Marlin Stutzman

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Stutzman ran for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by incumbent Evan Bayh. He lost to former U.S. Senator Dan Coats in the primary.

2010 U.S. House campaign

Incumbent U.S. Representative Mark Souder (R) resigned after admitting to an affair. This event occurred after he won the Republican primary on May 4. On June 12, Republicans from Indiana's third district met in Columbia City to choose Souder's replacement. Stutzman won decisively on the second ballot. [18] He defeated the Democratic candidate in both the general election and the special election to fill the remainder of Souder's term (both held on the same day).

2012 U.S. House campaign

Stutzman defeated his Democratic opponent Kevin Boyd by a 67%–33% margin. [19]

2014 U.S. House campaign

Stutzman defeated his Democratic opponent Justin Kuhnle by 66% - 27% margin. Libertarian candidate Scott Wise received 7%. [20]

2016 U.S. Senate campaign

On May 9, 2015, Stutzman announced he would run in 2016 for the U.S. Senate seat he had failed to be nominated for in 2010. He was endorsed by the Club for Growth [21] and Senator Rand Paul. [22] Stutzman was defeated by fellow Republican Todd Young in the primary election. [21]

2024 U.S. House campaign

On April 18, 2023, Stutzman announced his candidacy in his old congressional district after his successor Jim Banks announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. [23] He narrowly defeated former Vincennes Fire Chief and 2019 Fort Wayne mayoral candidate Tim Smith by a margin of 1,307 votes in a closer than expected primary.

Electoral history

Marlin Stutzman
Rep. Marlin Stutzman Official Portrait 119th Congress.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from Indiana's 3rd district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 3, 2025
2010 Republican Senate Primary Results [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dan Coats217,22539.5
Republican Marlin Stutzman160,98129.2
Republican John Hostettler124,49422.6
Republican Don Bates, Jr.24,6644.5
Republican Richard Behney23,0054.2
Total votes550,369 100
2010 House General Election Results [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marlin Stutzman116,03063
Democratic Thomas Hayhurst61,14933
Libertarian Scott Wise7,6364
Total votes184,815 100
2012 House General Election Results [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marlin Stutzman (Incumbent) 187,872 67.04
Democratic Kevin Boyd92,36332.96
Total votes280,235 100.00
Republican hold
Indiana's 3rd Congressional District Election (2014)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marlin Stutzman* 102,889 69.15
Democratic Justin Kuhnle39,77126.73
Libertarian Scott Wise6,1334.12
Total votes148,793 100.00
Turnout  31
Republican hold
2024 Indiana's 3rd congressional district Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marlin Stutzman 19,507 24.2
Republican Tim Smith18,20422.6
Republican Wendy Davis15,66019.5
Republican Andy Zay 13,15716.4
Republican Grant Bucher8,25910.3
Republican Jon Kenworthy3,0643.8
Republican Mike Felker1,4171.8
Republican Eric Whalen1,1891.5
Total votes80,457 100.0
2024 Indiana's 3rd congressional district election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marlin Stutzman 202,653 65.0
Democratic Kiley Adolph97,87131.4
Libertarian Jarrad Lancaster11,0153.5
Total votes311,539 100.0

U.S. Senate

2016 U.S. Senate Indiana Republican primary results [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Todd Young 661,136 67.08%
Republican Marlin Stutzman324,42932.92%
Total votes985,565 100.00%

Personal life

Stutzman and his wife, Christy, have two sons, Payton and Preston. On May 8, 2018, Christy Stutzman won the Republican primary to represent Indiana's 49th State House district. [27] [28] On November 6, 2018, Christy was elected to the State House. [29] Stutzman is a Baptist. [30]

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