The Green Papers: Indiana 2021 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:6,790,280 (2.19% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:11(2.04% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:9(2.07% of 435)
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


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.


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


The Libertarian Party nominates by convention rather than by primary.

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

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Republican Senator Mike Braun
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Senator Mike Braun
FEC S8IN00171

Class 3 Republican Senator Todd Christopher Young
Served in the U.S. House: 2011-2017. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (11)
  Candidate Democratic     Haneefah Khaaliq
FEC S2IN00133; 30 Sep 21; Tot $29,315; Dsb $26,817
  Candidate Democratic     Valerie L. McCray
FEC S2IN00166; 30 Sep 21; Tot $7,775; Dsb $5,702
  Candidate Democratic     Hammond Mayor Thomas M. "Tom" McDermott, Jr.
FEC S2IN00208; 30 Sep 21; Tot $82,130; Dsb $15,459
  Candidate Democratic     Aleem Young
FEC S2IN00224 or S2IN00216 or S2IN00240

FEC S2IN00216
  Candidate Republican     Daniel "Danny" Niederberger
FEC S2IN00182; 30 Sep 21; Tot $2,150; Dsb $778
  Candidate Republican     John Piper
FEC S2IN00232
  Candidate Republican     Senator Todd Christopher Young
FEC S6IN00191; 30 Sep 21; Tot $4,964,829; Dsb $1,735,793
  Candidate Libertarian     William Henry
  Candidate Libertarian     James Sceniak
  Candidate Independent     Jason Gabehart
FEC S2IN00158
  Candidate Independent     Ellen Kizik
FEC S2IN00174

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

  Republican Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Eric Doden

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

  Republican Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
2 Democratic (2 Undetermined);
7 Republican (7 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 1 Democratic Member of Congress Frank J. Mrvan
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (5) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Thomas "Tom" McDermott
FEC H0IN01135; 30 Sep 21; Tot $82,130; Dsb $15,459
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Frank J. Mrvan
FEC H0IN01150; 30 Sep 21; Tot $182,764; Dsb $107,674
  Candidate Republican     Jennifer-Ruth Green
FEC H2IN01172; 30 Sep 21; Tot $72,261; Dsb $12,241
  Candidate Republican     Ryan Kacanowski
  Candidate Republican     Thomas Daniel "Tom" "Beto" Madden
FEC H2IN01164

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 2 Republican Member of Congress Jackie Swihart Walorski
First elected: 2012
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Jackie Swihart Walorski
FEC H0IN02190; 30 Sep 21; Tot $669,637; Dsb $306,086

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 3 Republican Member of Congress James E. "Jim" Banks
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Forrest Anthony Bower
FEC H2IN03194
  Candidate Democratic     Gary Snyder
FEC H2IN03202
  Candidate Democratic     John Matthew Stephens
FEC H2IN03186; 30 Sep 21; Tot $15,171; Dsb $7,570
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress James E. "Jim" Banks
FEC H6IN03229; 30 Sep 21; Tot $730,714; Dsb $308,609

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 4 Republican Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Baird
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Baird
FEC H8IN04199; 30 Sep 21; Tot $34,685; Dsb $66,805

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 5 Republican Member of Congress Victoria Spartz
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (1) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Victoria Spartz
FEC H0IN05326; 30 Sep 21; Tot $1,540,593; Dsb $830,575

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 6 Republican Member of Congress Gregory J. "Greg" Pence
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Barton Wayne "Bart" Teeters
15 September 2021: Filed Termination Report with the FEC.

FEC H2IN06288; 08 Nov 22; Tot $100; Dsb $100
  Candidate Republican     Erik Benson
FEC H2IN06296
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Gregory J. "Greg" Pence
FEC H8IN06129; 30 Sep 21; Tot $827,635; Dsb $921,928

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 7 Democratic Member of Congress André D. Carson
First elected: 11 March 2008 in a Special Election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Member of Congress Julia M. Carson (his grandmother) on 15 December 2007.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress André D. Carson
FEC H8IN07184; 30 Sep 21; Tot $206,034; Dsb $277,462
  Candidate Republican     Russell Scott "Rusty" Johnson
FEC H2IN07153
  Candidate Republican     Jimmy Klosowski
FEC H2IN07161

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 8 Republican Member of Congress Larry D. Bucshon
First elected: 2010
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (2) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Larry D. Bucshon
FEC H0IN08114; 30 Sep 21; Tot $461,494; Dsb $290,527
  Candidate Republican     Gabriel Mathew "Gabe" Whitley
FEC H2IN08151

