Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024

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Indiana's 6th Congressional District
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: February 9, 2024
	Primary: May 7, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Voting in Indiana
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Republican; DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican; Inside Elections: Solid Republican; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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Indiana 2024 elections

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All U.S. House districts, including the 6th Congressional District of Indiana, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was May 7, 2024. The filing deadline was February 9, 2024. The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.^[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.^[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 67.5%-32.5%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 64.9%-33.0%.^[3]

This is one of 45 open races for the U.S. House in 2024 where an incumbent did not run for re-election. Across the country, 24 Democrats and 21 Republicans did not run for re-election. In 2022, 49 representatives did not seek re-election, including 31 Democrats and 18 Republicans.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Jefferson Shreve defeated Cynthia Wirth and James Sceniak in the general election for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jefferson Shreve (R)	63.9	201,357
	Cynthia Wirth (D)	31.7	99,841
	James Sceniak (L)	4.4	13,711

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 314,909
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

Cynthia Wirth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cynthia Wirth	100.0	11,708

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,708
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6

The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on May 7, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jefferson Shreve	28.4	20,265
		Mike Speedy	22.1	15,752
		Jamison E. Carrier	20.1	14,386
		Bill Frazier	10.0	7,110
		Jeff Raatz	8.9	6,365
		John Jacob	8.1	5,793
	Submit photo	Darin Childress	2.4	1,737

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 71,408
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Libertarian convention

Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6

James Sceniak advanced from the Libertarian convention for U.S. House Indiana District 6 on March 2, 2024.

		Candidate
✔		James Sceniak (L)

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2
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Candidate profiles

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Cynthia Wirth

Party: Democratic Party

Incumbent: No

Political Office: None

Submitted Biography: "Cynthia (Cinde) Wirth is a 7th generation Hoosier, a biologist, archaeologist, small business owner, community leader, and public school educator who served as an officer in the Downtown Merchants Association for Downtown Columbus businesses. Cinde holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Evansville in Biology and Spanish and a master’s degree from Indiana University-Bloomington in Anthropology. Wirth most recently taught Biology and Environmental Science at Columbus Signature Academy- New Tech High School, receiving two (2) National New Tech Network Project Teaching Honors and three (3) Bartholomew Consolidated School Foundation Innovation Grants. Cinde is public school educated and a first generation college graduate, serving as both as an Educational Ambassador to Miyoshi, Japan and a nationally selected Albert Einstein Fellow, where she honed her policy writing skills with one of the federal bills she wrote becoming law in 2020. For the past 30 years Cinde and her husband, Trent, have resided in Historic Downtown Columbus in the home they renovated themselves. They have two grown children."

Key Messages

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The majority of Americans believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. Women who are experiencing pregnancy complications should not be left to bleed out in a parking lot waiting until doctors and healthcare providers are legally cleared to save her life. These decisions are between a women and her healthcare provider and are private. Legislators have no place in a medical exam room. I’ll fight for this right to be permanently restored.

Americans have paid into social security and, along with medicare, these allow for American to retire with dignity and allow retirees the ability to address healthcare concerns. Over 65 million Americans depend on our social security and medicate programs to be strong and functioning as intended. I’ll fight to ensure our seniors are respected and social security and medicare are preserved and protected as they were designed to be.

Public education is the bedrock of our democracy and attempts to discredit and destroy our world-class public education system that is for ALL students need to be stopped. I’ll work to ensure that ALL students have access to a high quality, free education.

This information was current as of the candidate's run for U.S. House Indiana District 6 in 2024.

Voting information

See also: Voting in Indiana

Election information in Indiana: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Oct. 7, 2024
By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 7, 2024
Online: Oct. 7, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

No

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Oct. 24, 2024
By mail: Received by Oct. 24, 2024
Online: Oct. 24, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 8, 2024 to Nov. 4, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. (EST/CST)

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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Survey responses from candidates in this race

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Cynthia Wirth (D)

The majority of Americans believe that a woman has the right to make decisions about her own body. Women who are experiencing pregnancy complications should not be left to bleed out in a parking lot waiting until doctors and healthcare providers are legally cleared to save her life. These decisions are between a women and her healthcare provider and are private. Legislators have no place in a medical exam room. I’ll fight for this right to be permanently restored.

