IN-8
Indiana District 8
Tue, Nov 3 · Seat held by Mark B. Messmer Republican since Jan 2025
Mary AllenDemocraticMark B. MessmerRepublican · IncumbentAge 58 · 1 year in Congress
No published poll names both candidates.Last result · 2024 general: Mark B. Messmer (R) 68.0, Erik Hurt (D) 29.5, K. Richard Fitzlaff (L) 2.6
- Last election
- Mark B. Messmer (Republican) won by 38.5 points, 2024
- Margin since 2022
- 4.3 points toward Republicans
- On the 2026 ballot
- 2 candidates
Side by side
Allen left, Messmer right- Total receipts, 2025-2026 cycle, through Oct 14
- $493K
- $1.4M
- Cash on hand
- $108K
- $551K
- Donor-based spectrum
- LiberalCentristConservativeMessmerNo published score for Allen
- Record
- None on file
- 7-0
- Years in politics
- Not available
- 1
- Age on Election Day
- Not available
- 58
Mary Allen on fec.gov. Mark B. Messmer on fec.gov. One or more are matched to the FEC by name, party and seat, so a total could belong to someone else.
How these are counted
Total receipts line of each candidate’s principal campaign committee, 2025-2026 cycle. Other sites may show career, six-year or all-committee totals, which differ. The spectrum is a published research score, not our rating. How this works. Record is wins and losses in the races in our results files, the same count as each profile.
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Mary AllenDemocratic
- Mark B. MessmerIncumbentRepublican
Source: in.gov (XLSX), dated Sep 22
Shift since 2022: 4.3 points toward Republicans (Republican by 34.2 in 2022, Republican by 38.5 in 2024).
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2024 US House margin
- D 15+ pts
- D 5 to 15 pts
- D under 5 pts
- R under 5 pts
- R 5 to 15 pts
- R 15+ pts
- Other winner
- No data
Show these districts as a list (9)
- Indiana District 1· Frank J. Mrvan (D), Democratic by 8.5 points, 2024
- Indiana District 2· Rudy Yakym III (R), Republican by 28.1 points, 2024
- Indiana District 3· Marlin A. Stutzman (R), Republican by 33.6 points, 2024
- Indiana District 4· James R. Baird (R), Republican by 33.9 points, 2024
- Indiana District 5· Victoria Spartz (R), Republican by 18.6 points, 2024
- Indiana District 6· Jefferson Shreve (R), Republican by 32.2 points, 2024
- Indiana District 7· André Carson (D), Democratic by 39.3 points, 2024
- Indiana District 8· Mark B. Messmer (R), Republican by 38.5 points, 2024
- Indiana District 9· Erin Houchin (R), Republican by 31.7 points, 2024
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History (25 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 323,633
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Same as today
US House, Indiana District 8, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMark B. MessmerWon Republican 219,94168.0% DemocraticErik Hurt Democratic 95,31129.5% LibertarianK. Richard Fitzlaff Libertarian 8,3812.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 216,040
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Same as today
US House, Indiana District 8, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry BucshonWon Republican 141,99565.7% DemocraticRay McCormick Democratic 68,10931.5% LibertarianAndrew Horning Libertarian 5,9362.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 320,617
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry BucshonWon Republican 214,64366.9% DemocraticE Thomasina Marsili Democratic 95,69129.8% LibertarianJames D Rodenberger Libertarian 10,2833.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 244,291
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry D BucshonWon Republican 157,39664.4% DemocraticWilliam Tanoos Democratic 86,89535.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 294,713
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry BucshonWon Republican 187,70263.7% DemocraticRon Drake Democratic 93,35631.7% LibertarianAndrew Horning Libertarian 13,6554.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 171,315
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry BucshonWon Republican 103,34460.3% DemocraticTom Spangler Democratic 61,38435.8% LibertarianAndrew Horning Libertarian 6,5873.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 283,992
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2020)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry BucshonWon Republican 151,53353.4% DemocraticDave Crooks Democratic 122,32543.1% LibertarianBart Gadau Libertarian 10,1343.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 203,764
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanLarry D BuchsonWon Republican 117,25957.5% DemocraticW Trent Vanhaaften Democratic 76,26537.4% LibertarianJohn Cunningham Libertarian 10,2405.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 291,462
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrad EllsworthWon Democratic 188,69364.7% RepublicanGreg Goode Republican 102,76935.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 214,723
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticBrad EllsworthWon Democratic 131,01961.0% RepublicanJohn N Hostettler Republican 83,70439.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 272,778
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 145,57653.4% DemocraticJon P Jennings Democratic 121,52244.5% LibertarianMark Garvin Libertarian 5,6802.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 192,865
