Indiana's 6th congressional district

Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The district takes in a large portion of eastern and southeastern Indiana, including Columbus, Muncie and Richmond, as well as a few suburbs of both Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The district is currently represented by Republican Greg Pence. He is the brother of former U.S. Vice President, Mike Pence, who represented this district before serving as Governor of Indiana and Vice President of the United States. Greg Pence was elected on November 6, 2018 after the previous incumbent, Luke Messer, announced his retirement to run for the U.S. Senate in 2018.[4]

Indiana's 6th congressional district
Indiana's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
  Greg Pence
RColumbus
Area5,550.4 sq mi (14,375 km2)
Distribution
  • 59.23% urban
  • 40.77% rural
Population (2019)720,190
Median household
income
$55,959[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVIR+18[3]

Election results from presidential races

Year Office Results
2000 President George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 40%
2004 President George W. Bush 64% - John Kerry 35%
2008 President John McCain 55% - Barack Obama 43.6%
2012 President Mitt Romney 60.4% - Barack Obama 37.3%
2016 President Donald Trump 67.7% - Hillary Clinton 27.4%
2020 President Donald Trump 68.8% - Joe Biden 29.1%

List of members representing the district

Member Party Years Cong
ress
Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
George L. Kinnard Jacksonian March 4, 1833 –
November 26, 1836
23rd
24th
Elected in 1833.
Re-elected in 1835.
[data unknown/missing]
Died.
Vacant November 26, 1836 –
January 25, 1837
24th
William Herod Anti-Jacksonian January 25, 1837 –
March 3, 1837
24th
25th
Elected January 2, 1837 to finish Kinnard's term and seated January 25, 1837.
Re-elected in 1837.
[data unknown/missing]
Whig March 4, 1837 –
March 3, 1839
William W. Wick Democratic March 4, 1839 –
March 3, 1841
26th [data unknown/missing]

David Wallace
Whig March 4, 1841 –
March 3, 1843
27th [data unknown/missing]

John W. Davis
Democratic March 4, 1843 –
March 3, 1847
28th
29th
[data unknown/missing]
George G. Dunn Whig March 4, 1847 –
March 3, 1849
30th Elected in 1847.[lower-alpha 1]
[data unknown/missing]

Willis A. Gorman
Democratic March 4, 1849 –
March 3, 1853
31st
32nd
[data unknown/missing]

Thomas A. Hendricks
Democratic March 4, 1853 –
March 3, 1855
33rd Redistricted from the 5th district.
[data unknown/missing]
Lucien Barbour Opposition March 4, 1855 –
March 3, 1857
34th [data unknown/missing]

James M. Gregg
Democratic March 4, 1857 –
March 3, 1859
35th [data unknown/missing]

Albert G. Porter
Republican March 4, 1859 –
March 3, 1863
36th
37th
[data unknown/missing]

Ebenezer Dumont
Unionist March 4, 1863 –
March 3, 1865
38th
39th
[data unknown/missing]
Republican March 4, 1865 –
March 3, 1867

John Coburn
Republican March 4, 1867 –
March 3, 1869
40th [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Daniel W. Voorhees
Democratic March 4, 1869 –
March 3, 1873
41st
42nd
[data unknown/missing]

Morton C. Hunter
Republican March 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875
43rd [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 8th district.

Milton S. Robinson
Republican March 4, 1875 –
March 3, 1879
44th
45th
[data unknown/missing]
William R. Myers Democratic March 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1881
46th [data unknown/missing]

Thomas M. Browne
Republican March 4, 1881 –
March 3, 1891
47th
48th
49th
50th
51st
Redistricted from the 5th district.
[data unknown/missing]

Henry U. Johnson
Republican March 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1899
52nd
53rd
54th
55th
[data unknown/missing]

James E. Watson
Republican March 4, 1899 –
March 3, 1909
56th
57th
58th
59th
60th
[data unknown/missing]

William O. Barnard
Republican March 4, 1909 –
March 3, 1911
61st [data unknown/missing]

Finly H. Gray
Democratic March 4, 1911 –
March 3, 1917
62nd
63rd
64th
[data unknown/missing]

Daniel W. Comstock
Republican March 4, 1917 –
May 19, 1917
65th [data unknown/missing]
Died.
Vacant May 19, 1917 –
June 29, 1917
65th

Richard N. Elliott
Republican June 29, 1917 –
March 3, 1931
65th
66th
67th
68th
69th
70th
71st
[data unknown/missing]

William Larrabee
Democratic March 4, 1931 –
March 3, 1933
72nd [data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 11th district.

