Indiana's 6th congressional district

Indiana's 6th congressional district
Indiana's 6th congressional district
	Indiana's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative
	Greg Pence; R–Columbus
Area	5,550.4 sq mi (14,375 km2)
Distribution	59.23% urban; 40.77% rural;
Population (2019)	720,190
Median household; income	$55,959
Ethnicity	91% White; 3% Black; 3% Hispanic; 2% Asian; 2% other; 0% Native American;
Cook PVI	R+18

Indiana's 6th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Indiana. The people who live in the congressional district elect a person to represent the district in the United States House of Representatives. The district is currently represented by Republican Greg Pence. The district is in the places of Columbus, Muncie and Richmond, as well as a few suburbs of Cincinnati and Indianapolis. The former Vice President of the United States, Mike Pence, represented the district before being the Governor of Indiana and then the Vice President of the United States.

Election history[change | change source]

Year	Office	Results
2000	President	George W. Bush 59% - Al Gore 40%
2004	President	George W. Bush 64% - John Kerry 35%
2008	President	John McCain 55% - Barack Obama 43.6%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 60.4% - Barack Obama 37.3%
2016	President	Donald Trump 67.7% - Hillary Clinton 27.4%
2020	President	Donald Trump 68.8% - Joe Biden 29.1%

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2002)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence	118,436	63.79
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	63,871	34.40
	Libertarian	Doris Robertson	3,346	1.80
Total votes			185,653	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2004)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (Incumbent)	182,529	67.09
	Democratic	Melina Ann Fox	85,123	31.29
	Libertarian	Chad (Wick) Roots	4,397	1.62
Total votes			272,049	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2006)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (Incumbent)	115,266	60.01
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	76,812	39.99
Total votes			192,078	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2008)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (Incumbent)	180,549	63.96
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	94,223	33.38
	Libertarian	George T. Holland	7,534	2.67
Total votes			282,306	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2010)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Pence (Incumbent)	126,027	66.57
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	56,647	29.92
	Libertarian	Talmage "T.J." Thompson Jr.	6,635	3.51
Total votes			189,309	100.00
Turnout				41
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2012)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer	162,613	59.08
	Democratic	Brad Bookout	96,678	35.12
	Libertarian	Rex Bell	15,962	5.80
Total votes			275,253	100.00
Turnout				57
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2014)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (Incumbent)	102,187	65.90
	Democratic	Susan Hall Heitzman	45,509	29.35
	Libertarian	Eric Miller	7,375	4.76
Total votes			155,071	100.00
Turnout				32
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th Congressional District Election (2016)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Luke Messer (Incumbent)	204,920	69.14
	Democratic	Barry A. Welsh	79,135	26.70
	Libertarian	Rich Turvey	12,330	4.16
Total votes			296,385	100.00
Turnout				59
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence	154,260	63.8
	Democratic	Jeannine Lee Lake	79,430	32.9
	Libertarian	Tom Ferkinhoff	8,030	3.3
	Independent	John Miller (write-in)	5	0.0
	Independent	Heather Leigh Meloy (write-in)	1	0.0
Total votes			241,726	100.0
	Republican hold

Indiana's 6th congressional district, 2020^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Pence (incumbent)	225,318	68.6
	Democratic	Jeannine Lake	91,103	27.8
	Libertarian	Tom Ferkinhoff	11,791	3.6
Total votes			328,212	100.0
	Republican hold