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Erik Hurt
Erik Hurt (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 8th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Hurt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2024
See also: Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024
Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Republican primary)
Indiana's 8th Congressional District election, 2024 (May 7 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Mark Messmer defeated Erik Hurt and K. Richard Fitzlaff in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Messmer (R) | 68.0 | 219,941 | |
| Erik Hurt (D) | 29.5 | 95,311 | ||
| K. Richard Fitzlaff (L) | 2.6 | 8,381 | ||
| Total votes: 323,633 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
Erik Hurt defeated Edward Upton Sein, Michael Talarzyk, and Peter Priest II in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Erik Hurt | 45.1 | 8,204 | |
| Edward Upton Sein | 22.5 | 4,087 | ||
| Michael Talarzyk | 20.9 | 3,796 | ||
| Peter Priest II | 11.5 | 2,098 | ||
| Total votes: 18,185 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kellie Moore (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 8 on May 7, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Mark Messmer | 38.5 | 30,668 | |
| John N. Hostettler | 19.7 | 15,649 | ||
| Richard Moss | 14.1 | 11,227 | ||
| Dominick Jack Kavanaugh | 11.8 | 9,397 | ||
| Kristi Risk | 9.2 | 7,350 | ||
| Luke Misner | 2.9 | 2,287 | ||
| Jim Case | 2.6 | 2,107 | ||
| Jeremy Heath | 1.2 | 944 | ||
| Total votes: 79,629 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jon Schrock (R)
- Larry Bucshon (R)
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Hurt in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Erik Hurt completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hurt's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I will fight to expand benefits and the quality of life for working class people with policies like guaranteed paid vacation, guaranteed paid parental leave, guaranteed child care, an increased minimum wage, while also fighting to bring the cost of housing and goods down with things like wealth taxes and windfall profit taxes.
- I will fight to combat climate change not only by promoting investments into clean energy but rethinking the way our cities are structured so that they are built around people and not cars so that we can bring down the amount of energy we're using.
- I want to drastically increase investments into our public education system. From pre-K through university. From trade school to liberal arts colleges. I want to raise teacher salaries, expand student resources, make sure no child is going hungry at school, and that no student will be forced into debt for wanting to get an education.
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Campaign website
Hurt’s campaign website stated the following:
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Workers Rights and Benefits I support a $20 minimum wage with provisions that it increases automatically to keep up with inflation. I support 6 weeks guaranteed paid vacation, 16 weeks of guaranteed paid parental leave, as well as efforts to establish a 32 hour work week. Labor laws that protect workers from bodily harm and that keep children from working long hours or in dangerous conditions should be maintained and enforced. Environment and Infrastructure We need to put the weight of Americas might behind renewable energy sources. We need to invest heavily in public transportation, and create a national rail service that rivals the best in the world. We need more dense, walkable cities, that are designed around people and not cars. We need to work towards more sustainability in all of our consumer goods which includes limiting our use of single use items, particularly single use plastics. Taxing the Rich I support a top marginal tax rate of 80% which would put it in line with what is was in the 1940s-1970s. I support a progressive wealth tax on household worth over $100 million dollars because the ultra-wealthy shouldn’t be able to hide behind unrealized gains. I support a windfall profits tax to fight against corporate greed and price gouging that has driven inflation in this country. Education I believe we need a drastic increase in funding for K-12 schools that provides higher pay for teachers, more support staff, better resources and infrastructure, and funding for additional school programs and clubs, as well as opportunities for alternative education opportunities that allow students to learn life skills, trades, or follow passions in an easily accessible environment. I believe that all school meals should free across the board. I support universal pre-k, universal community college, and debt free 4 years universities. I support the immediate cancelation of student loan debt. I believe that schools should be places where students can explore different ideas and learn and grow into themselves in a safe and constructive environment that is inclusive of LGBTQ+ perspectives. I believe it is important that history is not compromised in the classroom and should not be whitewashed or manipulated to push an agenda. Providing more facts, more information, more context can never be indoctrination, that can only occur by omitting facts from being taught. Corporate Regulation I believe we need to enforce antitrust laws , and make sure that mega-corporations and conglomerates are not able to continue to push out their competition and impose their will across every industry. Enforcing safety, quality, and environmental standards is vitally important, and we cannot sacrifice these standards for promises of efficiency, which are really promises of lower quality goods. Crime and Law Enforcement I believe that the focus of our approach to crime should be on tackling the root causes of crime like poverty. I support the divestment of funds from traditional policing into education, mental health care, substance abusing counseling, and other social services. I support the federal legalization of marijuana. I support a federal ban on for-profit prisons. I support the decriminalization of sex work. Abortion, IVF, and Contraception I believe that the right and access to IVF should also be protected. I believe that the right to contraceptives should be protected and that people should have easy access to contraception, and that comprehensive sexual education is important to teach young adults. Democracy I believe that election day should be a federal holiday. I believe we should institute compulsory voter registration. I believe we need to get rid of the electoral college. I believe we need to ban felony disenfranchisement. Palestine Healthcare |
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| —Erik Hurt’s campaign website (2024)[2] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Erik Hurt’s campaign website, “Issues,” accessed April 17, 2024
