Indiana's 7th congressional district

Indiana's 7th congressional district
	Indiana's 7th congressional district – since January 3, 2013
	André Carson; D–Indianapolis
Area	265 sq mi (690 km2)
Distribution	99.7% urban; 0.3% rural;
Population (2019)	777,205
Median household; income	$46,118[1]
Ethnicity	51% White[2]; 31% Black; 12% Hispanic; 3% Asian; 3% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	D+11[3]

Indiana's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is entirely located within Marion County and includes most of Indianapolis, except for the north side, which is represented by the 5th District.

The district is currently represented by Democrat André Carson, who won a special election in 2008 to succeed his grandmother Julia Carson following her death in 2007.

The district is one of three to be represented by a Muslim in the United States (the others being Michigan's 13th, represented by Rashida Tlaib, and Minnesota's 5th, represented by Ilhan Omar).[4]

This district has not elected a Republican since the 2000 election when it covered a completely different area of the state, and is considered a safe Democratic seat.

Election results from presidential races

Year	Office	Result
2000	President	Al Gore 56 - George W. Bush 43%
2004	President	John Kerry 58 - George W. Bush 42%
2008	President	Barack Obama 71 - John McCain 28%
2012	President	Barack Obama 62.9 - Mitt Romney 35.3%
2016	President	Hillary Clinton 59.0 - Donald Trump 36.2%
2020	President	Joe Biden 62.9 - Donald Trump 35.3%

Characteristics

The current area of the 7th Congressional District is largely the same as the now eliminated 10th Congressional District (including all of Center Township, now widely regarded as a Democratic stronghold due to its large African American population and gentrified middle class.)

Traditionally, the city and the district has been more competitive and much more Republican; in fact, one of the most Republican metropolitan areas in the country, particularly during the years when Richard Lugar and William H. Hudnut III served as Mayor of Indianapolis. However, in recent decades, much of the affluence of the city has begun to migrate to the edges of the city and outer Marion County, which has resulted in the Democratic lean. The northern edge of Marion county - an affluent, strongly conservative area - is not included in the district.

The southern and eastern parts of the district include the more modest neighborhoods of the city, which is home to Amtrak's largest repair yard. Since the late 1990s, there has been an influx of Mexican and Hispanic workers to the district, which has further increased its Democratic leanings. Also, as the industrial and financial center of Indiana, the district has been strongly influenced by the politics of the unions in the past; however, their influence over the district has become increasingly marginal in recent years.

In recent presidential contests, the district itself has given comfortable margins to Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry and Barack Obama. Most recently in 2008, Barack Obama won 71% of the vote in the 7th Congressional District.

Redistricting

Prior to the 2002 redistricting, the district referred to a completely different area of Indiana, covering Fountain, Parke, Tippecanoe, Montgomery, Clinton, Boone, Hendricks, Vigo, Clay, Putnam, and Owen counties and parts of Morgan and Hamilton counties. It had a dramatically different political history from the current 7th; it was a solidly Republican and rural area anchored by Terre Haute and Lafayette.

After the loss of a congressional seat in 2000 by virtue of that year's census, an ambitious redistricting plan was embarked upon, which was eventually implemented in 2002. As mentioned above, most of the old 10th became the new 7th, while the territory of the old 7th was split into the 4th Congressional District and the 8th Congressional District.