Americans have paid into social security and, along with medicare, these allow for American to retire with dignity and allow retirees the ability to address healthcare concerns. Over 65 million Americans depend on our social security and medicate programs to be strong and functioning as intended. I’ll fight to ensure our seniors are respected and social security and medicare are preserved and protected as they were designed to be.

Public education is the bedrock of our democracy and attempts to discredit and destroy our world-class public education system that is for ALL students need to be stopped. I’ll work to ensure that ALL students have access to a high quality, free education.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

Indiana’s 6th District needs a representative who lives within the district, and in the real world- where we live with budgets and limited income. A representative who will write legislation and vote for bills that help everyday hard-working people in Indiana.

Everyday Hoosiers are not billionaires and we need to stop giving breaks to the ultra-wealthy and well-connected- folks who are worth $500 Million or more.

We need to invest in solutions for working families, strengthening the middle class and unions, and preserving and protecting social security and medicare for our seniors.

We can hold corporations accountable for price gouging

and strengthen anti-trust laws so that workers, taxpayers, and consumers financially benefit.

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

Honesty, integrity, and a true spirit of service to others that puts people first are all critically important for a representative of the people in our U.S. House of Representatives.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

Cynthia Wirth (D)

My first jobs were babysitting neighbor children and teaching swimming lessons. I worked through high school and college doing both and they each taught me things I use today. Teaching swimming allowed me to help both children and adults overcome their fears to be able to enjoy themselves in and around water.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Cynthia Wirth	Democratic Party	$27,713	$21,645	$-9,116	As of December 10, 2024
Jamison E. Carrier	Republican Party	$872,676	$871,734	$942	As of December 31, 2024
Darin Childress	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Bill Frazier	Republican Party	$348,302	$349,474	$0	As of December 31, 2024
John Jacob	Republican Party	$40,112	$40,112	$0	As of July 12, 2024
Jeff Raatz	Republican Party	$125,383	$125,383	$0	As of June 5, 2024
Jefferson Shreve	Republican Party	$6,241,637	$6,109,922	$131,715	As of December 31, 2024
Mike Speedy	Republican Party	$1,587,197	$1,587,197	$0	As of December 31, 2024
James Sceniak	Libertarian Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[4]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Race ratings: Indiana's 6th Congressional District election, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	November 5, 2024	October 29, 2024	October 22, 2024	October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The Hill	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican	Solid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican	Safe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Indiana in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Indiana, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Filing fee	Filing deadline	Source
Indiana	U.S. House	Ballot-qualified party	N/A (only declaration of candidacy required)	N/A	2/6/2024	Source
Indiana	U.S. House	Unaffiliated	2% of total votes cast for the secretary of state in the district in the last election	N/A	7/1/2024	Source

District analysis

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District map - A map of the district in place for the election.
Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.

District map

Competitiveness
Presidential elections

State party control

Below was the map in use at the time of the election. Click the map below to enlarge it.

See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Indiana.

Indiana U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Office	Districts/ offices	Seats	Open seats	Candidates	Possible primaries	Contested Democratic primaries	Contested Republican primaries	% of contested primaries	Incumbents in contested primaries	% of incumbents in contested primaries
2024	9	9	3	63	18	6	8	77.8%	4	66.7%
2022	9	9	1	49	18	8	4	66.7%	3	37.5%
2020	9	9	2	78	18	9	6	83.3%	4	57.1%
2018	9	9	2	71	18	8	7	83.3%	4	57.1%
2016	9	9	2	51	18	8	8	88.9%	7	100.0%
2014	9	9	0	49	18	7	6	72.2%	6	66.7%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Indiana in 2024. Information below was calculated on March 19, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Sixty-three candidates ran for Indiana’s nine U.S. House districts, including 18 Democrats and 45 Republicans. That’s seven candidates per district, higher than the 5.6 candidates that ran in 2022, but lower than the 8.7 candidates who ran in 2020.

Three districts—the 3rd, the 6th, and the 8th—were open, meaning no incumbents ran. That’s the most open districts in an election cycle this decade.