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Candidates › IN-06 race › 2025–2026
Cinde Wirth
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, IN-06
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- Lost the general electionNov 3, 2026 · 54,290 votes (44.1%) · 2 of 2
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Campaign Priorities
- Support Working Families
- Strengthen Public Education
- Money
- $91.6K raised, $65K spent, $26.5K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 60% of individual money from donors at $200 or less
- Backed by
- UAW Region 2B Indiana State CAP Council · Indiana AFL-CIO · Progressive Voters Network and 2 more. As the campaign lists them
3 priorities from wirth4congress.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
Working-class Hoosiers should be thriving, not just surviving. Cinde will work for good-paying jobs, affordable housing, affordable childcare and equal access to benefits like sick time and paid family leave.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities
Cinde believes in investing in a 21st century workforce that will create an economy that serves all Hoosiers. Wages should be adequate to ensure a basic quality of life including safe housing, and reliable access to food and other essentials. A lack of quality affordable childcare should never stand in the way of a fulfilling career.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/empower-working-families
Our children deserve equitable access to learning from the earliest age. Cinde will support our professional teacher workforce and ensure our neighborhood preK-12 schools are a safe and welcoming place for students of all backgrounds and abilities.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities
Quality public education opens doors, creates opportunities, and improves our standards of living. That’s why Cinde is committed to supporting high-quality public schools and expanding access to higher education.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/strengthen-public-education
When it comes to our families, health and well being should never be a commodity traded to make profit. Cinde will fight for accessible and affordable healthcare for all Hoosiers, because no one should ever fear seeking medical treatment because of job loss, an inability to pay or concerns of discrimination.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities
Improve Access to Affordable Healthcare ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare at this heading)
Every American family deserves to have options for quality healthcare in their community. We need to invest in a single-payer healthcare system and community health centers that serve people in rural and urban areas alike, especially our most at-risk groups.
+Provide High-Quality, Affordable and Accessible Healthcare ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare at this heading)
Cinde supports practical solutions for lowering healthcare costs and improving access to care for every Hoosier community through a single-payer healthcare system.
We need to invest in community health centers and provide incentives for patients and providers to promote preventative care. Cinde favors restoring quality, community-based healthcare options, reducing costs by making premiums more affordable and reducing out-of-pocket expenses. She’ll also work to cap prescription drug costs while maintaining protections for those with preexisting conditions and prohibiting lifetime coverage caps.
These protections are especially important for LGBTQIA+ persons and those seeking reproductive and pregnancy care. Legislators have no place in the exam room. We must trust people to make those decisions for themselves. Cinde will fight to restore safeguards for healthcare freedoms – for every Hoosier.
+Expand and Protect Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare at this heading)
Social Security is meant to provide financial stability and peace of mind for people in retirement, not to create corporate profits. However, years of unfair, Republican-led policies have placed higher tax burdens on low- and average-income workers, all while shielding the ultra-wealthy. Cinde will work to ensure the rich pay their fair share by raising the cap on taxable earnings to $400,000. That will help keep the system solvent for decades.
Healthy aging and the ability to age in the place one chooses is critical to healthy communities. Cinde believes in Medicare for all. She supports enacting safeguards that will protect Social Security and Medicare for the generations to come.
+Fully Fund the VA ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare at this heading)
Cinde is committed to ensuring our military service members receive the highest quality healthcare possible. She will work to secure full funding for VA services. Our veterans gave to our country and it is our duty to ensure they have the healthcare they need when they need care.
+Legalize Cannabis ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare at this heading)
Cinde supports legalizing medical cannabis and decriminalizing the possession of cannabis. She has spoken out against the federal ban on cannabis and cannabis products.
Like surrounding states, Indiana needs to work with law enforcement agencies, health care groups and other stakeholders so that Hoosier patients with medical conditions can legally access cannabis and hemp products as alternatives to highly addictive opiates.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/improve-access-to-healthcare
We must take action immediately to ensure the Earth is hospitable for future generations. Cinde will push for investments in clean forms of energy and renewable resources. That means saying “no” to data centers and the corporations that use unethical tactics to cover up the extreme amounts of fossil fuels, water and electricity gobbled up by their proposals.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities
Protect Our Environment ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/protect-the-environment at this heading)
We must take action now to protect our precious natural resources, including our planet’s clean air, clean water and clean soil. Because future generations of Hoosiers are depending on us.
