Indiana 2016 General Election

The Green Papers: Indiana 2016 General Election

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Indiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 3 May 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

✓ Tuesday 3 May 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EST (1100-2300 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CST (1200-0000 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	6,501,582	(2.10% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	11	(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
Capital:	Indianapolis

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Indiana State and Local Government

Indiana 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

NOTE: In any Primary election in INDIANA, voters state which Party they are affiliated with by asking the poll workers for the ballot of that Party in a given Primary. A voter's party affiliation is determined solely by his or her Primary voting record; the state's voter registration form does NOT provide a place for the voter to state Party affiliation.

Even though the history of a voter's Party affiliation- solely as determined by the individual voter's Primary voting record- is part of the public record, the informaton is NOT available at the polling place. Any voter, however, may challenge another voter's Party affiliation at the polls:

In such a case, the voter making the challenge (the "challenger") fills out an affidavit that the voter being challenged (the "challengee") has not, in fact, voted in the Party's Primaries in the past, an assertion against which the challengee must fill out a counter-affidavit, asserting that they intend to vote for a majority of the candidates of the challengee's Party of choice in the next General Election. If the challengee fills out this counter-affidavit, the challengee is allowed to vote in the Primary; however, if the challengee refuses, he or she is not allowed to vote in the Primary.

Nevertheless, since General Election ballots are cast in secret, the intention expressed in the counter-affidavit by the challengee is impossible to enforce.

The Libertarian Party nominates by convention rather than by primary.

Democratic and Republican Party nominations for Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer will be decided by convention.

Indiana law forbids anyone from appearing on the general election ballot more the once.

Indiana Election Division 2016 Candidate Lists.

Primary results from
Returns from the Indiana Election Division.
AP Statewide
Politico.

8 November 2016 returns from the Indiana Election Division.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 11 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (3, 15 write-ins)

		Republican	1,557,286	56.94%	Donald John Trump, Sr. • for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence (11 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857

		Democratic	1,033,126	37.77%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine • FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679

		Libertarian	133,993	4.90%	former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson • for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld • FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633

		Write-in; (Green)	7,841	0.29%	Jill E. Stein • for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka • FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546
		Write-in; (Constitution)	1,937	0.07%	Darrell Lane Castle • for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley • FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
		Write-in; (Independent)	269	0.01%	Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin • FEC P20005260
		Write-in; (Independent)	148	0.01%	Matthew "None of the Above" Roberts • for Vice President: Charles "Charlie" Clauss
		Write-in; (Independent)	121	0.00%	Denny Carroll Jackson • for Vice President: Michelle Faye Hicks • FEC P60018611
		Write-in; (Socialist Party USA)	57	0.00%	Emidio "Mimi" Soltysik • for Vice President: Angela Nicole Walker • FEC P60018017
		Write-in; (Independent)	49	0.00%	Laurence J. "Larry" Kotlikoff • for Vice President: Edward Emery "Ed" Leamer • FEC P20004511
		Write-in; (Independent)	44	0.00%	Melissa L. Kelly
		Write-in; (Independent)	25	0.00%	Richard A. Duncan • for Vice President: Ricky Johnson
		Write-in; (Independent)	22	0.00%	G. Richard "Ric" Mullis
		Write-in; (Independent)	21	0.00%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra • for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg • FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914
		Write-in; (Independent)	11	0.00%	Ray C. Brown
		Write-in; (Independent)	7	0.00%	Joseph Allen "Joe Exotic" Maldonado • for Vice President: Douglas K. Terranova • FEC P60018249; 30 Sep 16; Tot $12,032; Dsb $4,926
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Cherunda Lynn Fox • for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner • FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
		Write-in; (Workers World)			Monica Gail Moorehead • for Vice President: Lamont G. Lilly • FEC P60004405; 28 Nov 16; Tot $13,278; Dsb $12,839
Total			2,734,958	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Joseph Simon "Joe" Donnelly* • FEC S2IN00091

Class 3 Open		Republican	Senator Daniel Ray "Dan" Coats • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 24 March 2015: Announced that he will not run for re-election.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3, 1 write-in)

		Republican	1,423,991	52.11%	Congressman Todd Christopher Young • CD 9. 12 July 2015: Announced his candidacy for the Class 3 U.S. Senate seat. 12 February 2016: The Indiana Democratic Party announced that it would challenge Congressman Young's ballot petitions at the 19 February state Election Division hearing. 19 February 2016: The Indiana Election Commission votes 2-2 that Todd Young should be on the ballot. • FEC S6IN00191; 28 Nov 16; Tot $10,473,855; Dsb $11,116,773

