2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Indiana District 9

Indiana's member of the U.S. House. 2-year term. Write-in candidates must be written in by name.

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

Erin Houchin

RepublicanIncumbent

Houchin is the Republican incumbent seeking a third term and lists her priorities as border security, lowering costs, and protecting children online.

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Tonya L. Hudson

Libertarian

Hudson is a Mitchell real estate broker and the Libertarian nominee, running on abolishing the IRS, cutting regulations on small businesses and farmers, and voting against what she calls unconstitutional wars.

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Brad A. Meyer

Democratic

Meyer is a Bloomington engineer who formerly worked as a Navy civilian engineer at Crane, running on Medicare for All, a $20 minimum wage, and making the first $20,000 of income tax-free.

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Declared write-in candidates

Not printed on the ballot; a vote counts only when the name is written in.

Key points

  • The 9th District covers 18 counties in southeastern and south-central Indiana, including Bloomington, Franklin, Paoli, Salem, part of Greenwood, and Ohio River communities across from Louisville such as New Albany. (WFYI / Louisville Public Media)
  • Fundraising through June 30, 2026, per FEC data reported by WFYI: Houchin $1,856,572; Meyer $105,510; Hudson $1,719. (WFYI / Louisville Public Media)

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.