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• ↑ WAVE, "Road funding tops session for Indiana legislature," January 5, 2016
• ↑ indianaeconomicdigest.net, "Legislators sort key issues of the General Assembly's 2013 session," April 28, 2013
• John H. Foster
• By September 1, agencies submit their budget requests to the governor.
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Elections for the office of Indiana House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 2, 2006, and a general election on November 7, 2006. Elections for the office of Indiana House of Representatives consisted of a primary election on May 6, 2008, and a general election on November 4, 2008. The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana.

Fishers man running for open fifth district seat in U.S. House of Representatives - FOX 59 Indianapolis

Fishers man running for open fifth district seat in U.S. House of Representatives.

Posted: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 08:00:00 GMT [source]

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In Bucshon’s district in southern Indiana, eight candidates seek to replace the congressman who took office in 2011. Braun’s decision to leave the Senate and run for governor created a domino effect in Indiana’s congressional delegation. Rep. Jim Banks is the sole Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, leaving his office in Indiana’s 3rd Congressional district. Businessman and former commerce secretary Brad Chambers spent $6.7 million this year and reports show he has contributed $9.6 million to his campaign. Chambers’ messaging has been comparatively more moderate, focusing on the economy and support for law enforcement.

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McCormick, the Democratic nominee, is unchallenged in her primary. The winner of the GOP primary will face long-shot bids in November from the sole Democratic candidate, Jennifer McCormick, and the Libertarian nominee, Donald Rainwater. Indiana also will send at least three new representatives to the U.S. Use this helpful tool to determine who represents you in the Indiana General Assembly. IndyStar is profiling each of the Republican candidates.

Indiana Republicans vote no on moving Kevin McCarthy from Speaker seat - IndyStar

Indiana Republicans vote no on moving Kevin McCarthy from Speaker seat.

Posted: Tue, 03 Oct 2023 07:00:00 GMT [source]

↑ WAVE, "Road funding tops session for Indiana legislature," January 5, 2016

Democrats lost 12 seats in the election, giving Republicans a majority. Heading into the election, Republicans held a majority. Republicans gained nine seats in the election, giving them a majority. Republicans gained two seats in the election, giving them a majority.

The table below shows the partisan history of the Indiana House following every general election from 1992 to 2022. All data from 2006 or earlier comes from Michael Dubin's Party Affiliations in the State Legislatures (McFarland Press, 2007). Data after 2006 was compiled by Ballotpedia staff.

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Each district elects a representative to the House of Representatives for a two-year term. Representatives are also called congressmen/congresswomen. Americans in the United States’s six territories are represented in the House of Representatives by an additional six non-voting delegates. Indiana state representatives serve two-year terms, with all seats up for election every two years. Indiana holds elections for its legislature in even years.

By September 1, agencies submit their budget requests to the governor.

The Indiana House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Indiana General Assembly. Alongside the Indiana State Senate, it forms the legislative branch of the Indiana state government and works alongside the governor of Indiana to create laws and establish a state budget. On November 6, 2012, the Republican Party in Indiana expanded their majority in the House of Representatives from 60 members in the 117th General Assembly to 69 members, a "quorum-proof" majority. The Republicans were able to take 69% of the seats, despite having only received approximately 54% of the votes for the state's House of Representatives. Eight Republican candidates are vying for Banks’ former seat in northeast Indiana. Rep. Marlin Stutzman, state Sen. Andy Zay, former Allen Circuit Court judge Wendy Davis and a well-funded but relatively unknown nonprofit executive, Tim Smith.

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Elections for the office of Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2012. The primary election was held on May 8, 2012, and the general election was held on November 6, 2012. The candidate filing deadline was February 24, 2012. As of the candidate filing deadline, 51 primary elections were scheduled because more than one candidate filed for a party's nomination. This represented 20% of the possible 250, the largest percentage of contested primary elections in Indiana since at least 2014.

Mike Braun, the current junior U.S. senator from Indiana, is leading a crowded field of candidates. The Indiana House of Representatives was one of 88 state legislative chambers holding elections in 2022. All representatives serve until the end of the current Congress on Jan 3, 2025. The table below details the 10 districts with the smallest margin of victory in the November 6 general election in 2012. Republicans lost one seat in the election, giving them a majority. The Republican Party controls the office of governor and both chambers of the state legislature.

Ballotpedia features 486,883 encyclopedic articles written and curated by our professional staff of editors, writers, and researchers. Click here to contact our editorial staff or report an error. Please donate here to support our continued expansion. Indiana has two senators in the United States Senate and nine representatives in the United States House of Representatives. In the 2018 elections, the Republican majority in the Indiana House of Representatives was reduced from to 67-33. In the 2022 election, Republicans lost one seat but kept their majority 70-30.

Elections for the office of Indiana House of Representatives took place in 2010. The primary election was held on May 4, 2010, and the general election was held on November 2, 2010. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was February 19, 2010, for Republicans and Democrats and June 30, 2010, for independents and other candidates.