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1833
Edward A. Hannegan	Jacksonian	March 4, 1833 – March 3, 1837	23rd 24th	Elected in 1833. Re-elected in 1835. Retired.
Albert S. White	Whig	March 4, 1837 – March 3, 1839	25th	Elected in 1837. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Tilghman Howard	Democratic	March 3, 1839 – July 1, 1840	26th	Elected in 1839. Resigned.
Vacant		July 1, 1840 – August 3, 1840	26th
Henry S. Lane	Whig	August 3, 1840 – March 3, 1843	26th 27th	Elected to finish Howards's term. Re-elected in 1841. Retired.
Joseph A. Wright	Democratic	March 4, 1843 – March 3, 1845	28th	Elected in 1843. Lost re-election.
Edward W. McGaughey	Whig	March 4, 1845 – March 3, 1847	29th	Elected in 1845. Lost re-election.
Richard W. Thompson	Whig	March 4, 1847 – March 3, 1849	30th	Elected in 1847. [data unknown/missing]
Edward W. McGaughey	Whig	March 4, 1849 – March 3, 1851	31st	Elected in 1849. Lost re-election.
John G. Davis	Democratic	March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855	32nd 33rd	Elected in 1851. Re-elected in 1852.[lower-alpha 1] Lost re-election.
Harvey D. Scott	Opposition	March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1857	34th	[data unknown/missing]
John G. Davis	Anti-Lecompton Democratic	March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	35th 36th	[data unknown/missing] Retired.
Daniel W. Voorhees	Democratic	March 4, 1861 – February 23, 1866	37th 38th 39th	Elected in 1860. Lost contested election.
Henry D. Washburn	Republican	February 23, 1866 – March 3, 1869	39th 40th	Won contested election. [data unknown/missing]
Godlove S. Orth	Republican	March 4, 1869 – March 3, 1871	41st	Redistricted from the 8th district and re-elected in 1868. [data unknown/missing]
Mahlon D. Manson	Democratic	March 4, 1871 – March 3, 1873	42nd	[data unknown/missing]
Thomas J. Cason	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 9th district.
Franklin Landers	Democratic	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1877	44th	[data unknown/missing]
John Hanna	Republican	March 4, 1877 – March 3, 1879	45th	[data unknown/missing]
Gilbert De La Matyr	Greenback	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1881	46th	[data unknown/missing]
Stanton J. Peelle	Republican	March 4, 1881 – May 22, 1884	47th 48th	Lost contested election
William E. English	Democratic	May 22, 1884 – March 3, 1885	48th	Won contested election
William D. Bynum	Democratic	March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1895	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd	[data unknown/missing]
Charles L. Henry	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897	54th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 8th district.
Jesse Overstreet	Republican	March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	Redistricted from the 5th district and re-elected in 1896. [data unknown/missing]
Charles A. Korbly	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	61st 62nd 63rd	[data unknown/missing]
Merrill Moores	Republican	March 4, 1915 – March 3, 1925	64th 65th 66th 67th 68th	[data unknown/missing]
Ralph E. Updike	Republican	March 4, 1925 – March 3, 1929	69th 70th	[data unknown/missing]
Louis Ludlow	Democratic	March 4, 1929 – March 3, 1933	71st 72nd	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 12th district.
Arthur H. Greenwood	Democratic	March 3, 1933 – January 3, 1939	73rd 74th 75th	[data unknown/missing]
Gerald W. Landis	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 3, 1949	76th 77th 78th 79th 80th	[data unknown/missing]
James E. Noland	Democratic	January 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951	81st	[data unknown/missing]
William G. Bray	Republican	January 3, 1951 – January 3, 1967	82nd 83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 6th district.
John T. Myers	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1997	90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th	[data unknown/missing]
Edward A. Pease	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2001	105th 106th	[data unknown/missing]
Brian D. Kerns	Republican	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2003	107th	[data unknown/missing] Redistricted to the 4th district and lost renomination.
Julia Carson	Democratic	January 3, 2003 – December 15, 2007	108th 109th 110th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2002. Died.
Vacant		December 15, 2007 – March 11, 2008	110th
André Carson	Democratic	March 11, 2008 – Present	110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected to finish his grandmother's term.

Recent election results

2002

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Carson	77,478	53.13%
	Republican	Ambrose McVey	64,379	44.14%
	Libertarian	Andrew Horning	3,919	2.69%
	No party	Others	64	0.04%
Total votes			145,840	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

2004

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Carson (Incumbent)	121,303	54.35%
	Republican	Andrew Horning	97,491	43.68%
	Libertarian	Barry Campbell	4,381	1.96%
Total votes			223,175	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2006

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Carson (Incumbent)	74,750	53.76%
	Republican	Eric Dickerson	64,304	46.24%
Total votes			139,054	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2008

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Special Election (March 11, 2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson	45,668	54.04%
	Republican	Jonathan Elrod	36,415	43.09%
	Libertarian	Sean Sheppard	2,430	2.88%
Total votes			84,513	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

Indiana's 7th Congressional District General Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	172,650	65.08%
	Republican	Gabrielle Campo	92,645	34.92%
Total votes			265,295	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2010

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	86,011	58.90%
	Republican	Marvin B. Scott	55,213	37.81%
	Libertarian	Dav Wilson	4,815	3.30%
Total votes			146,039	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2012

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	162,122	62.85%
	Republican	Carlos May	95,828	37.15%
Total votes			257,950	100.00%
Turnout
	Democratic hold

2014

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election, (2014)[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Andre Carson (Incumbent)	61,443	54.73%
	Republican	Catherine Ping	46,887	41.77%
	Libertarian	Chris Mayo	3,931	3.50%
Total votes			112,261	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2016

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	158,739	59.98%
	Republican	Catherine Ping	94,456	35.69%
	Libertarian	Drew Thompson	11,475	4.34%
Total votes			264,670	100.00%
	Democratic hold

2018

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	141,139	64.9%
	Republican	Wayne Harmon	76,457	35.1%
Total votes			217,596	100.0%
	Democratic hold

2020

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2020)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	André Carson (Incumbent)	176,422	62.4%
	Republican	Susan Marie Smith	106,146	37.6%
Total votes			282,568	100.0%
	Democratic hold

Historical district boundaries

2003 - 2013

The two different locations of the 7th district since 1982.

Notes

Starting in 1852, Indiana held its elections in even-numbered years.

References

My Congressional District
https://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1807-congressional-district-7-in/
"Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
How many members of the new Congress are Catholic?, Michael J. O’Loughlin, January 3, 2019
"Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 18, 2014.

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

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[5] Starting in 1852, Indiana held its elections in even-numbered years.

[1] My Congressional District

[2] ttps://censusreporter.org/profiles/50000US1807-congressional-district-7-in/

[Cook-3] "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.

[4] How many members of the new Congress are Catholic?, Michael J. O’Loughlin, January 3, 2019

[:1-6] "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 18, 2014.