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Indiana's 7th congressional district

Indiana's 7th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The district is in Marion County and includes most of Indianapolis. The district used to have more Republicans in the district but now is mostly Democratic Party. The people who live in the district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Democrat André Carson, who won a special election in 2008 to replace his grandmother Julia Carson after she died in 2007.

Indiana's 7th congressional district
Indiana US Congressional District 7 (since 2013).tif
Indiana's 7th congressional district – since January 3, 2013
Representative
  André Carson
D–Indianapolis
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Distribution
  • 99.7% urban
  • 0.3% rural
Population (2019)777,205
Median income$46,118[1]
Ethnicity
Cook PVID+11[2]

Election history

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%

2002

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Julia Carson 77,478 53.13%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | 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  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] gain from Republican

2004

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Julia Carson (Incumbent) 121,303 54.35%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Andrew Horning 97,491 43.68%
Libertarian Barry Campbell 4,381 1.96%
Total votes 223,175 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2006

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Julia Carson (Incumbent) 74,750 53.76%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Eric Dickerson 64,304 46.24%
Total votes 139,054 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2008

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Special Election (March 11, 2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson 45,668 54.04%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Jonathan Elrod 36,415 43.09%
Libertarian Sean Sheppard 2,430 2.88%
Total votes 84,513 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold
Indiana's 7th Congressional District General Election (2008)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 172,650 65.08%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Gabrielle Campo 92,645 34.92%
Total votes 265,295 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2010

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 86,011 58.90%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Marvin B. Scott 55,213 37.81%
Libertarian Dav Wilson 4,815 3.30%
Total votes 146,039 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2012

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 162,122 62.85%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Carlos May 95,828 37.15%
Total votes 257,950 100.00%
Turnout  
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2014

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election, (2014)[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] Andre Carson (Incumbent) 61,443 54.73%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Catherine Ping 46,887 41.77%
Libertarian Chris Mayo 3,931 3.50%
Total votes 112,261 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2016

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 158,739 59.98%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Catherine Ping 94,456 35.69%
Libertarian Drew Thompson 11,475 4.34%
Total votes 264,670 100.00%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2018

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2018)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 141,139 64.9%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Wayne Harmon 76,457 35.1%
Total votes 217,596 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

2020

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Election (2020)
Party Candidate Votes %
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] André Carson (Incumbent) 176,422 62.4%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color; width: 2px;" | Republican Susan Marie Smith 106,146 37.6%
Total votes 282,568 100.0%
style="background-color: Template:United States political party color" | [[Democratic Party (US)|Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shortname]] hold

Indiana's 7th Congressional District Media

  • Portrait of Senator Edward Hannegan of Indiana

  • TITLE: Hon. Albert Smith White of Indiana.

  • Tilghman Howard cph.3a03387

  • This is an image of an oil portrait of Indiana Governor and U.S. Senator en:Joseph A. Wright (1810-1867) painted by artist Jacob Cox (1810-1892). The original digital image may be viewed at:*[1]

  • Edward W. McGaughey, Indiana Congressman

  • Richard W. Thompson, the 27th U.S. Secretary of the Navy.

  • Edward W. McGaughey, Indiana Congressman

  • John G. Davis, US Representative from Indiana

  • John G. Davis, US Representative from Indiana

References

  1. ↑ My Congressional District
  2. ↑ "Partisan Voting Index – Districts of the 115th Congress" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. April 7, 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 7, 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Census profile: Congressional District 7, IN".
  4. ↑ "Secretary of State : Election Division: Election Results". Retrieved December 18, 2014.


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