2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana

2018 Indiana's 2nd congressional district election
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	County Results ; Walorski: 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% ; Hackett: 50-60%
U.S. Representative before election; Jackie Walorski; Republican	Elected U.S. Representative ; Jackie Walorski; Republican

2018 Indiana's 1st congressional district election
← 2016 2020 →
	County Results; Visclosky: 50-60% 60-70%
U.S. Representative before election; Pete Visclosky; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Pete Visclosky; Democratic

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana
Indiana's nine seats in the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70%	Democratic 60–70%

2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana

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The 2018 United States House of Representatives elections in Indiana were held on November 6, 2018, 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 other elections to the House of Representatives, as well as elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The filing deadline for candidates was February 9, 2018. The primaries were held on May 8, 2018.

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Party		Candidates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candidates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Republican	9	1,247,978	55.31	7		77.78
	Democratic	9	1,000,104	44.33	2		22.22
	Libertarian	1	8,030	0.36	0		0.0
	Write-in	4	37	<0.01	0		0.0
Total		23	2,256,149	100.0	9		100.0

District	Republican		Democratic		Others		Total		Result

	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
District 1	85,594	34.91%	159,611	65.09%	4	0.00%	245,209	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 2	125,499	54.73%	103,363	45.24%	27	0.02%	228,889	100.0%	Republican hold
District 3	158,927	64.73%	86,610	35.27%	0	0.00%	245,537	100.0%	Republican hold
District 4	156,539	64.06%	87,824	35.94%	0	0.00%	244,363	100.0%	Republican hold
District 5	180,035	56.76%	137,142	43.24%	0	0.00%	317,177	100.0%	Republican hold
District 6	154,260	63.82%	79,430	32.86%	8,036	3.32%	241,726	100.0%	Republican hold
District 7	76,457	35.14%	141,139	64.86%	0	0.00%	217,596	100.0%	Democratic hold
District 8	157,396	64.43%	86,895	35.57%	0	0.00%	244,291	100.0%	Republican hold
District 9	153,271	56.48%	118,090	43.52%	0	0.00%	271,361	100.0%	Republican hold
Total	1,247,978	55.31%	1,000,104	44.33%	8,067	0.36%	2,256,149	100.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Visclosky (incumbent)	42,261	80.5
	Democratic	Antonio Daggett Sr.	5,813	11.1
	Democratic	Larry Chubb	4,402	8.4
Total votes			52,476	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Leyva	5,960	27.0
	Republican	John Meyer	4,328	19.6
	Republican	Roseann Ivanovich	4,317	19.6
	Republican	Nicholas Pappas	4,311	19.5
	Republican	David Dopp	1,679	7.6
	Republican	Jeremy Belko	1,485	6.7
Total votes			22,080	100

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	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	42,952	78.6
	Republican	Mark Summe	11,666	21.4
Total votes			54,618	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mel Hall	15,384	41.7
	Democratic	Pat Hackett	10,420	28.2
	Democratic	Yatish Joshi	8,155	22.1
	Democratic	Douglas Carpenter	1,949	5.3
	Democratic	John Petroff	569	1.5
	Democratic	Roland Leech	450	1.2
Total votes			36,927	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[15]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Inside Elections^[16]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[17]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
RCP^[18]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
Daily Kos^[19]	Likely R	November 5, 2018
538^[20]	Safe R	November 7, 2018
CNN^[21]	Likely R	October 31, 2018
Politico^[22]	Likely R	November 4, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jackie Walorski (incumbent)	125,499	54.8
	Democratic	Mel Hall	103,363	45.2
	Independent	Richard Wolf (write-in)	27	0.0
Total votes			228,889	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Banks (incumbent)	58,738	100.0
Total votes			58,738	100