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2010)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 98,95251.3% DemocraticBryan L Hartke Democratic 88,76346.0% LibertarianPam Williams Libertarian 5,1502.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 221,992
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, Indiana District 8, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 116,87952.7% DemocraticPaul E Perry Democratic 100,48845.3% LibertarianThomas Tindle Libertarian 4,3422.0% Scattered write-insName as filed: Writein Write-in 2830.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 178,057
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 92,78552.1% DemocraticGail Riecken Democratic 81,87146.0% LibertarianPaul Hager Libertarian 3,4011.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 219,864
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 109,86050.0% DemocraticJonathan Weinzapfel Democratic 106,20148.3% LibertarianPaul Hager Libertarian 3,8031.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 178,386
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn N HostettlerWon Republican 93,52952.4% DemocraticFrank McCloskey Democratic 84,85747.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 238,397
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2000)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank McCloskeyWon Democratic 125,24452.5% RepublicanRichard E Mourdock Republican 108,05445.3% IndependentJohn W Taylor Independent 3,0981.3% LibertarianJimmy Gale Funkhouser Jr Libertarian 2,0010.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 178,110
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank McCloskeyWon Democratic 97,46554.7% RepublicanRichard E Mourdock Republican 80,64545.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 228,676
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank McCloskeyWon Democratic 141,35561.8% RepublicanJohn L Myers Republican 87,32138.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 201,157
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank McCloskeyWon Democratic 106,66253.0% RepublicanRichard D McIntyre Republican 93,58646.5% LibertarianMarilyn K Stone Libertarian 9090.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 234,092
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrank McCloskeyWon Democratic 116,64549.8% RepublicanRichard D McIntyre Republican 116,64149.8% LibertarianMichael J Fallahay Libertarian 8060.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 195,725
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1990)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticFrancis X McCloskeyWon Democratic 100,59251.4% RepublicanJoel Deckard Republican 94,12748.1% OtherRobert F Arnove Other 1,0060.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 216,474
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJoel DeckardWon Republican 119,41555.2% DemocraticKenneth C Snider Democratic 97,05944.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 159,673
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanH Joel DeckardWon Republican 83,01952.0% DemocraticDavid L Cornwell Democratic 76,65448.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 216,026
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1980)
US House, Indiana District 8, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid L CornwellWon Democratic 109,01350.5% RepublicanBelden Bell Republican 107,01349.5%
All rows: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024, retrieved Oct 28, 2026
District numbers are reused after each redistricting, so rows on older lines cover different territory than today's Indiana District 8.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Indiana District 8, US House results. https://www.electionwrld.com/in/congress/8. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources
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- web/data/results/house/{ST}.json. The Dataverse API refuses this file behind a guestbook, so the identical file was taken from two public GitHub copies (Hackquantumcpp/snoutcounter-midterms-2026-model data/1976-2024-house.csv and sta199-f26/sta199-f26.github.io _data/gerrymander/1976-2024-house.tab), which are byte-identical to each other and match the md5 a9566ac393913a1af343284e837c17bb that Dataverse lists for dataset version 15.0 (2026-03-09). sha256 76eec42483ee9f0fc5cf6e377442c783d1ae6eefa929729fd6561a69bab47f2a.
- License
- CC0 1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IG0UN2
- Used for
- cd.topo.json, sld/*.topo.json
- License
- US Census Bureau, public domain
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Legislative/MapServer
- Used for
- web/data/officials/congress.json (name, party, bioguide, official site, service start) and web/data/people (birth year, committees, social media handles and profile links; links only, nothing copied from the platforms). As-of: the files saved in data/raw/people on 2026-10-29.
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- CC0-1.0
- Retrieved
- October 28, 2026
- Link
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-current.json
DataState data (JSON)Sources: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024, FEC, DIME (ODC-BY), Portraits: unitedstates/images (public domain)Data as of Oct 28, 2026