Indiana 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Indiana 2020 General Election

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Indiana
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 2 June 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Friday 7 February 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Tuesday 2 June 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EDT (1000-2200 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CDT (1100-2300 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.
✓ Tuesday 30 June 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent/Third/Minor/Independent President (by 15 July the candidate must consent) .
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 6:00a-6:00p EST (1100-2300 UTC) / 6:00a-6:00p CST (1200-0000 UTC). Although a portion of this state is in CT, the majority of the polls are closed by the time indicated ET when the networks feel they can project.

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	6,501,582	(2.10% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	11	(2.04% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	9	(2.07% of 435)
Capital:	Indianapolis

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Indiana State and Local Government

Indiana 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

20 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, Governor Eric Holcomb, Secretary of State Connie Lawson, Republican Party Chair Kyle Hupfer, and Democratic Party Chair John Zody announced an agreement to move the date of this year's Indiana primary election from 5 May to 2 June.

NOTE: In any Primary election in INDIANA, voters state which Party they are affiliated with by asking the poll workers for the ballot of that Party in a given Primary. A voter's party affiliation is determined solely by his or her Primary voting record; the state's voter registration form does NOT provide a place for the voter to state Party affiliation.

Even though the history of a voter's Party affiliation- solely as determined by the individual voter's Primary voting record- is part of the public record, the informaton is NOT available at the polling place. Any voter, however, may challenge another voter's Party affiliation at the polls:

In such a case, the voter making the challenge (the "challenger") fills out an affidavit that the voter being challenged (the "challengee") has not, in fact, voted in the Party's Primaries in the past, an assertion against which the challengee must fill out a counter-affidavit, asserting that they intend to vote for a majority of the candidates of the challengee's Party of choice in the next General Election. If the challengee fills out this counter-affidavit, the challengee is allowed to vote in the Primary; however, if the challengee refuses, he or she is not allowed to vote in the Primary.

Nevertheless, since General Election ballots are cast in secret, the intention expressed in the counter-affidavit by the challengee is impossible to enforce.

Indiana law forbids anyone from appearing on the general election ballot more the once.

The Libertarian Party nominates by 7 March convention rather than by primary.

Democratic (13 June) and Republican Party (20 June) nominations for Secretary of State, Auditor, and Treasurer are decided by convention.

2020 Indiana Election Calendar from the Indiana Election Division.

2020 Primary and General Election Candidates from the Indiana Election Division.

2 June 2020 Primary results, results from a media source.

2 June 2020 Primary and 3 November 2020 General Election returns from the Indiana Election Division.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 11 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (3, 12 write-ins)

		Republican	1,729,519	57.02%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence (11 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Democratic	1,242,416	40.96%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Libertarian	59,232	1.95%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Write-in; (Green)	989	0.03%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
		Write-in; (American Solidarity)	895	0.03%	Brian T. Carroll • FEC P00013771
		Write-in; (Independent)	23	0.00%	Shawn W. Howard • FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
		Write-in; (Independent)	17	0.00%	Valerie Lin McCray • FEC P00010660
		Write-in; (Independent)	13	0.00%	Joseph Charles "Average Joe" Schriner • FEC P00003962; 03 Nov 20; Tot $882; Dsb $865
		Write-in; (Other)	5	0.00%	James L. Johnson, Jr.
		Write-in; (Independent)	4	0.00%	Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse • for Vice President: Sheila Marie Cannon • FEC P00005207
		Write-in; (Independent)	4	0.00%	Mitchell Williams
		Write-in; (Independent)	2	0.00%	Christopher Stried • FEC P00009084
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz • Listed as "Randall F." by Secretary of State.
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Kasey J. Wells • FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Abram Loeb • FEC P00016329
Total			3,033,121	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Republican	Senator Mike Braun • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

		*Republican*			*Senator Mike Braun* • FEC S8IN00171

Class 3		Republican	Senator Todd Christopher Young • Served in the U.S. House: 2011-2017. First elected to the U.S. Senate: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidate list (2)

		Democratic			Haneefah Khaaliq • FEC S2IN00133

		*Republican*			*Senator Todd Christopher Young* • FEC S6IN00191

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in any 3-term period, All Governors

		Republican	Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated
	Candidate list (3)

		Republican	1,706,727	56.51%	Governor Eric Joseph Holcomb • for Lieutenant Governor: Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch

		Democratic	968,094	32.05%	former state Health Commissioner Woodrow "Woody" Myers • for Lieutenant Governor: former state Representative Linda C. Lawson

		Libertarian	345,567	11.44%	Donald G. Rainwater, II • for Lieutenant Governor: William E. Henry
Total			3,020,388	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Elected on a ticket with Governor.

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch • First elected: 2016. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Democratic (1 Open, 1 Renominated); 7 Republican (6 Renominated, 1 Open)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 1 Open		Democratic	Member of Congress Peter J. Visclosky • First elected: 1984 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 6 November 2019: "On November 6th, 35 years ago today, I was elected to serve as Indiana’s First District U.S. Representative. Today, I announce that I will not seek re-election in 2020...."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	185,180	56.64%	North Township Trustee Frank J. Mrvan • FEC H0IN01150; 23 Nov 20; Tot $568,795; Dsb $451,309

		Republican	132,247	40.45%	Mark J. Leyva • FEC H0IN01333; 23 Nov 20; Tot $16,531; Dsb $15,317

		Libertarian	9,521	2.91%	Michael Strauss • FEC H0IN01275
Total			326,948	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 2		Republican	Member of Congress Jackie Swihart Walorski • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	183,601	61.49%	Member of Congress Jackie Swihart Walorski • FEC H0IN02190; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,378,038; Dsb $1,611,394