Virginia E. Jenckes
Democratic March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1939
73rd
74th
75th
[data unknown/missing]

Noble J. Johnson
Republican January 3, 1939 –
July 1, 1948
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
[data unknown/missing]
Resigned to become judge of the U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
Vacant July 1, 1948 –
January 3, 1949
80th

Cecil M. Harden
Republican January 3, 1949 –
January 3, 1959
81st
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
[data unknown/missing]

Fred Wampler
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th [data unknown/missing]

Richard L. Roudebush
Republican January 3, 1961 –
January 3, 1967
87th
88th
89th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 10th district.

William G. Bray
Republican January 3, 1967 –
January 3, 1975
90th
91st
92nd
93rd
Redistricted from the 7th district.
[data unknown/missing]

David W. Evans
Democratic January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1983
94th
95th
96th
97th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 10th district and lost re-nomination.

Dan Burton
Republican January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 2003
98th
99th
100th
101st
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
[data unknown/missing]
Redistricted to the 5th district.

Mike Pence
Republican January 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2013
108th
109th
110th
111th
112th
Redistricted from the 2nd district.
Retired to run for Governor of Indiana.

Luke Messer
Republican January 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2019
113th
114th
115th
Elected in 2012.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.

Greg Pence
Republican January 3, 2019 –
Present
116th
117th
Elected in 2018.

Election results

2002

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence 118,436 63.79
Democratic Melina Ann Fox 63,871 34.40
Libertarian Doris Robertson 3,346 1.80
Total votes 185,653 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2004

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence (Incumbent) 182,529 67.09
Democratic Melina Ann Fox 85,123 31.29
Libertarian Chad (Wick) Roots 4,397 1.62
Total votes 272,049 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2006

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence (Incumbent) 115,266 60.01
Democratic Barry A. Welsh 76,812 39.99
Total votes 192,078 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2008

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence (Incumbent) 180,549 63.96
Democratic Barry A. Welsh 94,223 33.38
Libertarian George T. Holland 7,534 2.67
Total votes 282,306 100.00
Turnout  
Republican hold

2010

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Pence (Incumbent) 126,027 66.57
Democratic Barry A. Welsh 56,647 29.92
Libertarian Talmage "T.J." Thompson Jr. 6,635 3.51
Total votes 189,309 100.00
Turnout   41
Republican hold

2012

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Luke Messer 162,613 59.08
Democratic Brad Bookout 96,678 35.12
Libertarian Rex Bell 15,962 5.80
Total votes 275,253 100.00
Turnout   57
Republican hold

2014

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Luke Messer (Incumbent) 102,187 65.90
Democratic Susan Hall Heitzman 45,509 29.35
Libertarian Eric Miller 7,375 4.76
Total votes 155,071 100.00
Turnout   32
Republican hold

2016

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Luke Messer (Incumbent) 204,920 69.14
Democratic Barry A. Welsh 79,135 26.70
Libertarian Rich Turvey 12,330 4.16
Total votes 296,385 100.00
Turnout   59
Republican hold

2018

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Pence 154,260 63.8
Democratic Jeannine Lee Lake 79,430 32.9
Libertarian Tom Ferkinhoff 8,030 3.3
Independent John Miller (write-in) 5 0.0
Independent Heather Leigh Meloy (write-in) 1 0.0
Total votes 241,726 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2020[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Pence (incumbent) 225,318 68.6
Democratic Jeannine Lake 91,103 27.8
Libertarian Tom Ferkinhoff 11,791 3.6
Total votes 328,212 100.0
Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

See also

Notes

  1. In 1847, Whig George G. Dunn defeated Democrat David M. Dobson by 1 vote, 7,455–7,454, in one of the closest elections in state history.

References

  1. https://www.census.gov/mycd/?st=18&cd=06
  2. https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1806-congressional-district-6-in/
  3. "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  4. By $${element.Contributor} (2017-07-26). "Indiana Rep. Luke Messer Running for Senate". Rollcall.com. Retrieved 2018-04-17.
  5. "Indiana Election Results November 3, 2020". Indiana Election Division. Retrieved November 26, 2020.


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