Kellie Moore

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Kellie Moore

Democratic Party

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Birthplace

Evansville, Ind.

Religion

Atheist

Profession

Administrative assistant

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Kellie Moore (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Indiana's 8th Congressional District. She was disqualified from the Democratic primary scheduled on May 7, 2024.

Moore completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Kellie Moore was born in Evansville, Indiana. Her career experience includes working as an administrative assistant.

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

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Peter Priest II	11.5	2,098

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 79,629
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Jon Schrock (R)
• Larry Bucshon (R)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Kellie Moore completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2023. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Moore's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I am your everyday person. I like to go to the orchard and farmers markets to get fresh fruit. I emotion spending time playing with my kids.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• I want to be the voice for the everyday people. The ones who aren't being heard currently.
• I stand with my LGBTQIA+ family and want to make sure they ALL have equal rights to straight, cisgendered people
• I am very pro choice and feel NO ONE has the right to tell someone what to do with their bodies. That includes vaccines.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Universal Healthcare! I feel like Healthcare is a right, not a privilege. Housing the homeless is another huge thing for me.

Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?

Who do I look up to? My mom. She's strong and kind and took care of us kids and is absolutely my hero.

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

Being the voice for their constituents

What is the first historical event that happened in your lifetime that you remember? How old were you at the time?

Desert storm. I was 6. My uncle was in the military and I remember him leaving for war.

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

I worked at Schnucks in the floral department for 3 years

What is something that has been a struggle in your life?

Living paycheck to paycheck. Choosing between a prescription and paying a bill. That's why I want to be the voice for the lower and middle class constituents.

Do you believe that it's beneficial for representatives to have previous experience in government or politics?

The house of Representatives was originally meant to be made up of everyday people. We need to get the life long politicians out of congress

What do you perceive to be the United States’ greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?

The division caused by right wing propaganda

Do you believe that two years is the right term length for representatives?

I would personally prefer 3 years.

What are your thoughts on term limits?

I encourage term limits for house, senate, and scotus

Is there a particular representative, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

I'm my own person and no one has ever spoke for the lower and middle class people. I want to be that voice. I also will never let my vote be bought.

Do you believe that compromise is necessary or desirable for policymaking?

You have to be able to communicate and compromise across the aisle to get anything done

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Campaign finance summary

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Kellie Moore campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	U.S. House Indiana District 8	Disqualified primary	$2,624	$1,361
Grand total			$2,624	$1,361
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete

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Footnotes

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Indiana's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Jim Banks (R)

Todd Young (R)

Representatives

District 1

Frank Mrvan (D)

District 2

Rudy Yakym (R)

District 3

Marlin Stutzman (R)

District 4

Jim Baird (R)

District 5

Victoria Spartz (R)

District 6

Jefferson Shreve (R)

District 7

André Carson (D)

District 8

Mark Messmer (R)

District 9

Erin Houchin (R)

Republican Party (9)

Democratic Party (2)