		Democratic	114,967	38.51%	Mary Patricia "Pat" Hackett • FEC H8IN02177; 23 Nov 20; Tot $884,799; Dsb $867,376
Total			298,568	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 3		Republican	Member of Congress James E. "Jim" Banks • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	220,989	67.84%	Member of Congress James E. "Jim" Banks • FEC H6IN03229; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,219,561; Dsb $755,456

		Democratic	104,762	32.16%	Chip Winter Coldiron • FEC H0IN03230; 31 Dec 20; Tot $97,264; Dsb $93,091
Total			325,751	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 4		Republican	Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Baird • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Republican	225,531	66.62%	Member of Congress James R. "Jim" Baird • FEC H8IN04199; 23 Nov 20; Tot $370,777; Dsb $231,868

		Democratic	112,984	33.38%	Joseph William "Joe" Mackey • FEC H8IN04140; 31 Dec 20; Tot $45,153; Dsb $43,780
Total			338,515	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 5 Open		Republican	Member of Congress Susan W. Brooks • First elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 14 June 2019: "... I will retire as U. S. Representative for the 5th District of Indiana at the end of my current term."
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Republican	208,212	50.02%	state Senator Victoria Spartz • FEC H0IN05326; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,195,414; Dsb $3,126,392

		Democratic	191,226	45.94%	former state Representative Christina Hale • FEC H0IN05219; 23 Nov 20; Tot $4,019,767; Dsb $4,001,834

		Libertarian	16,788	4.03%	Kenneth "Ken" Tucker • FEC H0IN05342
Total			416,226	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 6		Republican	Member of Congress Gregory J. "Greg" Pence • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated - Brother of Vice President Mike Pence
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Republican	225,319	68.65%	Member of Congress Gregory J. "Greg" Pence • FEC H8IN06129; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,123,608; Dsb $2,728,359

		Democratic	91,103	27.76%	Jeannine Lee Lake • FEC H8IN06152; 23 Nov 20; Tot $150,671; Dsb $152,898

		Libertarian	11,791	3.59%	Thomas "Tom" Ferkinhoff • FEC H8IN06137
Total			328,213	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 7		Democratic	Member of Congress André D. Carson • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 11 March 2008 in a Special Election called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Member of Congress Julia M. Carson (his grandmother) on 15 December 2007. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	176,422	62.44%	Member of Congress André D. Carson • FEC H8IN07184; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,020,414; Dsb $836,135

		Republican	106,146	37.56%	Susan Marie Smith • FEC H0IN07256; 23 Nov 20; Tot $62,905; Dsb $59,443
Total			282,568	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 8		Republican	Member of Congress Larry D. Bucshon • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Republican	214,643	66.95%	Member of Congress Larry D. Bucshon • FEC H0IN08114; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,053,140; Dsb $1,067,188

		Democratic	95,691	29.85%	E. Thomasina Marsili • FEC H0IN08213; 23 Nov 20; Tot $68,309; Dsb $63,262

		Libertarian	10,283	3.21%	James D. Rodenberger • FEC H0IN08221
Total			320,617	100.00%

Incumbent - 116th Congress
CD 9		Republican	Member of Congress Joseph A. "Trey" Hollingsworth, III • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (3) - 117th Congress

		Republican	222,057	61.85%	Member of Congress Joseph A. "Trey" Hollingsworth, III • FEC H6IN09176; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,170,438; Dsb $504,658

		Democratic	122,566	34.14%	former Bloomington City Councilman Andy Ruff • FEC H0IN09179; 23 Nov 20; Tot $144,225; Dsb $130,131

		Libertarian	14,415	4.01%	Tonya Lynn Millis • FEC H0IN09153; 12 Nov 20; Tot $10,224; Dsb $10,041
Total			359,038	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Secretary of State Connie Lawson • Appointed: March 2012; first elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

Lost		Republican	Attorney General Curtis T. Hill, Jr. • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running - 11 May 2020: The state Supreme Court suspended Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill's license to practice law for 30 days effective 18 May. The Court unanimously found that Hill's behavior constituted misdemeanor battery re: accusations he groped multiple women. Hill has denied the allegations. 10 July 2020: Did not receive his party's nomination by Convention.
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2)

		Republican	1,721,998	58.34%	former Member of Congress Todd Rokita • Former Indiana state Secretary of State: 2002-2010; first elected to the U.S. House: 2010. Reelected 2012, 2014, 2016. Not a candidate for reelection to Congress: 2018, unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate: 2018. 10 July 2020: Won the nominating convention.

		Democratic	1,229,626	41.66%	former state Representative Jonathan Weinzapfel • Won the June nominating convention.
Total			2,951,624	100.00%
	Major Party candidates for the offices of Attorney General are not nominated via Primary but, instead, will be (per Indiana Code 3-8-4-2) nominated at each Party's respective State Conventions.

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Republican	Treasurer Kelly Mitchell • First elected: 2014; re-elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Candidate for Congress District 5 in 2020.
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Auditor 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002

		Republican	Auditor Tera Klutz • Appointed 9 January 2017 (re: resignation of Auditor Suzanne Crouch (Republican) who was elected in 2016 as Lieutenant Governor); first elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
	Candidates for this office are nominated by party convention or petition. That is, there is no primary election for this office.

Comptroller 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

Superintendent of Public Instruction 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2000. In 2021, this office will be become an appointed position.

Open		Republican	Public Instruction Superintendent Jennifer McCormick • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Open Seat - 2 October 2018: Retiring at the end of his term. In 2021, this office will be become an appointed position.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 13 candidates
	• Republican: 16 incumbents, 14 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 7 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• American Solidarity: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 9 candidates
	• Other: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 12 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.