Indiana's 4th congressional district
Indiana's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. From 2003 to 2013 the district was based primarily in the central part of the state, and consisted of all of Boone, Clinton, Hendricks, Morgan, Lawrence, Montgomery, and Tippecanoe counties and parts of Fountain, Johnson, Marion, Monroe, and White counties. The district surrounded Indianapolis including the suburban area of Greenwood and encompassed the more exurban areas of Crawfordsville and Bedford, as well as the college town of Lafayette-West Lafayette.
Indiana's 4th congressional district | |||
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![]() Indiana's 4th congressional district since January 3, 2013 | |||
Representative |
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Area | 4,016.44 sq mi (10,402.5 km2) | ||
Distribution |
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Population (2019) | 767,105 | ||
Median household income | $60,119[1] | ||
Ethnicity | |||
Cook PVI | R+17[3] |
From the 2012 redistricting, the district shifted slightly north and west to include the Illinois border, while losing the eastern Indianapolis suburbs. It currently includes Crawfordsville, Lafayette, the western Indianapolis suburbs, and portions of Kokomo.
The district is currently represented by Republican Jim Baird, who succeeded Todd Rokita, who vacated his House seat to run for the Indiana U.S. Senate seat held by Democrat Joe Donnelly, losing the Republican nomination to eventual senator Mike Braun.[4] Baird was elected on November 6.
Geography
Prior to the 2000 U.S. Census, most of the territory currently in the 4th Congressional District was located in the 7th Congressional District; the old 4th Congressional District was the Fort Wayne district, which is now the 3rd Congressional District.
Election results from presidential races
Year | Office | Results |
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2000 | President | George W. Bush 66% - Al Gore 32% |
2004 | President | George W. Bush 69% - John Kerry 30% |
2008 | President | John McCain 54.2% - Barack Obama 44.6% |
2012 | President | Mitt Romney 60.9% - Barack Obama 36.9% |
2016 | President | Donald Trump 64.3% - Hillary Clinton 30.2% |
2020 | President | Donald Trump 63.8% - Joe Biden 34.0% |
List of members representing the district
Member | Party | Years | Cong ress |
Electoral history |
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District created March 4, 1833 | ||||
Amos Lane | Jacksonian | March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837 |
23rd 24th |
[data unknown/missing] |
George H. Dunn | Whig | March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839 |
25th | [data unknown/missing] |
Thomas Smith | Democratic | March 4, 1839 – March 3, 1841 |
26th | [data unknown/missing] |
James H. Cravens | Whig | March 4, 1841 – March 3, 1843 |
27th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Caleb Smith |
Whig | March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1849 |
28th 29th 30th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() George Julian |
Free Soil | March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851 |
31st | [data unknown/missing] |
Samuel W. Parker | Whig | March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1853 |
32nd | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 5th district. |
![]() James H. Lane |
Democratic | March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855 |
33rd | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() William Cumback |
Opposition | March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857 |
34th | [data unknown/missing] |
James B. Foley | Democratic | March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1859 |
35th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() William S. Holman |
Democratic | March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1865 |
36th 37th 38th |
[data unknown/missing] |
John H. Farquhar | Republican | March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 |
39th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() William S. Holman |
Democratic | March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
40th | [data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
![]() George W. Julian |
Republican | March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871 |
41st | Redistricted from the 5th district. [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Jeremiah M. Wilson |
Republican | March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1875 |
42nd 43rd |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Jeptha D. New |
Democratic | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877 |
44th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Leonidas Sexton |
Republican | March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879 |
45th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Jeptha D. New |
Democratic | March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881 |
46th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() William S. Holman |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1895 |
47th 48th 49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() James E. Watson |
Republican | March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897 |
54th | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() William S. Holman |