+Invest in Clean Energy ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/protect-the-environment at this heading)
A 2023 study by the U.S. News & World Report found that Indiana ranks 41st in the United States in air quality and 38th in drinking water quality. As a biologist, Cinde understands the potential of clean, renewable energy. She supports reinvesting in energy sources like solar and wind power.
+Protect our Environmental Resources ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/protect-the-environment at this heading)
Since January 2025, regulations have been lifted on fossil fuels and legal protections like the Endangered Species Act have been gutted. The current administration has cut funding and staff for federal agencies that protect our environment and combat climate change, abandoning decades of hard-earned progress in these areas. However, Republicans in Congress have made it clear they have no intention of challenging those cuts. Cinde will fight to restore federal protections and funding for the agencies and experts working to protect our planet.
+Say “NO” to Data Centers ↗ (opens wirth4congress.com/priorities/protect-the-environment at this heading)
Hoosiers have made it clear: They do not want their rural lands ripped up to make room for data centers that will drain our aquifers, pollute our waterways and increase air pollution through massive energy needs from coal-fired power plants.
Cinde has been on the front lines since the beginning of Indiana’s fight against data centers. She will continue saying “no” to data centers and the AI corporations that will deplete our resources and destroy our planet.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/protect-the-environment
We need to create an economy that works for all Hoosiers.
Indiana ranks 45th in labor supply. No matter how low taxes are, businesses won’t move to Indiana or expand if they lack a supply of workers with the right skills. Cinde supports ensuring Indiana has the appropriately paid 21st-century workforce we need to lead us toward a more prosperous future.
No one who works 40 hours a week should be facing poverty, living without safe housing, or struggling to meet basic needs. Cinde will work to raise the minimum wage so that Hoosiers have a better quality of life.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/empower-working-families
Everyone should be able to afford their rent and have money left over for savings. Right now in Indiana, private investors are buying up residences and jacking up rates beyond what most folks can afford. This is exploitative and needs to stop.
Safe housing is a human right and no one should be living in the street, in the woods, or in their car because they can’t find affordable housing. We need to create incentives for first-time home buyers and for those looking to move into homes that meet their changing needs.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/empower-working-families
Ensuring parents have reliable, affordable childcare is an economic issue. Right now, parents in Indiana are spending thousands of dollars annually on daycare so they can work for meager wages. Through subsidies and federal investments, we can create the universal, educational childcare programs that working families need.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/empower-working-families
Paid family leave isn’t just for new parents; it also benefits those facing devastating illness or caring for ailing loved ones. By normalizing and expanding access to paid family leave, we put families first and give people the freedom to work through their toughest times without fear of job loss.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/empower-working-families
Like many Americans, Cinde values quality public education because it is an important part of her own story: Cinde attended neighborhood public schools through high school, and her children were both educated in Indiana public schools. She believes that the legacy of quality public education should continue for generations to come. An investment in education is an investment in the future.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/strengthen-public-education
We need to recognize teaching as the profession it is and ensure teachers have the classroom resources they need to best prepare their students. Congress must support public education by enhancing previous funding formulas and supporting the needs of teachers and students. We must support teachers by encouraging educational best practices and focusing on what’s best for students. By doing so, we can re-build our world-class education system in communities of every size.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/strengthen-public-education
Cinde is a teacher and a mother. She has seen the fear in children’s eyes from inside her locked down classroom during lockdown drills and in the aftermath of nearby mass shootings.
Cinde supports common-sense gun laws that are necessary to keep our children, schools, and neighborhoods safe, the kinds of ideals that most logical gun owners agree and support.
Cinde grew up shooting hunting rifles with her brother and grandfather; she has practiced target and skeet shooting. But these experiences do not change her immovable position that guns should be well-regulated, firearm background checks expanded, and gun-safety programs also expanded.
source ↗ (opens the page at this passage) · wirth4congress.com/priorities/strengthen-public-education