Incumbent - 117th Congress
CD 9 Republican Member of Congress Joseph A. "Trey" Hollingsworth, III
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (8) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Jonathon Dale Cole
FEC H2IN09217; 18 Oct 21; Tot $110; Dsb $80
  Candidate Democratic     D. Liam Dorris
  Candidate Democratic     Matthew John "Matt" Fyfe
FEC H2IN09191
  Candidate Democratic     Chad Harmon
  Candidate Democratic     Isak Nti Asare
FEC H2IN09233
  Candidate Democratic     Babak Rezaei
FEC H2IN09209
  Candidate Republican     Member of Congress Joseph A. "Trey" Hollingsworth, III
FEC H6IN09176; 30 Sep 21; Tot $373,979; Dsb $71,136
  Candidate Libertarian     Tonya Lynn Millis
FEC H2IN09225

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Secretary of State Holli Sullivan
Appointed: 17 March 2021 re: resignation of Secretary of State Connie Lawson (Republican).
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Republican     Newton County Commissioner Kyle Conrad
  Candidate Republican     Wayne "Gunny" Harmon
  Candidate Republican     Diego Morales
  Candidate Libertarian     Jeff Maurer
 

Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

15 February 2021: Secretary of State Connie Lawson (Republican), who was appointed on 16 March 2012 by former Governor Mitchell E. "Mitch" Daniels, Jr. (Republican); was first elected in 2014; and re-elected in 2018, announced "I am resigning so I can focus on my health and my family." She will formally resign once Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb (Republican) has selected a replacement.

16 March 2021: Former state Representative Holli Sullivan (Republican) is sworn. She was appointed by Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb (Republican).


Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024

  Republican Attorney General Todd Rokita
Previously served as Indiana state Secretary of State: 2002-2010; first elected to the U.S. House: 2010. Reelected 2012, 2014, 2016. Not a candidate for reelection to Congress: 2018, unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate: 2018; re-elected as Attorney General: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
 Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General 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: 2018, 2022

  Republican Treasurer Kelly Mitchell
First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - At Term Limit
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Republican     former Morgan County Commissioner Daniel Elliott
  Candidate Republican     Suzie Jaworowski
  Candidate Republican     Fort Wayne City Clerk Lana R. Keesling
  Candidate Republican     Boone County Council Member Elise Nieshalla
  Candidate Republican     Pete Seat
 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, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Republican Auditor Tera Klutz
Appointed 9 January 2017 (re: resignation of Auditor Suzanne Crouch (Republican) who was elected in 2016 as Lieutenant Governor); first elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.
 

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   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 17 candidates
  Republican: 15 incumbents, 27 candidates
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Constitution (affiliates)
  Green (affiliates)
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Boston Tea
  Justice Party
  Right to Life
  Unity
Independents
  Independent: 2 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.


Links Links to other web sites

Election Authority
  Indiana Election Commission
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  Indiana General Assembly
  Indiana Senate Democratic Caucus
  Indiana Senate Republican Caucus
Democratic
  Indiana Democratic Party
Republican
  Indiana House Republicans
  The Indiana Republican Party
Third Party
  Boston Tea Party of Indiana
  Constitution Party of Indiana
  Indiana Green Party
  Indiana Right To Life
  Indiana Right To Life
  Justice Party of Indiana
  Libertarian Party of Indiana
  The Unity Party of Indiana
Media & others
  Decatur Daily Democrat
  Goshen News
  Greensburg Daily News
  Howey Political Report
  Indianapolis Business Journal
  InGroup Online - Noblesville
  Kendallville Publishing Company - Northeast Indiana
  Kokomo Tribune
  Lebanon Reporter
  NewsLink.org - Indiana
  Pharos-Tribune - Logansport
  Politics1.com - Indiana
  Post-Tribune - Merrillville
  The Courier-Times - New Castle
  The Evening News - Jefferson / The Tribune - New Albany
  The Herald Bulletin - Anderson
  The Herald-Press - Huntington County
  The News-Dispatch - Michigan City
  The News-Sentinel - Fort Wayne
  The Shelbyville News
  The Times - Frankfort
  The Times - Munster
  The Times - Northwest Indiana / Southeast Chicago
  The Wabash PlainDealer
  Tri-State Media
  Tribune Star - Terre Haute
  WISH TV - CBS - Indianapolis
  WRTV - ABC - Indianapolis
  WTHR - NBC - Indianapolis
  Zionsville Times Sentinel

 


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