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Courtney Tritch	16,376	79.1
	Democratic	Tommy Schrader	2,224	10.7
	Democratic	John Roberson	2,115	10.2
Total votes			20,715	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Banks (incumbent)	158,927	64.7
	Democratic	Courtney Tritch	86,610	35.3
Total votes			245,537	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Baird	29,316	36.6
	Republican	Steve Braun	23,594	29.4
	Republican	Diego Morales	11,994	15.0
	Republican	Jared Thomas	8,453	10.5
	Republican	Kevin Grant	3,667	4.6
	Republican	James Nease	2,096	2.6
	Republican	Tim Radice	1,022	1.3
Total votes			80,142	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tobi Beck	6,466	34.6
	Democratic	Veronikka Ziol	3,938	21.1
	Democratic	Joe Mackey	3,012	16.1
	Democratic	Roger Day	2,324	12.4
	Democratic	Roland Ellis	1,712	9.2
	Democratic	Darin Patrick Griesey	1,249	6.7
Total votes			18,701	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Baird	156,539	64.1
	Democratic	Tobi Beck	87,824	35.9
Total votes			244,363	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	63,901	100.0
Total votes			63,901	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dee Thornton	18,073	53.0
	Democratic	Kyle Brenden Moore	8,077	23.7
	Democratic	Dion Douglas	3,520	10.3
	Democratic	Eshel Faraggi	2,583	7.6
	Democratic	Sean Dugdale	1,858	5.4
Total votes			34,111	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Brooks (incumbent)	180,035	56.8
	Democratic	Dee Thornton	137,142	43.2
Total votes			317,177	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence	47,955	65.3
	Republican	Jonathan Lamb	17,523	23.9
	Republican	Mike Campbell	3,229	4.4
	Republican	Stephen MacKenzie	2,500	3.4
	Republican	Jeff Smith	2,258	3.1
Total votes			73,465	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeannine Lee Lake	8,887	38.3
	Democratic	Jim Pruett	5,981	25.8
	Democratic	Lane Siekman	3,606	15.6
	Democratic	George Holland	2,567	11.1
	Democratic	Joshua Williamson	1,695	7.3
	Democratic	Jasen Lave	446	1.9
Total votes			23,182	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence	154,260	63.8
	Democratic	Jeannine Lee Lake	79,430	32.9
	Libertarian	Tom Ferkinhoff	8,030	3.3
	Independent	John Miller (write-in)	5	0.0
	Independent	Heather Leigh Meloy (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			241,726	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	37,401	87.9
	Democratic	Sue Spicer	3,485	8.2
	Democratic	Curtis Godfrey	723	1.7
	Democratic	Bob Kern	703	1.7
	Democratic	Pierre Pullins	224	0.5
Total votes			42,356	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Harmon	6,534	28.8
	Republican	Donald Eason Jr.	4,343	19.2
	Republican	John L. Couch	3,461	15.3
	Republican	J.D. Miniear	3,079	13.6
	Republican	J. Jason Davis	2,697	11.9
	Republican	Tony Van Pelt	2,561	11.3
Total votes			22,675	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (incumbent)	141,139	64.9
	Republican	Wayne Harmon	76,457	35.1
Total votes			217,596	100.0
	Democratic hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	34,502	59.7
	Republican	Richard Moss	15,396	26.6
	Republican	Rachel Covington	7,924	13.7
Total votes			57,822	100.0

2018_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Indiana

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Tanoos	25,472	100.0
Total votes			25,472	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Bucshon (incumbent)	157,396	64.4
	Democratic	William Tanoos	86,895	35.6
Total votes			244,291	100.0
	Republican hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth (incumbent)	46,884	77.7
	Republican	James Dean Alspach	13,445	22.3
Total votes			60,329	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Liz Watson	24,981	66.4
	Democratic	Dan Canon	11,549	30.7
	Democratic	Rob Chatlos	1,100	2.9
Total votes			37,630	100.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Trey Hollingsworth (incumbent)	153,271	56.5
	Democratic	Liz Watson	118,090	43.5
Total votes			271,361	100.0
	Republican hold