		Democratic	1,158,947	42.41%	former Senator Evan Bayh • 11 July 2016: Announced he is running for the U.S. Senate. Prior service: 1986: Indiana Secretary of State. 1989-1997: Indiana Governor; 1999-2011: United States Senate; 2010: Did not run for re-election. • FEC S8IN00049; 28 Nov 16; Tot $4,496,682; Dsb $13,528,079

		Libertarian	149,481	5.47%	Lucy Brenton • FEC S6IN00225; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,098; Dsb $1,024

		Write-in	127	0.00%	James L. Johnson, Jr.
Total			2,732,546	100.00%

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

Open		Republican	Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence • First elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Open Chair - 3 May 2016 Renomination by Primary. 14 July 2016: Media reports indicate that Donald John Trump, Sr.- the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party for President when that Party's National Convention meets in Cleveland, Ohio next week- has chosen Governor Mike Pence [R-Indiana] to be his Vice President should Trump be elected President of the United States this coming Fall. Governor Pence has reportedly suspended his re-election campaign.
			Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3, 2 write-ins)

		Republican	1,397,396	51.38%	Lieutenant Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb • for Lieutenant Governor: state Auditor Suzanne Crouch • 26 July 2016: Nominated as a replacement candidate by the party for the Governor's Chair re: acceptance of Republican Vice Presidential nomination by Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence.

		Democratic	1,235,503	45.42%	former state Representative John R. Gregg • for Lieutenant Governor: state Representative Christina Hale

		Libertarian	87,025	3.20%	Rex Bell • for Lieutenant Governor: Karl "K-Tat" Tatgenhorst

		Write-in; (Independent)	41	0.00%	Jack Adam "Adam" Adkins
		Write-in; (Independent)	3	0.00%	Christopher Stried • for Lieutenant Governor: Jo Ann Gora
Total			2,719,968	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

Open		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb • Appointed on 2 March 2016 by Governor Mike Pence to replace Sue Ellspermann who had resigned that same day in order to pursue the position of president of Ivy Tech Community College; Holcomb was confirmed by the Indiana General Assembly and sworn, 3 March 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 26 July 2016: Nominated as a replacement candidate by the party for the Governor's Chair re: acceptance of Republican Vice Presidential nomination by Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence.

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (2 Renominated); 7 Republican (5 Renominated, 2 Open)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 1		Democratic	Congressman Peter J. Visclosky • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 1984 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	207,515	81.51%	Congressman Peter J. Visclosky • FEC H4IN01012; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,009,861; Dsb $908,434

		Libertarian	47,051	18.48%	Donna T. Dunn • FEC H4IN01152

		Write-in; (Independent)	17	0.01%	John Meyer • FEC H6IN01207
Total			254,583	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Congressman Jackie Swihart Walorski • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	164,355	59.26%	Congressman Jackie Swihart Walorski • FEC H0IN02190; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,891,304; Dsb $1,936,450

		Democratic	102,401	36.92%	Lynn Carnell Coleman • FEC H6IN02155; 28 Nov 16; Tot $663,103; Dsb $644,537

		Libertarian	10,601	3.82%	Ron Cenkush • FEC H6IN02163
Total			277,357	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 3 Open		Republican	Congressman Marlin A. Stutzman • First elected to a partial term in a special election (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Congressman Mark Edward Souder [Republican]): 2 November 2010. First elected to a full term: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 9 May 2015: Declared his candidacy for the U.S. Senate Class 3 seat.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	201,396	70.11%	state Senator James E. "Jim" Banks • FEC H6IN03229; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,700,613; Dsb $1,563,428

		Democratic	66,023	22.98%	Thomas Allen "Tommy " Schrader • FEC H6IN03187

		Libertarian	19,828	6.90%	Pepper Snyder • FEC H6IN03286
Total			287,247	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Congressman Theodore Edward "Todd" Rokita • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary. 15 July 2016: Candidate for Governor re: acceptance of Republican Vice Presidential nomination by Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence. 26 July 2016: Did not receive his party's nomination for Governor. 13 August 2016: Renominated by caucus.
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	193,412	64.59%	Congressman Theodore Edward "Todd" Rokita • FEC H0IN04170; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,436,426; Dsb $1,141,112

