2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Indiana District 8

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

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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

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

Candidates on the ballot

Mary Allen

Democratic

Allen is an at-large Evansville city councilor, small business owner and Army Reserve veteran.

About sources

Mary Allen for Congress (Mary Allen for Congress (campaign))

Mark Messmer

RepublicanIncumbent

Messmer is the first-term Republican incumbent from Jasper and a former owner of Messmer Mechanical.

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Four Democrats compete for the chance to challenge Rep. Mark Messmer in Indiana's 8th Congressional District (WNIN)

Key points

The 8th District covers southwestern and west-central Indiana, anchored by Evansville and including Jasper, Princeton, Terre Haute, Vincennes and Washington. It includes 20 full counties and part of Fountain County. (Wikipedia)
Key differences: Allen says she would protect and expand Medicaid and reverse cuts she attributes to the incumbent, while Messmer voted for the 2025 reconciliation law and has said no one in Indiana would lose Medicaid. (Mary Allen for Congress (campaign))
As of June 30, 2026, Messmer had raised $1,171,366 and had $713,500 cash on hand; Allen had raised $294,502 and had $179,307 cash on hand. (Federal Election Commission)

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.

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