2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Indiana District 6

Indiana's member of the U.S. House. 2-year term.

About the office

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives write and vote on federal laws, including the federal budget and taxes. Each represents one congressional district for a two-year term; Indiana has nine [1].

Sources

  1. The House Explained (U.S. House of Representatives (house.gov))

Candidates on the ballot

Jefferson Shreve

RepublicanIncumbent

Shreve is the Republican incumbent, a businessman who founded Storage Express and served two terms on the Indianapolis City-County Council.

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Cynthia (Cinde) Wirth

Democratic

Wirth is a former high school biology and environmental science teacher and scientist from Columbus who served as a congressional fellow in 2018–2019.

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Key points

  • The 6th District covers 11 counties in central and eastern Indiana, including the cities of Greenwood, Columbus and Richmond, and has a population of nearly 800,000. (WFYI via Indiana Public Radio)
  • The race is a rematch: Shreve defeated Wirth in the 2024 general election by more than 30 percentage points. (WFYI via WVXU)
  • Both candidates have described affordability and health care as priorities: Shreve's campaign lists making life affordable, border security, cutting government spending and supporting farmers among its issues, while Wirth lists Medicare for All, affordability, and reducing corporate influence. (Shreve for Congress)

What's included: the U.S. House, statewide offices, the state legislature (by district, in the app), Indiana's statewide public questions and judicial retention questions, and county, township, city, town and school board races from the Indiana Election Division's candidate list.

Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: IndianaVoters.in.gov.

Indiana law lets you bring a list of candidates and public questions into the polling place, including one stored on your phone, as long as you don't electioneer. IC 3-11-8-18.5

Candidate lists as of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

This is not an official ballot. Confirm your registration, polling place and ballot with your election office through vote.gov.