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Races › Indiana › 8th District
Includes Evansville, Terre Haute, Jasper, Vincennes, Washington, Santa Claus and other towns
Tuesday, November 3, 2026 · general election
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Filing with the FEC is a disclosure, not a place on the ballot. Money raised is not a forecast.
November nominees first, then by money raised. Bars are in party color; raised includes loans from the candidate, and spent can exceed raised when a campaign spends money left from earlier cycles.
House: bars drawn to $1.4M, the most raised; FEC reports through Oct 14, 2026.
Indiana, statewide
No election this year
8th Congressional District6 filed with the FEC$1.9M raised by the field
Mark B. Messmer · Mary Allen
No published priorities shown yet
No published priorities
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
On the general election ballot
Nov 3, 2026 · Indiana US House 8
Mark B. Messmer holds this House seat; the current term began January 2025.
and 16 more, in the campaign’s own order. Read them in their words
FEC filings through Oct 14, 2026
On the general election ballot
Nov 3, 2026 · Indiana US House 8
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
FEC filings
No published priorities
Held by Mark B. Messmer R (on the general election ballot)
Every public poll of the IN-08 House race this cycle, as published. A poll is a snapshot, not a forecast.
No public polls
Poll data from The New York Times, licensed CC BY 4.0 · Updated October 28, 2026
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 2,997 votes (11.4%) · 3 of 4
No published priorities
FEC filings
Lost the Democratic primary
May 5, 2026 · 3,941 votes (15.0%) · 2 of 4