		Democratic	91,256	30.48%	John Dale • FEC H4IN04172

		Libertarian	14,766	4.93%	Steven Michael "Steve" Mayoras • FEC H6IN04169; 15 Dec 16; Tot $1,907; Dsb $1,907
Total			299,434	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 5		Republican	Congressman Susan W. Brooks • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary. 15 July 2016: Candidate for Governor re: acceptance of Republican Vice Presidential nomination by Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence. 26 July 2016: Did not receive her party's nomination for Governor. 13 August 2016: Renominated by caucus.
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	221,957	61.46%	Congressman Susan W. Brooks • FEC H2IN05082; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,728,455; Dsb $1,194,534

		Democratic	123,849	34.29%	Angela Jo Demaree • FEC H6IN05216; 28 Nov 16; Tot $148,372; Dsb $143,412

		Libertarian	15,329	4.24%	Matthew "Matt" Wittlief • FEC H6IN05257; 28 Nov 16; Tot $7,471; Dsb $7,471
Total			361,135	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Congressman Allen Lucas "Luke" Messer • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	204,920	69.14%	Congressman Allen Lucas "Luke" Messer • FEC H0IN02125; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,721,791; Dsb $1,338,066

		Democratic	79,135	26.70%	Barry Alan Welsh • FEC H6IN06206; 08 Dec 16; Tot $6,074; Dsb $7,246

		Libertarian	12,330	4.16%	Richard Thomas "Rich" Turvey, III • FEC H6IN06214
Total			296,385	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Congressman André D. Carson • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 11 March 2008 in a Special Election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Congressman Julia M. Carson (his grandmother) on 15 December 2007. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	158,739	59.98%	Congressman André D. Carson • FEC H8IN07184; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,114,585; Dsb $954,930

		Republican	94,456	35.69%	Catherine Louise "Cat" Ping • FEC H8IN07259; 28 Nov 16; Tot $6,210; Dsb $5,102

		Libertarian	11,475	4.34%	Andrew "Drew" Thompson • FEC H6IN07386; 19 Oct 16; Tot $16,297; Dsb $18,213
Total			264,670	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Congressman Larry D. Bucshon • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2016 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Renominated - 3 May 2016 Primary
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	187,702	63.69%	Congressman Larry D. Bucshon • FEC H0IN08114; 28 Nov 16; Tot $993,854; Dsb $977,520

		Democratic	93,356	31.68%	former state Representative Ron Drake • FEC H6IN08244; 28 Nov 16; Tot $12,270; Dsb $10,883

		Libertarian	13,655	4.63%	Andrew Michael Horning • FEC H2IN07088
Total			294,713	100.00%

Incumbent - 114th Congress
CD 9 Open		Republican	Congressman Todd Christopher Young • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 12 July 2015: Announced his candidacy for the Class 3 U.S. Senate seat.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 115th Congress

		Republican	174,791	54.14%	Joseph A. "Trey" Hollingsworth, III • FEC H6IN09176; 28 Nov 16; Tot $3,556,485; Dsb $3,555,906

		Democratic	130,627	40.46%	Shelli Yoder • FEC H2IN09167; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,439,787; Dsb $1,416,194

		Libertarian	17,425	5.40%	Russell Brooksbank • FEC H6IN09218
Total			322,843	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Secretary of State Connie Lawson • Appointed: March 2012, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

Open		Republican	Attorney General Greg Zoeller • First elected: 2008, re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 14 July 2015: Filed with the FEC to run for Congress in CD 9.
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	1,643,689	62.31%	Curtis T. Hill, Jr. • 7 December 2015: Announced.

		Democratic	994,085	37.69%	Lorenzo Arredondo
Total			2,637,774	100.00%
	Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction are not nominated via Primary but, instead, will be (per Indiana Code 3-8-4-2) nominated at each Party's respective State Conventions.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Treasurer Kelly Mitchell • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Auditor 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002

		Republican	Auditor Suzanne Crouch • Appointed: December 2013 (re: resignation of Auditor Dwayne Sawyer). First elected: 2014. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018 • August 2016: Candidate for Lieutenant Governor.
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Comptroller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2000. In 2021, this office will be become an appointed position.

		Democratic	Public Instruction Superintendent Glenda Ritz • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	1,423,042	53.43%	Yorktown Community Schools Superintendent Jennifer McCormick

		Democratic	1,240,474	46.57%	Public Instruction Superintendent Glenda Ritz
Total			2,663,516	100.00%
	Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General and Superintendent of Public Instruction are not nominated via Primary but, instead, will be (per Indiana Code 3-8-4-2) nominated at each Party's respective State Conventions.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 4 incumbents, 15 candidates
	• Republican: 14 incumbents, 13 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 12 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Socialist Party USA: 1 candidate
	• Workers World: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 14 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 19 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.