43.93%, thus winning the state's 11 electoral votes.
The 2016 United States presidential election in Indiana was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016, as part of the 2016 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. Indiana voters chose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote, pitting the Republican Party's nominee, businessman Donald Trump, and running mate Indiana Governor Mike Pence against Democratic Party nominee, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her running mate Virginia Senator Tim Kaine. Indiana has 11 electoral votes in the Electoral College.