Democratic | March 4, 1897 – April 22, 1897 |
55th | [data unknown/missing] Died. |
Vacant | April 22, 1897 – December 6, 1897 |
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Francis M. Griffith | Democratic | December 6, 1897 – March 3, 1905 |
55th 56th 57th 58th |
Elected to finish Holman's term. [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Lincoln Dixon |
Democratic | March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1919 |
59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th |
[data unknown/missing] |
John S. Benham | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 |
66th 67th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Harry C. Canfield |
Democratic | March 4, 1923 – March 3, 1933 |
68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() James I. Farley |
Democratic | March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1939 |
73rd 74th 75th |
[data unknown/missing] |
George W. Gillie | Republican | January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949 |
76th 77th 78th 79th 80th |
[data unknown/missing] |
![]() Edward H. Kruse |
Democratic | January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951 |
81st | [data unknown/missing] |
![]() E. Ross Adair |
Republican | January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1971 |
82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() J. Edward Roush |
Democratic | January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977 |
92nd 93rd 94th |
[data unknown/missing] Lost re-election. |
![]() Dan Quayle |
Republican | January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981 |
95th 96th |
[data unknown/missing] Retired to run for U.S. senator. |
![]() Dan Coats |
Republican | January 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989 |
97th 98th 99th 100th |
[data unknown/missing] Resigned when appointed U.S. senator. |
![]() Jill Long |
Democratic | March 28, 1989 – January 3, 1995 |
101st 102nd 103rd |
Elected to finish Coats's term. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992 Lost re-election. |
![]() Mark Souder |
Republican | January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003 |
104th 105th 106th 107th |
[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 3rd district. |
![]() Steve Buyer |
Republican | January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2011 |
108th 109th 110th 111th |
Redistricted from the 5th district. [data unknown/missing] |
![]() Todd Rokita |
Republican | January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2019 |
112th 113th 114th 115th |
Elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Retired to run for the U.S. senator. |
![]() Jim Baird |
Republican | January 3, 2019 – present |
116th 117th |
Elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. |
Election results
2002
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer | 112,760 | 71.36 | |
Democratic | William A. "Big Bill" Abbott | 41,314 | 26.15 | |
Libertarian | Jerry L. Susong | 3,934 | 2.49 | |
Total votes | 158,008 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2004
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 190,445 | 69.47 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 77,574 | 28.30 | |
Libertarian | Kevin R. Fleming | 6,119 | 2.23 | |
Total votes | 274,138 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2006
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 111,057 | 62.38 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 66,986 | 37.62 | |
Total votes | 178,043 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Steve Buyer* | 192,526 | 59.87 | |
Democratic | Nels J. Ackerson | 129,038 | 40.13 | |
Total votes | 321,564 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita | 138,732 | 68.57 | |
Democratic | David Sanders | 53,167 | 26.28 | |
Libertarian | John Duncan | 10,423 | 5.15 | |
Total votes | 202,322 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 168,688 | 61.96 | |
Democratic | Tara Nelson | 93,015 | 34.16 | |
Libertarian | Benjamin Gehlhausen | 10,565 | 3.88 | |
Total votes | 272,268 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | ||||
Republican hold | ||||
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 94,998 | 66.87 | |
Democratic | John Dale | 47,056 | 33.13 | |
Total votes | 142,054 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 31 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Todd Rokita* | 193,412 | 64.59 | |
Democratic | John Dale | 91,256 | 30.48 | |
Libertarian | Steven Mayoras | 14,766 | 4.9 | |
Total votes | 299,434 | 100.00 | ||
Turnout | 62 | |||
Republican hold | ||||
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Baird | 156,539 | 64.1 | |
Democratic | Tobi Beck | 87,824 | 35.9 | |
Total votes | 244,363 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Baird (incumbent) | 225,531 | 66.6 | |
Democratic | Joe Mackey | 112,984 | 33.4 | |
Total votes | 338,515 | 100.0 | ||
Republican hold |
Historical district boundaries
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References
- https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=04
- https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1804-congressional-district-4-in/
- "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
- "Rep. Todd Rokita embraces Trump as he launches Indiana Senate bid". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
- "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present