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Indiana House race, District 8

Mark Messmer holds this seat and is running to keep it against Mary Allen.

The November ballot

Messmer
$1.2M
Allen
$295K

Raised so far, filed with the FEC

General-election ballot as recorded August 27, 2026. Not a prediction.

The seat

Mark Messmer

Republican · Holds the seat now

Discloses no individual stock trades.

Cosponsored a bill that would ban it

From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.

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How to vote in Indiana

  • General electionNovember 3, 2026In 10 weeks

Register 29 days before the election.

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How they won the primary

The primary · 28,203 votes

  • Mary AllenWon66.7%18,816
  • Tabitha Zeigler15.3%4,308
  • Christopher Rector11.8%3,321
  • Mario Foradori6.2%1,758

Primary results as recorded August 27, 2026, in the canvass's own published order. Via Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), which cites each state's canvass. A primary result is a filed fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.

Where each candidate's money comes from

<1%$5.9KSmall donors$107K36%
21%$251KLarge donors$161K55%
36%$421KPACs$6.3K2%
--Party$18K6%
<1%$3.5KSelf-funding$1.9K<1%
42%$489KOther--

Small donors give under $200; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.

Not on the November ballot

4 filed

Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.

The district

Census context
People
756K
Median household income
$65K
Unemployment
3.8%
Living below the poverty line
13.4%
Without health insurance
7.0%

U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.

How this seat voted last time

R+39 in 2024

  • Mark MessmerWon68%
  • Erik Hurt29.5%

323,633 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.

Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.

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Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain; money figures carry their own coverage dates. Dataset built 2026-08-27. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.